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Whow, its been a while I visited my own blog. Quickly browsing through all those experiences shows me how dull default life can be compared to the nomadic life of a backpacker.
The end of my journey, my first months home and my impact on the economic crisis.
So when I came back in Belgium everything in my life seemed to go as smooth as a babies ass. First I get an incredible job opportunity, I found a great apartment in Brussels and then I meet an amazingly beautiful, intriguing, travelminded and smart girl from Morocco. It seemed life at home would not be as boring as I expected it to be.
But then, because I had absorbed and used all the good vibes around me for the last year I think I brought the universe a bit out of balance. This had a direct impact on the world around me causing the economic crisis, …of course… 
(yes I was living on wall street when everything started)
Yes, me and the world have run out of good vibes and by the end of the year everything goes from seemingly pretty good, to slightly bad, to terribly worse and I end up at the end of the year, single, with no job in Paris.
Yes, walking in Paris in the rain wearing a funky retro psychedelic shirt after partying for 3 days and going back home back to… my Mom… in the Aalter… a place where nothing ever happens. Bonne année 2009? Boah, after the past two years I imagine the best parts of 2009 to be not even close to the worse parts of 2008.
But slowly slowly (shanti shanti) I’m working on gathering some new the good vibes and started wearing my Buddha necklace again. (It helped during my travels so why would the way of the Buddha not help me through default life. )
Becoming a world citizen?
A few days later I get a phone call from a guy called Stan, a journalist for ‘De Standaard’, one of Belgians best newspapers. He wanted an interview of my couchsurfing adventures around the world. So of course I say yes and one week later I wake up from an sms send by a friend saying I got a whole page in the newspaper and an extremely ugly picture of me. The title says “Becoming a world citizen by traveling“. Whoah yeah ego boost. And then a day later Stan called again telling me he had so much material from our interview he wanted to use it to write another article. How cool is that?
So I restart my life in 2009
- “And now?”
I felt a wind of change for the future en so time passes and in one month I got everything back on track. I live in Ghent now(yes it IS Belgiums most beautiful city!), got some really nice projects to work on, I teach webdesign for one day in Leuven and girls yeah Ghent has by far the most beautiful and cool girls in Belgium! By far!
- “So you are going to stay in Belgium for a while?”
Well, yeah… kinda… My plan was to stay home for a whole year and jump on a bike in 2010 and do an epic bike ride in India with my Australian friend I met 2 years ago in my Paris adventures(see blogpost 2007). But as usual, things never work out as I planned in my life… because 3 days ago I got carried away talking with a couchsurfer about India… and to make a short story even shorter: 3 days later I have booked a ticket to india!
- Whow, dude, back up a minute. What? When? WTF Are you serious? You are just back from a trip around the world isn’t it?
Yep, its serious. On the 5th of April me and 3 other couchsurfers who don’t really know each other are about to do yet another unforgettable trip in (my)worlds craziest country. Indiajajajaa!!! I guess my stories work inspiring on some people around me.
Yeah, I’m eager to see all my friends in Mumbai again. And of course my little miss Bollywood, Shonali
So, stay tuned for more crazy adventures.
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Belgian Weather Forecast: October 2008 -> March 2009 ( 95% probablility )
I noticed I have been gone from Belgium for a very very long time. After one year I completely forgot how grey the Belgian weather can be and the impact it has on my mood.
The first days when I was back in Belgium when people asked me how I was doing I used to say “like the weather”. If that was really true I would have hung myself on a weather balloon by now.
I don’t know how long I can take this. Jeez this is so depressing.
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Spending quality time with my new nephew Alexander!
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Ik stond op het punt om mijn blog up te daten met verhalen vanuit Alaska maar ik krijg plots een heel onverwacht berichtje op mijn blog van ene Alexander!
“Dag Nonkel Doegie, hier uw neefje Alexander. Ik ben gisteren geboren om 12u51 , ik ben 49 cm groot en ik weeg al 3kg140g. Ik heb je proberen bellen maar je neemt de telefoon niet op. Kan jij straks eens naar mijn mama bellen?
vele kusjes en tot binnenkort ik kom je ophalen in Zaventem, dan kan ik net als mij papa naar de vliegtuigen kijken.
Alexander”
Waaa *flip* ik ben nonkel geworden! Ooh wat is het een moeilijk moment om zo ver van mijn zusje en haar kindje te zijn. Ik wou dat ik thuis was 
Alleen maar stomme kutberen en stinkelanden hier op het einde van de wereld . Ik wil naar huis en Alexander vasthouden!
Hou je goed lieve zus. Ik mis jullie al ;(
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Remember the 2 people I met in India travelling on a tandem across the world? Well they are still cycling and are now in Turkey. This is one of their latest movies and its about Istanbul and CouchSurfing. Love it Guess what my next stop might be!
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New map for Alaska! (old map of India is still available for the older posts)
Rss feed links in the sidebar work now
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Yesterday I picked my sister up from school. While we where playing in the garden she suddenly told me something extremely sweet. She said “you know, when you where in India and I missed you I wached Robin Hood (the old one with Errol Flyn) because he reminds me of you.” Well, when I was a kid I saw that movie maybe a hundred times but I couldn’t quite see the resemblance. So I google for some images of my childhood hero and yeah…
Doogie dressed up as Robin Hood
Errol Flyn dressed as the
Paper Peter Pan on the Paris CS Picknick
I’m just missing some lipstick and a tiny moustache
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The pricetag for the complete 7 month trip was 7000€
This includes:
) and high-season prices back )That leaves me 3700€ for 7 months of:
Did I ever try to save money?
I never ever saved on food! Its too important for my health and mood!
Actually I tried to live according to my needs. I took more expensive guesthouses when I was tired or just had a long and tiring trip. Never took the cheapest guesthouse. (Avg price per night was 4€)
Same for public transport. If i felt a bit weak or tired I took a higher class in the train or a taxi.
I don’t think I ever skipped anything I wanted to do for the money reason alone.
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ik kom nie naar huis
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Enkele dagen geleden kreeg ik het heugelijke nieuws dat ze mij hebben aangenomen voor het project in Thailand. 3 Maanden werken aan de couchsurfing site met een 15tal mensen van over de hele wereld.
Nu nog al mijn papieren in orde krijgen en mijn vlucht verplaatsen naar ergens begin April, mijn visa in orde brengen voor Thailand en nog eens met mijn boekhouder bellen om te zien wat ik nog allemaal moet doen om later niet teveel problemen te krijgen met de fiscus.
Tis nog nie 100% zeker allemaal want zolang ik hier in India zit kan vanalles gebeuren…
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After cruising the estate, walking confidently, with no idea where I'm going but knowing exactly how to get there...
