Tag: backpacking
When on the road for a long time, I take another travel pace. Unlike tourists, a long term traveler doesn’t visit temples, museums and waterfalls each and every…
You might think this drawing is slightly exaggerated, but I assure you it’s not. The ‘Thai tattoo’ is a common phenomenon amongst travellers referring to the scars they…
When I first heard of Songkran, I was told the Thai New Year would this year be celebrated the 12th of April and the festivities would last 4…
Crossing borders is that part of traveling that, if you had to mention any, could be referred to as the down side. It’s often times a lengthy, tiring…
Everyone who met me in person knows I have a great appetite.You can always lure me into trying some more food. As a vegetarian my culinary journey is…
True Story! Read clockwise, starting upper right corner.
Vang Vieng is a riverside town famous for its tubing. Daily, hundreds of backpackers float down the river here on an inner tractor tube. Stopping at one of…
One of my goals traveling is to overcome fears. I don’t have many, but one of the few remaining was to ride a motorbike. When once crashing a…
Busrides in Laos. Oh well.. what can I say? I guess it’s all part of the adventure. It surely tests my patience 🙂 The events in this drawing…
What I like about drawing my travel experiences, is that it allows me to picture things that are impossible to catch on photo. Like when I arrived in…
The basics of backpacking is to travel light. And I know what you’ll be thinking when you look at this drawing: “Just get rid of stuff! Donate it…
Ok I already raved about Koh Rong’s Lonely Beach in my previous post. But I diidn’t tell you about its strongest asset. The Swing. Lonely Beach has a…
While traveling in Cambodia I was recommended by many people to go to the island of Koh Rong. ButI heard very different stories about it. From bad infections…
Chi Phat is a village southwest of Phnom Penh and close to the Cardamom mountains. It’s a good base camp for jungle treks, kayaking, mountainbiking and bird watching….
Battambang, a laid back river town, is a 6 hour boat ride away from Siem Reap. The floating villages along the way were enchanting. It’s like sailing through…
First stop in Cambodia is Siem Reap: the base from where to explore the temples of Ankor Wat, the eighth wonder of the world. Hundreds of temples are…
Only 2 more months before I hit the road to… Myanmar! Can’t wait to discover what I’ll be drawing there