Travel Photos: The best Quiet Beaches in the Philippines
With growing tourism in the Philippines, it becomes harder and harder to find those unspoiled beaches or your private beach moments. Most beaches are so crowded that every selfie you take or every photo includes strangers or belongings of strangers. …
Day trip to the Maya Ruins of Ek’ Balam and Coba
We took our bikes for a ride from Cancun through Yucatan to the impressive pyramid of Ek’ Balam and after that all the way to Coba Archaeological site passing through the historical city of Valladolid. An awesome trip. It took…
Is Cancun nice?
This blog contains a collection of videos of Cancun. It is not about the Hotel Zone, but the real Cancun, where your hotel staff lives. The streets, the shops, the houses. I walked, rode, and lived in those areas on…
Let’s ride to Valladolid, Mexico
From Cancun, Quintana Roo to Valladolid in Yucatan is a ride you can either do over the Cuota, the Mexican toll road. Or you can just wander off on the free highway ad take side roads through little sleepy villages.…
Travel Photos, Awesome murals in Playa del Carmen
Mexico equals murals and some are stunning. I have seen some awesome murals during my stay in Mexico and I am sure I will find more. They are vibrant and full of color and even the older ones are still…
The Hotel Zone in Tulum
It was kind of a surprise, and not a really pleasant one: Riding the Hotel Zone in Tulum. The hotel strip has a fuzzy way of being eco-friendly, with resorts and beach clubs with names like Tantra, Chica Dek, Mistico,…
My 5 reasons why I like Solo Travel
There are many articles on the internet that tell you why it is good to travel solo, like 10 reasons, 16 reasons etc. For me none of those articles make any sense. For instant: it is cheaper? No way, hotel…
How safe is Cancun?
The most asked question for people traveling to foreign countries and especially Mexico is: is it safe? And I always hesitate to answer that kind of question. For it all depends. Safety is a feeling, based on several things and…
What I learn while Traveling the World
It has been almost a year that I’m back on the road again. Traveling S.E.Asia. After traveling Europe and South America this was a continent I wanted to visit for a long time. And here I am, in my little…
Sargasso 2021 in Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Riviera Maya
Every year between March and October the Sargasso season happens in Cancun, Playa del Carmen en Tulum, all along the coastal area of the Riviera Maya. Some beaches are highly affected, others mildly. It all depends on wind and tide.…
How to stay Cool in a Tropical Business Meeting
Here I am, my first business meeting in the Philippines. And although I’ve been in this country for some months now, I still sweat. I sweat a lot. It is embarrassing sometimes, well, most of the time actually. One day I…
Is Cancun safe for tourists?
So much hearsay, so many stories are to be found on the internet about people with bad experiences and safety issues in Cancun and the Riviera Maya. This is the cartel country where people are shot to death, taken hostage,…
Kingsday Festival in the Netherlands
So many tourists still come for Queensday to the Netherlands on April 30th. It is amazing. So many that the city of Amsterdam actually organized a special party for all the pity-tourists that came 3 days to late. Three days too…
Can a Tourist open a Filipino Bank Account
Using the ATM with a European MasterCard is a costly affair. The max amount of withdrawal is 10,000 pesos per transaction and the withdrawal and interchange fee is around 10 euro each time, add to that the exchange rate and…
