Barra da Tijuca is a pretty chic neighbourhood in Rio. There is not much to do other than visiting the mega-beach. But then the weather has to be nice. We spent a few days there doing laundry and buying local prepaid SIM cards. And that is quite a challenge. It’s difficult to find a salesperson […]
And so there I was, for the second time within a week, on the back of a horse. ‘Princeza’ is owned by Fazenda Aguapé in the southern part of the Pantanal, where we are staying a few days. The advantage of horseback riding is that you become a lot less muddy than if you were […]
When is a world trip a world trip? Do you have to travel around the world? Or is it just a trip that’s a lot longer than the average vacation? Let’s stick with the latter. We have just started another long journey. Four and a half months. Again. That’s pretty long. Our plan is to […]
When we visited Rangiroa eight years ago, where we did some fabulous diving, someone told us: “if you enjoy diving here, you should go to Fakarava – the diving is even better there.” It’s taken a while, but here we are! Fakarava is an atoll that looks like Rangiroa, only bigger, and with two passes […]
