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My pictures got published… in children’s books!

A few months ago I made a fun discovery; I found out that four of my pictures had gotten published in children’s books! I’m still selling pictures via Shutterstock, but

My 10 best viewed articles of 2019

The long days of January are finally over and clearly everyone was suffering from the blue month blues, as my website álmost hit the 25.000 viewers (24.351 to be exact).

My photos got published… in a travel book!

Last spring publisher Gestalten approached me for hiking photos in the States. Eventually they bought seven pieces and published those in this pretty ‘Wanderlust USA’ book; an eye-pleasing coffeetable item

International Women’s Day: a little Latin American gallery

Today’s International Women’s Day – so here’s cheers to half of the population! I’m not a firm believer of these kind of days to be honest. If you take a

What I brought along on my world trip

On my first trip to the tropics I neatly packed my 60 liter backpack (the same one as below) and stuffed it so full with so many ridiculous things that

9 x the most colourful towns in Latin America

Add some colour to your trip with these destinations in Latin America! After three years of travelling in the area, here’s a little guide to the most lolly-hued towns I’ve

2018: a year in the life

As I’m writing this article I’m seeing all sorts of pictures flowing by on my social media feed with happy new years’ wishes, champagne, selfies and the like.. all the

Tico traditions: how to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Costa Rica

Ticos love a little celebration and here on the Caribbean coast you often find them on the beach, especially with the holidays. Every free moment available they pull out their

My 10 best viewed articles of 2018

I’m reaching the 10.000 monthly readers with the blog this December, yippee ka yay! A nice way to end the year; time for something fizzy! ?? As I started out

PHOTOS: The 18 of ’18

Yesss the time has come.. these are the days for the end-of-the-year lists. And a word of gratitude. Our previous years in the tropics were already quite amazing, but this year

PHOTOS: The 17 of ’17

Although the time for end-of-the-year lists might be over, there’s never a harm in showing a good ol’ list of photo favourites. So while browsing through 1000s of pictures of