Daily Life
(more or less) Daily ramblings of a 50+ nomad, changing the perspective on retirement and unemployment for the better. Every article has a personal touch.
Grocery shopping at Chedraui La Paz, BCS, Mexico
Every few days we ride to La Paz, the nearby city, to get our groceries. Since I do not cook for my son anymore and he runs his own household we often need a lot. The side cases and bags…
Riding a Motorcycle in Baja California Sur, Mexico
Today I take you on a ride. To Los Barilles. And although the video is in Dutch, there is an English translation. I made this video to show some of my followers how it is to ride in a dry…
Replacing a Clutch Cable on a BMW G310GS in Mexico
During my last ride I noticed some problems with my clutch and shifting gears, it felt like it wasn’t working properly and in my mind, due to living in the desert, I thought it all needed a good spray with…
There is no water today!
I am from the Netherlands an over-regulated country where everything always is available and always works. Well, at least there is always water coming from the tap. And it is drinking water, a pure quality that makes buying bottled water…
Best time to visit La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
After I left Cancun in 2021 and drove around Mexico on my motorbike, I ended up in the area of La Paz, Baja California Sur. And I was surprised by the cold weather. I had little clothes to get me…
15 ways to fight depression while traveling
It may sound weird to you, traveling long term and visiting the most beautiful countries and places and getting depressed. But it is not strange at all. I know many long-term travelers that suffer one way or another from burnout…
How to deal with my writers block?
Looking back on my life, reflecting. Changing my perspective from a near future that holds next to nothing due to the pandemic, to the past, where memories linger. In my Facebook account that I do not use anymore, I find…
Reflecting on travel and living in a desert
A long time ago I took the picture above the blog article. It was in Zaandam, Zaanse Schans, an open-air museum filled with mills and cheese and other Dutch stuff. I was a tourist in my own country first before…
Life in Mexico goes on!
The daily life of a digital nomad, and daily life in Mexico. snippets from all over the country, because life goes on. There may be a lockdown in the Netherlands, but I live a free life in Mexico. I travel,…
Renting a house in La Paz, Mexico
Suddenly I realize I am nearly at the end of my long motorcycle journey through Mexico. I left the beautiful house I rented in Cancun and set off on a journey to La Paz, Baja California Sur, over the libre,…
Travel Photos: Merida, Mexico
Finally our #FromPuebloToPueblo motor trip through Mexico has started. We traveled from Cancun to Merida, no highway no toll. Just riding from village to village, from pueblo to pueblo. For we believe this way we see the real Mexico. Our…
I almost gave up!! RoadTrip to Bacalar.
I am the kind of person that can go really low when things go wrong. I am a glass-half-empty kind of person. When the glass was full, I drank half of it, that was good (or not??) and now it…
Reflecting on solo travel and loneliness
It is about enjoying the status you have right now……. A random line I read on the internet as I research the topic of being single and longing for touch. I long for touch, but I am also enjoying the…
Is everything on the Internet true?
Gosh, I wish. I wish everything you read on the internet was true. Then it would be an amazing medium to help us grow and discover. But unfortunately, there is so much rubbish and fake news out there that it…
