Philippines

Philippines

Philippines smiles IN PARADISE When I think back to the Philippines, I think of the most beautiful beaches and the clearest ocean I’ve ever seen. Even the prettiest places in Cuba, the Antilles or Thailand haven’t been able to come close to the beaches of Palawan. The...
Israel

Israel

ISRAEL a tale of two cities that are worlds apart Tel Aviv Although friends told me Tel Aviv was worth a visit I never really felt the need to visit it. Or Israel in general. Boy, I was wrong! I loved every streetcorner of it. The beach is never far away, the markets...
Ha Giang & Ha Long Bay

Ha Giang & Ha Long Bay

HA GIANG & HA LONG BAY How fragile the authentic experience can be Modern tourism destroys precisely that which it is searching for: authenticity. This idea, from the book Grand Hotel Europa, was stuck on repeat in my head when I travelled through Ha Giang and Ha Long...
Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia LIFE ON JAVA   I took the trip to Indonesia together with my family. My father was born on East Java, near Malang, where my grandfather used to have a school. They went back to the Netherlands when my father was five years old. We took this trip shortly...
Via Panam

Via Panam

VIA PANAM EVERY MILE A MEMORy I directed a Dutch TV-show called “De Panamericana Road Trip”, in which a bunch of Volvo enthusiasts shipped their classic Volvo to Buenos Aires and started a 16,000 kilometer long road trip all the way through South America. In six...