Martijn's Blog

This is the best invention since the wheel....OK slightly exaggerated, but I am surprised how good it is.

Basically after putting in some artists you like it'll start playing the radio station with music you like. The best thing is that it doesn't only play music of the artists you put in but also of others that fit into your profile. A bit like the amazon's "Customers who bought this item also bought....".

After I put in 7 artists it started playing Prince: I love Prince! (and I hadn't put him in yet)

Excellent and very addictive.

Pandora Internet Radio

nice bike, my bike

Ok, it's finally come, the last day of my trip. I have seen a lot of things in the last year good as well as bad. I have experienced a lot and learned a few things about myself too. That is unavoidable when you travel alone. Of course I shared parts of my trip with people I met along the way which is great but there are also moments when you are and feel alone.

I would like to thank everybody I met along the way. Thanks:

Paul, Sam, Fiona, Kobi, Peter, Romina, Romirulito, Andrés, Luciana, Pilar, Christian, Scott, Max, Jason, Vanina, Christian, Griselda, Gabriel, Camila, Sarah, Matt, Aaron, Amanda, Jade, Erin, Jack, Jenny, Mohammed, Marianne, Melanie, Leslie, Alice
Bruce, Koen, Conrad, Wilco, Leonie, James, Holger, Gerard, Trudy, Debbie, Sandi, Lynda, Teresa, Rosemary, Eileen, Cameron, Harm, Tiffany, Jan, Jette, Mattias, Paul, Raewyn, Ben, Harrison, Wilco, Heleen
Ed, Claire, Jane, Kate, Linda, John, James, Paul, Maddy, Trent, Susan, Eden, Liam, Marcus, Kate, Henry, Dave, Céline, Adam, Huug, Lenie, Steve, Anne, Hope, Jess, Jin, Tamako, Cees, Greg, Minke, Jules, Paul, Richard, Juan, Cornelia, Marie, Valerie, Markus, Carl, Lars, Jan, Julia, Kate,Jan, Dan, Darren, Björn, Trish, Trev, Sam, Matt, Luke, Anna, Marin, Frederik, Michael, Robert, Naomi, Tae, Teako, Tomo, Alex, Ben, Adam, Dan, Ayumi, Toshi, Mike, Andrés, Paul, Dominic, Stuart, Carla, Park, Kelly, Rebecca, Linda, Jeroen, Markus, Fabio

(and everybody I left out)

Also thanks to Brendan for holding the fort and sending me my bills while I was away. And a last thank you to my parents for coming to visit me in Argentina and supporting me along the way.

Some stats:
km flown: 54832
km driven: 11500
countries visited: 8
money spent: way too much
bags started with: 2
bags ended with: 4

Ok, it has happened; the last week of my trip has officially started. I will fly out to Singapore on the 6th and be back in (c)old Zürich on the 10th of April. I'm looking forward to seeing everybody again and catching up. Please let me know what the snow conditions are. Any chance of a little skiing before I go to Holland ?

See you all later!

I bought this underwater camera and made some stunning pictures of fish, coral and an octopus or so I thought. When I went back to pick up my photos it turned out that the camera was faulty and it never distributed the film so no pictures except this one:


I found him

Well it has been a while since I posted anything on this site. The reason (excuse) is that I spend the last 4 days on a boat.

I arrived in Cairns 2 days after cyclone "Larry" hit the coast of northern Queensland. To be honest, in Cairns, apart from some branches on the roads and the rainy weather there was very little evidence that a very strong cyclone had hit so close by.

In Innesfail which is about 90km from here the damage was much worse: 50% of the buildings were heavily damaged.

Anyway I have been taking a dive course here in Cairns. I finished my PADI open water and advanced open water course on a ship near the Norman and Saxon reefs. Absolutely unique experience with the beautiful corals, the varied fishes and the night dives between the reef sharks.

I will post some pictures later on.

Ok I have finally left Lancelin and am in Perth now. Only for a day and a half because my flight to Cairns leaves Wednesday morning. Cairns has just been hit by a cyclone and I hope that the weather will have cleared up by the time I arrive.


the sand dunes in Lancelin


just a sunset beer


and some jumping