After our first Workaway experience in Weligama we were up for some change of scenery. We exchanged the beach for the mountains and traveled to Ella. Ella is a small town in the middle of the country situated at about 1000 meters above sea-level and because of this, a little cooler than the rest of […]
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Sri Lanka after the bombings
After many years of civil war between the Sinhalese & Tamil population, the Sri Lankans were going to celebrate ten years of peace in 2019. Ten years in which Sri Lanka has become a more and more popular tourist destination. In 2019, Lonely planet announced Sri Lanka as the number 1 tourist destination in the […]
Volunteering in Sri Lanka – Workaway in Weligama & Kandy
Before Elias and I left Belgium, we created an account on Workaway.info. Workaway is a platform where hosts from all over the world offer volunteer opportunities for travelers. In exchange for a couple of hours of work per day you get a free place to sleep and meals in some cases. Since we were planning […]
How to extend your Sri Lankan visa in Colombo and how (not) to take a tuktuk
Applying for -or extending a visa is a hassle, every traveller knows this. And the fact that in most cases you have to do these things in busy capital cities doesn’t make it better. We didn’t hear good stories about Colombo and everyone advised us to get out of there as quickly as possible (we […]
Two weeks on Lesvos with Movement On The Ground
The idea to volunteer in a refugee camp came out of a certain guilt we both felt. Guilt about taking a polluting flight and shame of being so rich we can just go wherever we want. So to pay off our debt to the world we decided to do something that we both found important […]
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Hitchhiking from Belgium to Turkey (including tips)
Finally! It had been my dream for so long to do a big hitchhiking trip, but I was too scared to do it alone… When I found myself a boyfriend who loves adventures as much (or more) as I do, it didn’t take long to make my dream into a real plan. Our first idea […]
Qatar – A bubble in a desert
Qatar wasn’t exactly on top of my wish list… But my sister had been living in the capital, Doha, for the past year. Since I started travelling right before she left, I hadn’t seen her in over a year. So I figured I could add an a-typical country to my list and see what was […]
Coming home, twice
Coming home, part 1 It took me a while to write about this last part of my trip. Partly because I’ve been super caught up in the coming home process; meeting with friends and family, finding a (temporary) place to live, trying to catch up with some administration, finding a job, working… Next to that […]
My own version of Eat, Pray, Love – Bali
On Bali I stayed in two places, to do absolutely nothing but sleeping, eating, surfing, tanning and snorkeling. The surfing I did in Canggu and the snorkeling in Amed, but the rest of my daily activities were the same. In Amed I stayed at Meditasi Bungalows, where I spent a little more to stay in […]
From Singapore to Jakarta by boat
When I first discovered I could get to Jakarta by boat from Singapore, I was quite excited. But after my stress, panick attacks and tiredness got worse and worse, I wasn’t really looking forward anymore to this journey. I really wanted to finish my travels without taking a plane until Bali but I had the feeling I […]