It is a special and interesting experience everywhere I go, talking to older people and especially old ladies. It happened in every country on this trip through Asia. The script is similar every time. You meet, smile, greet each other according to local standards and then they start talking. Most of them in their local […]
3000 meter and 50 kilometer
Although travelling alone is great, there are certain things you are better off doing with other people. Like climbing Ramelau, the highest mountain in East Timor. Two on the bike is just too heavy so the chook chaser was left to its own devices for a few days and me and Manuele, my Italian fellow […]
A Kiss and a Thank You Miss
Some days ago I lost my GPS locator, it’s a little piece of equipment you can set of if you are in real danger. It can also be used to track your steps, which is why it was attached to my backpack while hitching a ride to Ramelau, the highest mountain in East Timor. In […]
Coastal Beauty
For most people an ordinary Thursday morning, for me the start of exploring East Timor on my own bike. The warm wind touches the parts of my face not covered by my helmet and dust mask. Left of me, the turquoise and deep blue colours of the endless sea. Right of me, the red and […]