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I looked up at the pitch black, starry sky and I could literally see thousands of stars. There was no moon to be seen, no sound to be heard. Just me gazing up at the sky and while I thought ‘night is merely day in the dark’ I chuckled at myself. We are currently closeMeer lezen over ““Che””

I am trying to come up with another way of saying ‘this is it’ without sounding too cliché but I am coming up blank so, this is it. And truly, fucking really this is it. This is the moment, there’s a different energy in the air. Let us be ready for change because we areMeer lezen over “Let’s not be quiet”

The lessons traveling is teaching me always surprise me in the best way possible. It is like going on a hunt for new emotions due to indulging myself in new experiences. I think above all what appeals to me most about it is, deciding very consciously to challenge myself. It gives a feeling of motion.Meer lezen over “A human desire”

It’s January, it’s 2017. As long as I can remember I’ve always had a hard time wrapping my mind around time. It is the strangest concept ever if you ask me. Tom and I celebrated this past christmas and new year’s eve very low key. In Tom’s words “It was pretty much like any otherMeer lezen over “Welcoming a new year (2017)”

After a 23 hour ride we arrived in Florianópolis and before going to our next workaway we booked an Airbnb for two nights to have some time for ourselves and to hard core relax after the long bus ride. We didn’t do too much once we got to Florianópolis. We enjoyed the swimmingpool, strolled aroundMeer lezen over “Toucans, hammer frogs and tapioca”

I think Rio is the kind of place where you can’t help but have a certain picture in mind of what the city is like. In certain ways, all is true. Long beaches, christ the redeemer, jungle, sugarloaf mountain and the favelas up against the mountains. But it is also so much more than that.Meer lezen over “Muito Bom”

From São Paulo to Source Temple. The bus ride to Guaratingueta took approx. 3 hours and from there to our first workaway we shared a taxi, with two other volunteers, which took another 45 minutes. Source Temple. Man, really it is still hard to discribe our stay there but especially my very own experience isMeer lezen over “Rice, beans and hummingbirds”

I am trying to push aside, almost ignore, the presence of feeling like a goddamn lucky European girl who endlessly whines when writing. Is it even my story to tell everything I am seeing? Honestly, I don’t know. Nonetheless, it might be good to pick up where I left off. I wrote (São Paulo is)Meer lezen over “First encounters pt. 2”

I have gone from happiness to sadness to disbelief to embarrassment (and) to excitement. More than ever before have I become aware of the bubble of which I live in, in which I think, most of us or at least a lot of us live in. And I have found them in so many differentMeer lezen over “First encounters pt. 1”