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
I’m just about to board a Merpati plane, on the way from Kupang, on Timor Island to Darwin. My tourist permit for Indonesia expires tomorrow, so, off to Darwin. I was there already 2 months ago to renew my permit for Indonesia When I step into the approx. 30-seat, twin-engine propeller machine in Kupang, the… Read More Hitch Hiking from Darwin To Noosa Heads, QL
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
Border crossing Paraguay to Brazil in small town Bella VistaThere is not really an official border crossing. One town, two countries, the main road is the Border. No customs, no barrier, nothing. But I need an exit stamp from Paraguay and an entry stamp for Brazil so I go in search for the customs office.… Read More Pantanal
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