A travelogue on sound, music and inevitable associations
— JAPANESE SAYING — JAPANESE SAYING Little forest in the Belgian Ardennes Maybe, at first glance, you like this view of a forest in the Belgian Ardennes. However, when you look carefully, it becomes clear that this is not a natural forest. It’s a plantation. A monoculture. A wood factory. What is the impact of […]
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At the beginning of a second coronavirus lock-down, I manage to stay optimistic about the future. Thriving on memories of beautiful camping spots and longing for future ones, I collected some stunning examples of really nice pitches that we found on past journeys. Morning in Kazakhstan Indeed, often one just stumbles upon places like these […]
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Crossing the Turkish-Georgian border near Batumi feels like entering a forgotten part of Europe. Or better yet, one that we vaguely knew. Paradoxically, the contrast between modern Turkey, which feels pretty European, and Adjara, this autonomous republic in the southwestern part of Georgia, is rather big. Turkey is well organized, Georgia feels more chaotic. Where […]
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Imagining the enigmatic faces of Nemrut Dağı who stare into eternity from an altitude of more than 2000m, I wonder if they might know about fake online Turkish travel agencies.* Would they, at least once in a while, blink their eyes? I bet they do. Although clearly not because of internet fraud. About 100 km […]
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Whilst corona increasingly limits our travel possibilities, we opt for a two week trip to France. We leave without a clear destination and quickly get in the mood, traveling through the Belgian Ardennes. Belgium is such a tiny country that it doesn’t require much effort to find yourself abroad. For a Belgian living in Flanders, […]
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It’s just one village in a row of many, as one passes through this charming valley full of hazelnut orchards. A dead end no one would ever visit, save for some special reason. After a few kilometres we have to stop at a police checkpoint. A friendly officer asks for our passports and checks them […]
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We find ourselves between lovely meadows crowded with cows in the lowlands near Chobi in Georgia. Preparing for sunset, dozens of frogs croak at their loudest. I wonder if the difference between their bass or treble sounds corresponds linearly to the size of their body, as is more or less the case with acoustic musical […]
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The video below was made in 2015 on our last trip with the old Iveco 40.10WM. In the years before, on several occasions, we explored Andalucia including its most remote areas. This particular excursion was really off the beaten track. Yes, in Europe! Shortly after this ritual jaunt, we were happy to sell the vehicle […]
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Loaded with lasting memories of Armenia, we’re back in Georgia. After refueling and buying supplies, we leave Rustavi on our way to the David Gareji monastery located along the Azerbaijani border. While night is falling, we park along the dirt track, assuming that not much traffic will pass through here. As so often happens, what […]
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We just crossed the border from Azerbaijan into Dagestan, the most southern and one of the most infamous autonomous Russian republics. Together with Ossetia, Chechnya and a bunch of even more tiny, would-be independent states in its neighborhood, hopefully Dagestan won’t live up to its reputation of ethnic instability, terrorist attacks or kidnapping while we […]
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