The last time we were in Melbourne was three and a half years ago. We were on our way home from French Polynesia at the end of our second world trip. It doesn’t seem that long ago because the city feels familiar. We settled in an AirBnB at the east side of the city, near […]
We spent the first 2,5 weeks of the new year enjoying Sydney and the beautiful NSW Central Coast.
Lombok is predominantly Islamic and therefore we did not have high expectations of Christmas celebrations this year. There is Christmas decoration everywhere and you are invariably offered a “Merry Christmas and a happy new year”. But no matter how decorative, snowmen and reindeer don’t cut it when it is above 30 degrees Celsius and a […]
Grand Hotel Europa by Ilja Pfeijffer is a fantastic novel, but not the best book to read while at your private swimming pool on Lombok during the first week of your four and a half month trip. It is about the ill effects of mass tourism, and it also addresses the selfishness – and idiocy […]
