Dear fellow travelers, especially my tropical comrades, let this tale be a warning for us all. It was 10.30 in the evening after Christmas when five cheery tropical people stepped out of the express train that brought them from Den Haag to Brussels: a boy… Read More
It was a rainy and grey autumn morning when we stepped on the cobbled path of the Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise, the most renowned cemetery in Paris and perhaps also around the world. As we whipped out our umbrellas and traced the 48-hectare area, ebony-feathered… Read More
Take a wild guess about where these pictures were taken. The answer is: neither one of them (um, I actually gave away the answer in the title of this entry, so if you couldn’t guess that, you have a problem, my friend!)! For one day,… Read More
Yes, you’ve guessed correctly. This note is indeed about a place in Aceh, in Sabang to be exact. Sabang has been thriving as a getaway destination since the tsunami, so much that the place looks and feels like the video clip of ‘I’m Yours’ by… Read More
The Dusty Sneakers 