Being born in the Netherlands to parents from Hong Kong meant that I travelled in planes since I was a little baby. I really hope for my fellow passengers that I wasn’t one …
Tag: travel
Alaska to Argentina (by bike!)
And so it begins… I’ve decided to embark on a new journey, a new adventure. Starting in exactly 13 months, I will start biking from Prudhoe Bay (Alaska) all the way down to …
Holidays and animal welfare
Where is the link, you may think? Well, there are several. Holidays bring with them an influx of abandoned pets. They are left at the shelter as they can’t find someone to look …
You may say I’m a dreamer…
“Imagine no possessions…” When I was still a serial expat, I longed to have a place where I could settle a bit. I was moving to new places every six to eighteen months …
The traveller’s guide to dealing with street children
It’s International Street Children’s Day today. The situation of children and young people living and working on the street is horrendous. As a traveller, you often see street children or other vulnerable children, especially in poorer and …
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If money were no object, what would you do?
I have recently resigned from my job at the UN for a variety of reasons. The main reason being that it was not what I expected/hoped it to be and that I recognised/realised that …
