So, it´s been a while I´ve written something here. Sorry about that! Let´s say that in between moving continents, attending a Participatory Video Festival in Belgium, working in Burkina Faso for three weeks, visiting friends and family in the Netherlands and trying to settle here in Spain, writing for the NonMad somehow slipped in between. Bad excuses of course, so …
Dear all, A month after having finished my solo cycling trip that took me from la Paz (Bolivia), through San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) to Salta (Argentina) with some final days in Paraguay, I now made a video summary. Enjoy 🙂
So I left you all in Salta, Argentina, after I had cycled the last couple of kilometers of this trip. As always, I didn´t want this trip to be over just yet. Even though there had been difficult moments, I really enjoyed being out on my bike and I really couldn´t believe it was over now. But, I knew it …
Hey all!! So, this time I left you in San Pedro de Atacama. A little, beautiful, but touristy town in the middle of the driest place on earth: the Atacama desert. Using the app Ioverlander (a crowd sourced app for anyone travelling independently, such as with their own car, van, motorcycle, or bicycle) I found a hostel where they had …
So, as I had mentioned before, my computer pretty much broke down somewhere half way, which makes that only now can I post the updates from some weeks ago, but just imagine it is around the first week of April now 😉 And, I’m back with updates on the second week of cycling and one of the most amazing, beautiful …
Hey all, The first week has passed, the most of the (extreme) nerves are over and the first kilometres are down. This is the first time in writing a blog on my phone so sorry for any typos! So, 8 days ago I flew with Avianca to La Paz, and with a little bit of hassle to check in my …
Another off the beaten trek in Southern Colombia: the Purace Volcano and the Purace National Natural Park in the Department of Cauca. This dormant volcano is 4580 meters high and yes, you can hike up to the summit in a day hike, where you will pass through the typical Colombian highland Paramo landscapes, lakes and finally up volcanic sand before …
So, just two days ago worldwide we celebrated International Women´s Day.A day which on the one hand always makes me happy, it´s nice that at least once a year we are taking the time and think about the fact that men and women indeed are still facing different struggles, having different opportunities and changes and that equality is still far, …
As you all know I have been NonMadding for some time now: I am a business owner and I spend quite some time on the road. But a question I have had quite often is ´how did you get to start your own business and how do you work while on the road?´. So, here is a blog dedicated to …
Happy Valentine´s Day to all! Valentine´s Day, 14th of february, El día del Amor. Growing up I thought it was stupid, because well.. I´m Dutch, and we think we are way to down-to-earth for these kind of ´American comercial stupidities´ as we called them. Luckily, I am a (little bit) more nuanced nowadays. I still wouldn´t live just for Valentine´s …
