• Colombia,  To travel,  World trip,  South - America

    Why more and more people travel to Colombia

    I've already written a few blogs about distant destinations, but today I want to dedicate a special blog to my homeland, Colombia. Colombia was until a few years ago a forgotten place somewhere in South America, where almost no one dared to travel to. Luckily, more and more people find my great country. Colombia has everything you are looking for as a traveler: nature, culture, beach, ecotourism, adventure and the main: the contagious optimism of its inhabitants. The famous book by the Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez must: “Honderd jaar eenzaamheid optimisme” heten i.p.v. loneliness. Because one thing is certain, you will experience all in Colombia, except loneliness. Wie ooit in aanraking

  • Photo,  Topics

    5 reasons why a photography course is worth every euro (not only for bloggers)

    As an amateur photographer I learned a few handy tricks. What they are, read in my article: The art of amateurish shooting. The disadvantage of these tricks was that I continued to photograph degree, I noticed that in addition to passion and enthusiasm, technical knowledge is very important. So it was time for a photography course and where better than in Asia and Vietnam to be precise. That all of Asia's super photogenic, No one will deny but only in Hoi An, I had the brilliant idea to take a course and believe me was a new world for me. A photography course is not always cheap,…

  • Creative writing

    From 10 best books I've ever read

    The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page. St. Agustine Deze 10 boeken mogen niet ontbreken in je boekenkast Naast mijn passie voor reizen heb ik een zwakte voor boeken. Ik ervaar lezen als een manier om de wereld vanuit een hangmat, stoel, stoep, train, bus of whatever te verkennen, te bewonderen en een beetje te begrijpen. Het fascinerende effect van lezen, ervoer ik jaren geleden toen ik nog in Colombia woonde, zittend op een rieten stoel nam ik een vluchtticket naar bestemmingen die alleen in mijn verbeelding konden bestaan. Toen ontdekte ik de krachtigste tool die de mens bezit: “je verbeelding”. Vanaf