I spent about two months earlier this year in the city of Bogor. This city is about 60 kilometer away from Jakarta, and is located in the west of Java island. It´s also called the ´city of rain´, because well.. there are about 300 rainstorms a year. Yes, that does indeed mean about every day. So a nice place to …
On my way from Indonesia back to Colombia I decided to make a stopover in Seoul, South Korea. There is very little I knew about South Korea, other than the fact that it is perched between Japan, Russia and China, neighbouring with that kind of mysterious country of North Korea, inspiration for the worldwide known ´Gangnam Style´ musicvideo. So there …
Stopovers can be a pain in the ass, or they can be a good reason to explore a new place, without having to pay the airfare to get there. For example, only this year I have been able to visit Turkey, Iceland and South Korea on stopovers that lasted between 1 to 2 weeks. Oficially a stopover is stop you …
