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Hester, 20F, Dutch, History student with a passion for languages/writing/theatersport/teaching/movies/meeting new people, but most importantly: TRAVELING!
InspirationIn 2006 I lived in a youth hostel in Amsterdam for 6 months. It was an amazing experience! Waking up every day, meeting new people, hearing stories about different parts of the world.
The first day of my stay I brought a book with me, thinking I might get bored. I never opened it. I tried, but somehow there was always someone more interesting to converse with. 6 months later I threw the book out. It was still unopened.
Best memory of my stay there; the missionary from Papua-New Guinea who spent 3 hours explaining me in broken English about his work there.
I guess you could say this missionary from Papua New-Guinea inspired me to travel. It’s my usual answer when people ask me why I travel this much. Papua New-Guinea is still my ultimate travel destination, though I’m saving it till a later date.
Right now I’m focusing on Europe and Latin-America (though I want to see all parts of the world). Unfortunately, as I still study at University, I can’t travel as much as I’d like. Usually I go away for the summer (2009 Colombia/Ecuador/Peru) and visit several European cities throughout the year.
Places I’ve visited in the past (which are/will be part of this blog) are:
- 01/01/2009-10/01/2009 Barcelona and Madrid (Spain)
- 20/12/2008 - 28/12/2008 Gheorghieni (Romania)
- 31/01/2008-15/09/2008 Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil , Chile, Paraguay and Peru; living in Cusco for 3 months (learning Spanish and teaching English), then going to Bolivia for another 3 months (living with a small jungle community) and ending the trip by traveling across Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay for 6 weeks.
LanguageThis travel blog is written partly in Dutch, partly in English. I’m not sure yet what language future messages will be written in. It all depends on what I feel like (and how much time I have). Right now I’m working hard to translate/improve older blog entries. I think it’s a waste to just let them sit, though I realize most definitely need improvement (most older blog entries are originally written in Dutch and quickly translated into English).
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