tokyo (2020) in pictures: teamlab borderless & the tour de ramen
rounded off the 2020 japan trip with 5 days in tokyo to meet up with haha, frank & karan. teamlab borderless on odaiba was a mindblowing experience. with only a couple days in town managed to revisit some fav spots…
hokkaido (2020) in pictures: sai-ko japow with a side of gyu katsu
after my first snowboaridng trip to hokkaido, i knew i had to get back there so the four of us (efka, gleb & simon) organized a two-week trip together to pop their japow cherry. with a toyota hi-ace minivan and…
costa rica in pictures: the final leg of our year
we had a meloncholy stop in our last city of our europe leg but costa rica ended on different terms. more sunsets that we could count, rainforests of monteverde, hummingbirds, coatis, graduating to a surfing rookie, chicken eating crocodiles, fluking…
nicaragua in pictures: island hopping, sea turtles and volcano boarding with friends
three weeks in nicaragua went by in the blink of an eye thanks to spending most of it with vince and frank. colourful streets of granada, sunsets and another broken firehose of a shower in ometepe, kayaking and sunrise stalking…
guatemala in pictures: from lakes to mayan ruins by bus and boat
our first stop in central america was an eye opening experience. stopped over in antigua, chichicastenango, panajachel, santa cruz la laguna, flores, eco lodge and managua. volcano hikes, local markets, mayan ruins in tikal, sunrises and golden hours over lake…
the netherlands in pictures: windmills, canals and a wrap on europe
our final stop in europe was bittersweet. we flew out of amsterdam and made a stop at rotterdam prior to that. toss in a couple of daytrips to haarlem, kinderdijk, den haag and hoek van holland and our 10 days…
belgium in pictures: waffles, beer and tintin
we split our 1 week in belgium across brussels and bruges. did a bike ride daytrip across the imaginary border to the netherlands in the town of sluis and another daytrip to the herge museum since i’ve been a tintin…
latvia in pictures: when in doubt, just look up
knowing very little of latvia, we made a budget-friendly decision to book our train to riga while in warsaw the previous week and were treated to a week of art nouveau architecture, cheap but dressed up meals, a history lesson…
poland in pictures: pierogies, churches & walking about warsaw
our warsaw stay was so comfortable, we extended our stay to 9 days to spend haha’s birthday there. a lot of low key, rainy days were spent catching up on game of thrones but when we weren’t being couch potatoes,…
germany in pictures: roaming through the berlin’s history and street art
we had four days in berlin and it felt like we were walking every one of those hours. finally experienced currywursts, biergartens, bretzels, quaint neighbourhoods like kreuzberg, walked the wall, took in the plentiful tidbits of history of the city,…