Jim Dempsey
Leonie PostmaMind tricks 
What to pack or not to pack? Part 1
Packing for a journey has always been a challenge for me. At the beginning, I feel the excitement, but when the moment of packing comes, the challenge begins.
My uncontrollable travel companion
As you might have read in the previous blog, Jim will leave me on my own. And though I don’t mind being on my own for a while, my mind is kind of worried.
What do you mean ‘routine’?
After a month of many wonders, beautiful places and friendly people, we were looking forward to a quieter time in the familiar settings of Cochabamba. That was not to be…
Mind tricks and horor stories
Checking and reading the blogs on the internet didn’t help, especially as Jim shared one horror story after another.
From Paris to Switzerland: meditations on globalisation and diversity
Because surely, there is no other place like Montevideo.
Are you ready for Argentina?
Are there criteria you should consider before going to a particular country? I don’t mean war zones, I mean regular places, like, Argentina, for example. How can you tell if you’re ready for a country or not?
To dare is to lose one’s footing. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
Making a choice and acting upon it is to take a risk. The philosopher Kierkegaard puts it: “To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.” And so it is, at least for me.
Call to Adventure 