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    The Beginning of Freedom

    I was on the lookout when change came and found me. After twenty years in Paris, after eighteen years of writing, working, and living in the same lovely-crappy-inspiring atelier, I felt myself stagnating, waiting for a chance to break out…

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    Tone Determines What You Say

    Thailand does not border China, right? People exaggerate; fear makes money. We count our pills, our inoculations. It is February and we fly. The water is turquoise, the curry spicy. We worry, just the tiniest bit, about mosquitoes and dengue…

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    What Happened On The Mountain

    Last week, Daniel and I were invited for a six-person hike from the town Sa Pa to the village Ta Phin. I looked it up on the map. The route seemed to take us on an easy two-hour walk into…

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    Quarantine Stories

    We were in Vietnam when the country went into semi-lockdown. For three weeks in April, we hardly left the property. We were allowed to go out for food or medical emergencies, yet preferred to stay quarantined. I was quite anxious…

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    Traveling in Times of Corona

    The threat of a pandemic became real. What should we do? Where should we go? Other travelers might have decided to go home and wait it out. But we had no home to which to return. Where should we wait…

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    Koh Phi Phi and Koh Lanta

    We swam, we drank coconuts, we read, we wrote. And after a week of beach, we moved to Koh Lanta Old Town, a place that used to be the island’s main port and trading hub, and is now a laid-back…

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    Artist Residency: Casa Tagumerche

    Casa Tagumerche is a special place. The house runs on solar power and is surrounded by a garden of palms, cacti, citrus trees, and herbs. There's a pond in which koi splash and jump as though to greet you. The…

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About Me

  • ‣ Currently in: A Secret Location
  • ‣ Arrived from: Vietnam
  • ‣ Next destination: Unknown
  • ‣ Born in: the Netherlands
  • ‣ Blogging since: 2005
  • ‣ Novels Published: 5

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