In the Arizona Desert

You see it in wild wild west movies. Dry land, cactus plants and a horizon that’s trembling from the heat. To actually be in the middle of this kind of landscape feels like walking through a movie set. It’s beautiful! The flora and fauna are so different from...

The Grand Canyon

Some places are so amazing, you have to pinch yourself to truly believe what you’re seeing. Grand Canyon is such a place. It’s so huge, so big, so gigantic, so..uhm…Grand that it almost looks unearthly. Or maybe that is exactly what it is. Many hikes...

Total Taj

When Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s third wife died during labor he was so overcome with sadness he built a white marble mausoleum: the Taj Mahal. It took over 16 years to finish the actual building, and another five for the garden and surrounding buildings. Every wall,...

Little Vagator Beach

It’s rainy and windy in Amsterdam – some people call it a storm – and it’s during these days that I think back to all the different beaches we’ve visited over the years. Relaxing, cool and beautiful beaches. Little Vagator Beach in Goa, India...

Sunset daydream

Like I wrote before: every now and then it’s worthwhile to check out the beauty of your own country. So last weekend we visited Terschelling, one out of 5 island off the north coast of The Netherlands. (If you keep forgetting their names remember this: TVTAS – Texel,...