Alicia
After another day at the beach (I’m basically trying to bring my spending down – the beach is the cheapest option) I met up with my friend Alicia from Brussels. She is in town for two days for a conference for work. She’s one of those friends that I simply didn’t get to see enough […] Read More
Bookings, beaches, box-office
The last days have been perfect, I only spent time at the beach, booking stuff for my trip, and getting tix for the Film festival. By now I have a pretty good tan, just about managing to avoid a sunburn. I’m either at Banana Beach, where the waves were so enormous the other day that I […] Read More
To the Black Sea
Sabine and I got up early today, skipped breakfast and headed for the ferries, to get on the boat along the Bosphorus. We had to be there early to score a seat with a view… However, we were a bit lost with all the ferries on offer, and all the guys trying to sell us their […] Read More
NZ99
I had a great seat with extra legroom and a window… not for free, Air New Zealand makes you pay for that privilege, but I thought for an 11 hour flight, that’s worth it… The flight was good, even though we had to wear the seatbelt a lot flying through some ultra-high and grey clouds. […] Read More
Cook Strait
This morning I boarded the ferry to the south Island. 3h10 for the passage from Wellington to Picton, passing through the Cook Strait and Marlborough Sounds with its islands and waterways. The coast line in this northernmost part of the South Island is outright ridiculous, and reminds you of a fractal, in its endless repetitions. […] Read More
Super/Natural
Night came early. It was pitch black at 9 o’clock. I went to the beach and had an amazing experience: The full moon high in the sky above the Pacific Ocean. So bright I cast a clear shadow. The animal sounds. The deserted beach at night. The sea looking like silver and black at the same time. […] Read More
Sky Tower (Day)
I made it up to the Sky Tower today. At 328 meters, measured to the top of the antenna, it is the highest man-made structure in the Southern hemisphere. Funny how each and every city I have visited has somehow the highest something of the southern hemisphere, be it Santiago, Melbourne or Auckland… I guess […] Read More
Beach walk
I expected my last day in Sydney to be sunny… but it wasn’t meant to be. It was cloudy, and by the time the bus dropped me off at Coogee Beach, it started to rain…. Desperation! I walked a bit along the beach, then sat a bit under cover in one of the park huts, […] Read More
On the convict trail
I drove out East this morning, my goal being the Port Arthur penal settlement, or the ruins that are left of it. It’s roughly 100 kilometers, if you don’t do any detours. But detours I had planned plenty. First stop: Richmond. A tiny cute little town, basically a couple of houses along the main street. […] Read More
Great Ocean Road Trip
I’m sorry for my beloved California and the Highway 1 that I have travelled up and down a couple of times – but this coast line simply beats everything! Sunday morning we headed south along Port Philipp’s Bay, to catch a ferry over to the other side in Sorrento and head along the Great Ocean […] Read More