We need to get work done on the Land Cruiser, but since our workshop does not have time until tomorrow we decide to have an “online workday”, as we call it. All we need is WIFI. Right, where can we …
When we arrived last night, Domingo informed us that the Private Pilot Club does have toilets but no shower. This didn’t pose a problem as we have a shower bag. It isn’t the grandest shower in the world, but it …
With 1,5 million inhabitants Santa Cruz, in eastern Bolivia, is the second-largest city in the country. Where can we spend the night?
The owner asks what I’d like to have. I can choose between costilla frita and milanesa. I ask if I can have the milanesa without the milanesa, if she understands what I mean.
“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there”~George Harrison In the Jesuit Mission of Santa Ana we take a look at the map and conclude we will have to return to the mission of …
Outside it is bloody, bloody hot with temperatures high in the thirties and everything dripping with humidity. We feel like we’re slowly being cooked in a pressure cooker. We’re thirsty. I could use some water!
These are days 3 and 4 in the 30-day series “An Act of Kindness by a Stranger”. We are camped in the harbor of Corumbá, on the Brazilian border.
This is day 1 in the 30-day series “An Act of Kindness by a Stranger”. Today I did not encounter 1 but 2 friendly gestures worth sharing, which I consider a positive omen for this project. What happened?
So often we encounter kindness, and so often from people we don’t know. For the next 30 days I will share these acts of kindness by a stranger with you. For me to become more mindful, and (possibly) for you …
From the Peru-Ecuador border of Huaquillas to Guayaquil it is a couple of hours’ drive; I reckon the distance is some 250 kilometers. I had checked my guidebooks and it seemed that the first part of our travels in Ecuador …
With only another 120 kilometers, the days suddenly pass very, very quickly. The western section of the Datça Peninsula is one of the remotest sections of the 850-kilometer-long Carian Trail. Few villages, mostly footpaths meandering through forests and traversing headlands …
“Simplicity and slowness are core components of virtually all the best adventures. Walking is king of both of these.” ~Alastair Humphreys “What do you mean, nobody sells food? We need a meal! We’re hungry,” I gasp.
Enjoy what is now rather than tomorrow. Listen, connect, share. Appreciate the little things. Cherish kindness of strangers. Stay and be still. Travel with intensity. Go slow and experience the best that travel has to offer. Welcome to Notes on …
“You’re lucky. Normally I don’t answer the phone if I don’t recognize the phone number,” Luis Jaime said. We were lucky indeed.
What were we going to do with 100 limes? An hour ago we thought we were going to be stuck with a bottle of cachaça and a kilo of sugar which had become useless as the main ingredient for our …