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5 Countries In Asia
5 Countries In Asia
I have been to 5 countries in Asia: Jordan, Hong Kong (China), Bali (Indonesia), Singapore and Turkey. All of them were different. Jordan is a Muslim country. I visited Jordan during Ramadan, which makes it way different from Singapore a country obsessed with which food to consume when staying there. In the cities in Jordan I wasn't allowed to eat on the street during the day, because of Ramadan. I had to buy my food and go eat the food in my hotel. Besides the way food is consumed there is also a difference in how I traveled these 5 countries in Asia and how I hiked in 4 of them. I did not hike in Turkey and I am not interested to hike Turkey.
Hiking In Petra In Jordan
Hiking In Petra In Jordan
In Jordan I only hiked in Petra in 2008/9. Petra is one of the World Wonders. Although it was very hot and very touristic I got the chance to make beautiful pictures without a lot of people on it. I made the travels through Jordan with a group of tourist from The Netherlands and Belgium. One of them was a photographer. She made a beautiful picture of each member of the group. I still cherish the beautiful picture she made of me.
Hiking In Hong Kong
Hiking In Hong Kong
I didn't hike in Hong Kong in 2014. I just made a city walk around my hotel which was surrounded by a shopping area. I didn't see much of Hong Kong, because it was a stopover on my way back to The Netherlands at the end of my 'Tussenpensioen' of 5,5 months through the Pacific. I was to short there to go to what must be a beautiful hike, the Peak Circle Walk.
Hiking On Bali Around Ubud
Hiking On Bali Around Ubud
In 2014 I was on a short break from Australia in Bali when I hiked around the village of Ubud. It's an official hiking trail described in a booklet, but not marked. It is not in the wild, but on paths through villages, meadows and rice fields. There were a few Highlights on this hike. The most important one: I got a bit lost at the end, but found Ubud back. The one I cherish is when I sat down in the meadow and a coconut was opened for me to drink and eat by an old lady who kept talking in her local language. I didn't know what she was talking about, but I enjoyed the moment. The last one: It is a quiet hike away from the touristic Ubud. I didn't see a lot of people during the hike, I mostly encountered natives.
Hiking in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Hiking in Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
My five-and-a-half-month sabbatical across the Pacific began in Singapore. It was my stopover on my way to Australia in 2013. During my sabbatical, I had two assignments for my company, Butterfly Effect LTD: creating several digital courses and guest blogging. The guest blog, "Interviewing for a guest blog during my travels through the Pacific," which I also interviewed for in Singapore, is about this experience. I also took the opportunity to slowly transition from work life in The Netherlands to travel as a digital nomad. I was fortunate that the photographer from my trip to Jordan knew a Belgium photographer living in Singapore. She arranged for me to stay with him and his wife in their guest room. They lived in a guarded compound with a swimming pool near the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. I took a beautiful nature walk there. It was hilly, and the strange thing was that I saw people of Chinese descent climbing the hill backwards, for luck, or so I was told. It's also good for the leg muscles. I tried it for a while, but I see more of the scenery while walking the normal way, so I switched to see the monkeys and the train tracks that are no longer in use. The train track section is part of a larger hike, the Rail Corridor.
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