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After having quited my job, instead of findig a new one, I suddenly came up with the idea of travelling around the world. So I ended all my affairs in the Netherlands and said goodbye.
Biking through Canada and US. In Calgary I bought a bicycle, crossed the Rocky mountains to Vancouver, and biked soutwards along the beautiful US west-coast down to San Fransisco, to Yosemite and finally Las Vegas.
Mexico, Jorge and Andrea. As soon as I entered Mexico, I met Jorge and all his party friends in Chihuahua, wild times! Things got even crazier when I met Andrea, we fell madly in love at first sight, and stayed together for two months. In the mean time I got a serious food poisoning, giving me plenty of time to learn Spanish while recovering.
biking through South Mexico. I resumed bicycling and bussing through the beautiful south of Mexico, with its impressive ruines, nature and cities, until I reached Cancun to meet Andrea again.
Central America. I left my bike in Mexico and started bussing through Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, and flew to South America.
Peru. Inca ruines, indigineous culture, climbing vulcanos and canyons.
Bolivia. An incredible country: La Paz, the jungle, the mountains, the silver mines, and the most weird place on earth, Salar de Uyuni, with its salt plane, deserts, mineral lakes, vulcanoes and geisers.
Chili and Argentina.Zig zagging south acros the Andes to see the natural wonders of Chili and Argentina. a.o. live vulcanoes and huge gletsjers.
Buenos Aires. I met up with Sergio from Mexico in the European capital in Sout America.
Brasil. Besides natural wonders, I had some dangerous adventures with the Brasilian police in Rio, and with Ariane in Salvador de Bahia.
Cuba. Together with my Dutch Jut, I visited this very interesting and complex country.
Mexico. After a short stopover in Cancun I flew back to the Netherlands.
"Summer" break in Netherlands. I intended to stay a couple of weeks to find new people to rent my house to, but I ended up staying 9 months, working again and lots of other stuff.
New Zealand. Biking again, through a beautiful and very diverse country with lots of things to do.
Australia. Biking from Melbourne to Brisbane, meeting a lot of hospitable Ozzies, and finally bussing the outback north.
Indonesia.I spent loads of time on beautiful Bali, took a boat from Lombok to the east, visited the temples and vulcanoes of Java, and admired the wonders of nature of Sumatra.
Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei. An interesting mix of cultures, impressive nature on Borneo, and surprising Brunei.
South Thailand. I took just a short glimpse of all the beautiful that is yet to come.
Japan. Biking again, in a beautiful but most of all very interesting country.
South Korea. In all senses in between Japan and China.
China. I bussed and trained from Beijing to Guilin. An interesting but not very sympathetic culture, and history had left few nice spots.
China. Hong Kong and Macau, fascinating mixes of East meets West.
Christmas break in Holland..
China. Back in China to pick up my bike.
Vietnam and Cambodja. \Bussing and biking through amazing landscapes and people.
Thailand and Laos. Backpacking with my Swedish girlfriend.
SouthWest China and Tibet. Definitely the best parts of China.
Nepal and India. Amazing cultures, crazy people.
Africa. Besides the safari's not much to see, the real adventure are the African people, very relaxed and friendly.
Middle East. An overload of history and culture.
Back home again to pick up the old steady life.
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