Brazil is definitely one of my favorite countries in Latin America. Somehow it is very similar but then also quite different from all its neighboring countries. I actually like almost everything about this country, from the friendliness of the people to the beautiful landscapes and the dreamlike beaches and and and… People radiate such a… Read More Brasil
Two Years Living in a 1977 Nissan E20 Let’s start with the obvious: I didn’t plan to fall in love with a van. It just… happened. A few days after landing in Sydney, still jet-lagged and wide-eyed, I met him — a 1977 Nissan E20. Nineteen years old, painted a kind of faded white that… Read More My Tiny Home on Wheels Down Under
While hanging out on Utila enjoying the lazy life, we are making plans for our onward journey. I bought a super detailed map of Central America that shows almost every house and even the smallest street. Based on this map we choose our next journey in Honduras. In the northeast of the country, called the… Read More The Mosquito Coast
Normally when you turn on the lights in or near the tropical rain-forest soon its teeming with insects fluttering in the light and with geckos lurking on the walls. Not so here. I see very few insects in Unawatuna but also in other areas of Sri Lanka, even in a wetland like the Bundala National… Read More Where are the insects?
A Journey Beyond the Last Airstrip We arrived in Misahuallí on September 22. We were not seasoned explorers. We were not survival experts. We were five young men drifting through South America with more time than plans, convinced that the Ecuadorian Amazon was a perfectly sensible next step. Misahuallí was the kind of frontier town… Read More Ecuador: By Canoe into the Amazon Rainforest
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