For many years I backpacked on a very tight budget, sleeping in the cheapest Hotels, using public transport, mainly bus and train, sometimes boat, ferry, the occasional hitchhike, and occasionally fly in small planes. Traveling like this can get quite intense sometimes, but it is definitely the best way to get in touch with the… Read More Diverse ways to experience a country
It’s Sunday noon. I sit at home. Outside, the world is utterly still.all I can hear is the soft whispers of nature — birdsong, rustling leaves, the occasional distant car.It’s the first real scorcher of the year, over thirty degrees. The kind of heat that makes the air shimmer. Everyone is out there, soaking it… Read More What a wonderful weekend
Walking through a strange city, in a strange country, watching people trying to get through life in one way or another. Here a woman at her stand with a small gas cooker on which she roasts peanuts.Others, in their 1.5 x 2 meter shacks stuffed with things specializing in special services.One repairs and sells used… Read More W(o)andering through town
Time to move on once again, leaving Australia, on to Buenos Aires. Just before departure, sitting at the airport contemplating the past, thinking about downgrading. After living for almost 2 years in a fully equipped motor-home with fridge, stove, bed, etc., moving to a smaller, similarly equipped but immobile caravan, from there back to two… Read More Downgrading to Backpack
Returning to Switzerland from France, I rent an apartment in a small house on a farm. It`s a quiet location, with plenty of space around the house. I got a Carport for my car, a garden to plant my own veggies, I have an outside-sitting area and the Forrest is a few steps away. I… Read More Giving up dependencies for more freedom
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