Movements in the World and in the Mind
While spending some time with my friend Alice and her family in the Hague I joined them to watch a live match of the local Eredivisie football club. Eredivisie means Premier Division and is the Dutch equivalent of the British Premier League. The local club is ADO, which throughout recent history has been known for... Continue Reading →
Taking a break from Amsterdam, I went to the city of the Hague for a few days after returning from London where it was still flip-flop weather. I stayed at my friend’s Alice, who I’ve known since secondary school. She has always had high-flying jobs since graduating from uni and back in the days we... Continue Reading →
After my play time in Malta I returned to the Netherlands where summer was still present, but it wasn't as hot as it once was. Yet again, I spent several weeks in Amsterdam at my dear friends Rick and Louis, who are like family, and whose loved-filled household has been one of my main pillars... Continue Reading →
With the exception of a couple of days, I haven’t stopped wearing open-toes shoes since I arrived in South Asia in February, escaping the cold, cold climes of Western Europe and North Africa. A serious heatwave has hit Europe and other parts of the world and everyone is whining about the heat. After having spent... Continue Reading →
After a joyous couple of months, during which I was captured by surf and Sri Lankan chill, I had the warmest of receptions in Lowlands Country by both my dear friends Rick and Louis and the weather. Having spent last summer in Central America, experiencing long summer days with sunsets after 10 pm, which used... Continue Reading →
After a few days of messy surf at the south coast, I returned to the capital Colombo in preparation for my flight to Europe. While consumed by surf in the last couple of months, I haven’t once mentioned the Sri Lankan elephant in the room; the civil war. Up and Coming out of a War... Continue Reading →
Just before the (surf) season was drawing to an end at Sri Lanka’s south coast, two newly made surfer friends and I headed for Arugam Bay, Lanka’s surf ‘mecca’ at the east coast, where the season was just about to start. A-Bay’s strange Mix Arugam Bay, or A-Bay if you want to appear to be... Continue Reading →
Although Sri Lanka is a relatively small country with great offerings in terms of nature and culture, my main reason for visiting the teardrop-shaped island is to surf. The topic of Sri Lanka as a surf destination had come up several times in the last few months and were attention goes, energy flows, or so... Continue Reading →
After my two-night stay in Mirissa, I took a bus ride an hour or so to the west, to the fortress town of Galle, of which the English pronunciation is Gaul, as in the old name for France. The vast majority of the city of Galle is located outside of the fort, yet the fortified... Continue Reading →
Arriving in Mirissa, a short tuk tuk ride from Weligama, I immediately noticed more white faces and a busier main road. There also seemed to be far more hotels and guesthouses scattered around and the beach is very nice, which made me wonder whether I had been hanging in the wrong place. But I came... Continue Reading →
Dark Fairy Adventures 