Nathalie Van Raemdonck

Category: travel

  • [COLOMBIA] Veiligheid, de grens tussen gevoel en feit.

    [COLOMBIA] Veiligheid, de grens tussen gevoel en feit.

    Ik werd thuis veel over Colombia gewaarschuwd.  Uitgenodigd door een vriend die in Bogota woont, en nieuwsgierig naar dit land waar ik zo weinig van weet, reisde ik toch af naar het land van magico realismo. ik genoot intens van de prachtige natuur. Colombia heeft het allemaal, de bergen, de caraibische stranden, de jungle, de…

  • Balkan Roadtrip: Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia

    Balkan Roadtrip: Slovenia, Bosnia, Croatia

    As usual when I write about my travels, my posts are riddled with anekdotes of the trip as well as observations and insights on the countries and cultures I visit. I’ve been wanting to visit former Yugoslavia for a while since it’s such unknown territory, so I gained a lot of insights. It made me…

  • how tipping in the US makes me feel a little like a ruthless God

    When I go to a restaurant (on the rare occasions that I do) I get very upset about the tipping system. Every. Time. Even after 2 months of being in the United States. In the beginning it mostly upset me because I felt fooled, since the price I originally thought I was going to pay…

  • the improbability of cheap healthy food in America

    Going grocery shopping in the US has given me a new perspective on the perverse effects of a TRUE free market system that I never fully experienced in Europe. I have been absolutely shocked by the quality of food. Here the logic applies of “you get what you pay, if you pay less, you get…

  • Brazil: Belo Horizonte

    Brazil: Belo Horizonte

    Belo Horizonte was a special part of my trip to Brazil, and I stayed about a month in total with my friend Luiza’s family after travelling through Peru and Bolivia. So it was Luiza who planted the seed of going to Brazil for me. There were other influences as well, but after living with Luiza…

  • Bolivia: Salt Flats

    Bolivia: Salt Flats

    Salt Flats I left for Uyuni alone on Saturday evening, since I absolutely still had to do the salt flats and time was starting to run out. The busride to this middle of nowhere was absolutely dreadful. I was quite ill, feverish and had some stomach problems, the bus broke down at 3am (apparently not…

  • Bolivia: Death road

    Bolivia: Death road

    After hearing so many backpackers rave about it in La Paz, me and my travel companions decided to cycle the Death Road. The death road used to be the “Most Dangerous Road In The World”. Several hundreds of people die every year falling into the ravine from the narrow road that is really not made…