Adventures

From freedom of movement to locked in the living room, how I deal with this quarantine

April 10, 2020

It is already the fourth week of quarantine. I look out the window, past a cactus to an empty street. Ironically, I’m writing this when I would be on my way to Alaska to do a bicycle journey. It is…

No bicycle journey yet, I take the coronavirus serious

March 15, 2020

In recent days I have often been asked the question if my cycling trip would still continue. I would fly to Alaska on April 1 to cycle from Alaska to Argentina. The answer is no, there is absolutely no possibility…

From Alaska to Argentina

February 17, 2020

The decision is made. On April 1, I will fly to Fairbanks in Alaska to undertake a new long-distance bicycle journey. This time from Alaska to Argentina. And that’s not a joke. (UPDATE: due to the coronavirus and the entry…

My 2019 in review

January 2, 2020

In 2019 I learned that ownership and commitment are very important to me. And by that I mean to be able to shape my life on my own terms. That relating myself to a collective norm gives me a lot…

A bicycle adventure in Campanula

December 17, 2018

“We play here every day, usually an hour or two in the afternoon. Six days a week, but not on Sundays.” Explains Jan from the Jue de Boules Association called Onderhands in Harmelen. Directly in the center of the village…

Not too far to the left and not too far to the right

November 12, 2018

This article is written for the Wereldfietser, a Dutch magazine full of stories, interviews and travel reports about traveling by bicycle. A long way stretches in front of me. Left and right I see as far as I can forests…

Why I wanted to cycle in Russia

April 15, 2018

In the summer of 2015 I was in Farg’ona in Uzbekistan. I had a conversation with a lady who wanted to study in Russia. She said that the Uzbeks didn’t really like the Russian influence in their country. They were…

The end on the North Cape

March 13, 2018

I can’t quite realize it. How normal the snow has become. How normal it is to cycle in -10 degrees celcius with the idea of that being a mild temperature. That I slept in temperatures between -25 and -30 degrees…

Cycling the arctic in Norway [PHOTOS]

March 10, 2018

Immediately after I crossed the border I noticed that Norway is a comfortable country to cycle compared to Russia. Cars see me, they slow down and then almost hit the road barriers on the other side of the road. People…

My last days in Russia

March 5, 2018

An icy wind is coming from my left. Snowflakes fly horizontally past me. Today I left Murmansk. I follow the M18 which goes from Murmansk to the Norwegian border. It is already getting dark. I left late and still have…

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Adventures

From freedom of movement to locked in the living room, how I deal with this quarantine

No bicycle journey yet, I take the coronavirus serious

From Alaska to Argentina

My 2019 in review

A bicycle adventure in Campanula

Not too far to the left and not too far to the right

Why I wanted to cycle in Russia

The end on the North Cape

Cycling the arctic in Norway [PHOTOS]

My last days in Russia

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