Living history The first time I visited Ecuador, I did not have enough money to visit the Galapagos islands, 972 km west of the mainland, in the Pacific Ocean. I am glad I came back a few years later, to discover this wildlife [...]
A Country of Carnivores and Carnival… Unfortunately this lovely country still struggles with it’s bad image. Thankfully the humorous Colombians are battling this image. When you arrive at Bogota airport, you’ll see posters advertising “The only risk is not wanting to leave…” And it’s [...]
Green paradise Hawaii is the southernmost state of the United States. The archipelago is situated some 3,200 km southwest of the North American mainland. Most people only know the touristy places like Waikiki and Honolulu. I spent a month traveling around Ohau and [...]
Trip to a ‘non-existing’ country…. During a trip to Moldova in eastern Europe I visited Transdnistria: a country that officially does not exist. Still, it appeared quite real, with its own border, customs, uniforms, police, language, money, stamps, etc. 15 years ago Transdnistria separated itself from [...]
Design, fish and… rain… Visiting Goteborg in November is NOT a good idea! Lots of rain and it is dark most of the day. People here say “there’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothes” and they are probably right. Kids wear [...]
Meet the Nenets In september 2002 Dorcas Aid asked me to join a trip to visit the Nenet indigenous people of Western Siberia, to deliver provisions and support. Just after summer there are only a few weeks when their territory is accessible. Foreigners are normally not allowed, [...]
Where time stands still… Lisbon is a bustling city, with great restaurants, modern nightlife and beautiful old quarters. People in Portugal’s interior provinces, however, live just as they did a hundred years ago. The pictures above are from the old village [...]
Remember…. My family from my fathers side is of Jewish descent. 53 of them did not come back from the concentration camps in the second world war. In 2002 a group of survivors of the holocaust, family members and others participated in a memorial trip [...]
Double Dutch…. Holland may be small (if you drive fast for two hours in a straight line, you are in a different country!), but with nearly 17 million people, it can get quite crowded. Amsterdam is a truly international, but still village-like city. make sure [...]
Magical island in the clouds Saba is magical! A fairy-tale community of white houses + red roofs built on a steep volcano. There’s only one road, which is referred to as ‘the road that could not be built’, because Dutch engineers said the [...]
