India en Nieuw Zeeland

It is a very rainy day today (April 11th). So rainy that the Anatoki Salmon farm is closed today. The forecast is so bad that people are afraid of floods..  The last months we have been living in the River Inn and working at the Anatoki Salmon farm. It was a turbulent time.  First, believe…

By Eva There we were on a ferry from the North to South island of New Zealand. We took the Interislander, and because we did not want to be too late we were there about 1 hour before boarding time, and it was HOT. Luckily there was a freezer somewhere where Jelle bought us some…

By Eva More than a month ago we arrived in New Zealand. The other side of the world from our home. It feels kind of ridiculous to be a 12-hour time-difference away from my lovely friends and family in the Netherlands, but even more ridiculous to be an almost 24-hour time-difference away from my lovely…

One of my best friends told me to enjoy the chaos instead of complaining about it, because it is a beautiful yet inspiring contrast to the robotic Western life. I do embrace it, but mostly enjoy the spiritual, little peaceful moments within the chaos.  Delhi After some chaotic (Varanasi) and peaceful (Sarnath) days, we arrived…

Two weeks ago, about 2000 km (by road) away, I wrote my last blog. Then, in Gangtok in Sikkim Northeast India at an altitude of 1650m in the sunny beginning of the winter season. Now, in Mcleod Ganj (Dharamshala) in Himachal Pradesh Northwest India, at an altitude of 2080 meter, at the beginning of the…

For the first time I am going to write a blog in English, to make it accessible for my English friends. I can’t promise that I might get tired on the way and switch to Dutch again.  The 4th of November our (Jelle’s and mine) flight to India was planned around noon. However, storm was…