Just a quick and dirty post today, don’t have much gusto or time to write lenghty stories of post a shitload about San Pedro (and me still finding no couch in Salts, grmbl)

Anyhow a few blogs to follow when you are bored or want to see more of the world.

Hendrik is momentarily in Thailand, walking. He was my host in Goslar, Germany.

Then Jade’s site about all lot and nothing.

And last for now Traveltrousers is the site of a pretty cool photographer I met in Iquique and he makes to my opinion fantastic photo’s. He’s been traveling for four years and not done yet by the looks of it.

Do you know more blogs? Post them at the comments!

Me being hip, if only for a few seconds at a luxurious rooftop bar in Madrid.

Just a few photos from the Traben-Trarbach camp in Germany a few weeks back

I got here hitchhiking towards France, via Santander by a complete accident. The city looked promising though so I decided to stay a few days (amongst other things). Yes I never heard about the place but it was a lot of fun.

I must say honestly, I wasn’t really looking forward to Madrid. Yes, I didn’t know what to expect but either way the image of the city is not hysterical like Paris, Prague of one of those destinations. Making my way back in Europe I have to say though: Madrid is definitely worth a visit. it’s a very nice town with plenty of things to see, do and way more beautiful than I expected. I was pleasantly surprised.

From a while back, me and Saci hitching to eh anywhere out of Sarajevo

From a while back, me and Saci hitching to eh anywhere out of Sarajevo

Readers probably know I’m traveling now since april 2010 more or less, so time to celebrate I’ve been moving around for a year now. Just as a reminder what alternatives are there and what you could’ve been doing instead of earning profits for your bosses. Believe me it’s not that expensive and clearly cheaper than usual living in the Netherlands.

This post is dedicated to all the lovely people I have met on my way. By listing all places I’ve been shorter or longer is remembering that a year is a pretty long time (instead of popular complaint) and all the people, adventures, stories and fun which are behind the names of the place. After all a place is just a place somewhere, but who and what you can find there makes it truly magic.

So there goes:

Amersfoort, Apeldoorn, Deventer, Holten, Rijssen, Enschede, Bad Bentheim, Rheine, Hobsten, Osnabruck, Lintorf, Lubbecke, Porta Westfalica / Minden, Obernkirchen, Hameln, Eschershausen, Afeld, Bad Gandersheim, Seesen, Goslar, Bad Harzburg, Ilsenburg, Wernigerode, Ballenstedt, Lutherstadt Eisleben, Halle (Saale), Desslau, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Budapest, Erd, Szentendre (-Sziget), Belgrado, Pancevo, Sarajevo, Maribor, Ljubljana, Bohin, Kloden, London, Oranjestad, Sint Nicolaas, Willemstad, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Taganga, Tolu, Medellin, Manizales, Jamundi, Cali, Popayan, San Augustin, Bogota, Pasto, Otavalo, Quito, Macas, Santiago, Puerto Galileo, Santa Maria de Nieva, Saramariza, Tarapoto, Chachapoyas, Piurra, Loja, Cuenca, Guayaquil, Montanita, Puerto Lopez, Quevedo, Ambato, Banos, Riobamba, Chiclayo, Trujillo, Nuevo Chimbote, Casma, La Union, Huanoco, Tingo Maria, Junin, La Merced, Huancayo.

I didn’t include a few small towns, but I hope I didn’t forgot locations where I met cool people.

So, The Republic got the complaint that there is not enough basszje on the last series of pictures. While the official guideline is that not a lot basszje is enough basszje, on special request here goes:

London, with our host:

London, a bunch of couchsurfers:

London, with random chicks:

Aruba:

Aruba, with Bob who hosted us on his ship:

Curacao during Heineken regetta, with James and Susan who hosted us at Tabbycat:

Colombia, Taganga:

Manizales, with Arthuro – my lovely host:

Manizales, with Angelica (girlfriend of)

Some shitty photos from bonita Colombia