Tag: Challenge
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“This makes perfectly sense to follow something that can kill you”
Water? Packed! Food? Packed! Camera? Ready! Sense of adventure? Packed! Reaching the Ruschaga station early morning after 2 hours driving through a mystic and thick mist, we had absolutely no idea what to expect. Our group of 7 enthusiastic gorillas trekkers was simply happy to be here, able to get a chance to face a…
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O for Omotepe: a two-faced island
When we boarded the ferry to Omotepe island in San Jorge, we didn’t know what to expect. Yes, we had done our usual ritual: googling and asking other travelers about the island but this somehow didn’t help much. There were unfortunately too many contradictory opinions (‘it is great’, ‘it is boring’, ‘so many things to…
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My emotional final weekend in Switzerland
Only 5 sleeps to go before I (try to) fly to Cancun (I haven’t figured out yet whether the lack of an onward / return flight ticket from Mexico is indeed a deal breaker) and after a great weekend surrounded with wonderful friends I had to say goodbye to, I have felt a bit soppy today. It was…
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3 (bad) good ideas
Exploring the world can be challenging at times (Please note the use of a massive understatement to avoid any drama queen effect. Now this is a first, isn’t it?) and it definitely brings the bright but also the dumb out of you. It is how it is. Sometimes you don’t have time to think twice…
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TBT # Mt. Kinabalu, Malaysia
Through my travels, I have come across incredibles places (really struggling to decide which one is my favorite so far! but maybe one of those days I will come up with my top 5) and I am grateful for it. To be able to follow my wanderlust and to keep on traveling is priceless. Last year, when…
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So… 40 days, huh?!
Can you believe that three months ago I handed in my resignation and I only have 40 days to go until the next chapter of my life begins?! I am really looking forward to traveling the world with M. Far from idealizing this ambitious project (hoping to backpack through 12 countries in 6 months), I…
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One of those days…
… when you wake up and you have the feeling that today you are meant to achieve great things. Well, yesterday I had this feeling and I was given the perfect opportunity: a lasertag game. A few of us had decided to go to the Lasertag arena in Emmen. This is a pretty straightforward concept: two teams (pink vs blue)…
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Quote of the day
‘Challenge: a situation where you say “oh shit” several times in a row and end up saying “yeah, well done me!”‘ – A. Von Benucci
Frenchie Gone Exploring 