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 Azure Window, Gozo (Malta)  Prehistoric Hagar Qim (Malta)  New orthodox chapel on Rhodos  Temple of Literature in Hanoi  inside the temple |
The world is my homeThe first voyage outside Europe was to Morocco in 1974... For years afterwards, I didn't leave Europe. Until, in 1994, a friend at the theatre talked about going to India... I developed the taste for travel to far away countries, the Far East in particular, but also to the Mediterranean. Between 1995 and 2002, I often traveled alone, but fortunately also with friends. Malta and Rhodos I visited on my own. With friends my favorite destination became Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. We visited the famous buddhist temples in Bangkok, the villages of Montagnards, the minority tribes in NE Thailand, Northern Vietnam and Laos, the historic sites of the Khmer and Cham civilisations, and the tropical and subtropical nature. When I finally encountered my future spouse, Brazil became a crucial destination for our voyages. On December 29th, 2002, I landed in São Paulo to meet Touché in flesh and blood. We passed our honeymoon in Bahia, at Barra Grande. In 2004, we returned to Brazil to visit São Paulo State, Brasilia, Fortaleza, Jericoacoara and Salvador. In 2005 we traveled another six weeks around N.E. Thailand and Laos. We visited a strange 'theme park' near Nong Khai, with the sculptural explanation of the Wheel of Life... We also drove a few kilometres into N.E. Cambodia, to visit another Khmer site, Preah Vihear✶. In 2007 it was time for Brazil once more. We spent our holidays in Bahia State: Salvador and the Chapada Diamantina, and in Brasilia. Saudades brought us back to Brazil in 2010, when we visited family in Santos & Brasilia, and made a tour by planes and autobuses that brought us to the Pantanal, the Chapada dos Guimarães, Barra do Garças, historic cities in Minas Gerais and beaches between Macaé and Rio. In the mean time, Touché and I spent a few weeks in the Czech Republic, we visited Paris, Athens and the Greek islands Paros and Santorini , Chefchaouen (Morocco), Malaga and the Alhambra (Granada, Spain), Normandy and Brittany (France), Milano (Italy). Smaller trips in Europe brought us to the Black Forest (S.W. Germany), The High Veluwe, Texel and Drenthe (Netherlands), Strasbourg (France), Luxemburg, the Lüneburger Heide and the Mosel valley in Germany. We like the system of 'trekkershutten' that exists on campings mainly in the Netherlands and Luxemburg: simple chalets with four beds and cooking facilities. Otherwise, bed & breakfast is nice, unless we can go camping. Next on the agenda are city trips to Barcelona and Porto. In Europe, our favourite way of traveling is by car and going from camping to camping. In other continents, we stay with friends, or in guesthouses, pousadas, cheap hostels, as long as they are clean and have a private bathroom for us. We have equipped ourselves with a pair of warm sleeping bags, a small and handy tent that we can put up in a matter of minutes, a second 'cooking tent' where we can keep our food stuff and cooking material, and two portable coolboxes. Everything fits into our trusted Clio car with sunroof... and off we go. We often don't do more than 3 to 400 kilometres a day, because we stop every now and then to make pics, to have a picnic, to visit some place of interest. The next destinations that we visited in this way are Austria and Hungary in June 2008, and Scandinavia in June 2009, each a trip some 4500 km. interesting places and references |
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