Some have said I rush around too much. That I don’t go on holidays but on races. Others have said that I should slow down, and relax a bit more. Let them talk. Three days is all I need to travel through all of France!

While I scour Wikipedia for interesting ‘did-you-knows’, Indi has been busy building a robust social network. That means she gets invited to London, and I don’t.

At some point in adulthood you realise your parents had a life before you were born. They used to be young and different. Maybe they were cool, and you could have been friends. Doesn’t it make you curious, to see the places they have seen, to walk through a foreign city, to visit the house where they used to live?

The night after I returned from my first visit to China, from labyrinthine Beijing, charming Xi’an, and neurotic Chongqing, I went for a drink with Matt. I told him about…

This should come with the important caveat that I’ve only spent limited amounts of time in China, and that I haven’t seen the whole country. Nonetheless, I’d like to share…

Long before I ever made it to Thailand, I visited the North-African countries of Morocco, Tunisia, and Egypt. The latter was a blast, accompanied by my Arabic speaking friend Marnix,…

After living in Japan for a year, it was very difficult not to see it constantly when travelling to Seoul. From the food, architecture, and music, strong connections are everywhere….

I tread the five longest escalators I’ve ever descended on my way from the metro’s entrance to its far-off platform. But after a mere minute in the monorail, the carriage…

Twelve hours on a night train and between hundreds of Chinese travellers to Xi’an, I am the only foreigner. I don’t mind, in fact, it’s part of why I’m here….

To be totally honest with you, Beijing cuisine didn’t blow me away. It’s made up of beans, grease, and a distinct muteness of flavour. After a tiring day, even the…