Jim Dempsey
Leonie PostmaTag: travel
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.
Where’s the next adventure?
Leonie is going to Peru for a week, and I’ve been wondering what I would do while she’s away. Go to Peru too? Chile, perhaps? There are so many options. Maybe even too many.
How we got to Bolivia
We had a great trip on our way to Bolivia, before we started the blog. A total of 16,539 km. This amazing, innovative interactive map gives you the details of where we went and how we got there.
The ‘Have you been there?’ rule
We spent four hours in Brazil. Had our passports stamped. Can we now claim to have been in Brazil? There’s a simple rule to apply to find out.
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.
Where do they go? And what are they looking for?
Years ago, when I lived in a small village in Tanzania, my neighbours would ask about the travellers who pass by.
A life without pets
This life of working while travelling meant that I could not have another dog, even if I wanted to. This was a big consideration for me. I really had to think hard about whether I wanted this life or another dog.
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 