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The 7th and last month of living in Costa Rica was filled with so many highlights. It was our bonus month, as we stayed longer due to the pandemic. Life Project Education (LPE), where our children attended so inspiring classes during these 7 months (partially online due to the restrictions), had invited us to hold […]
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Costa Rica closed its borders early and imposed restrictions impacting mobility of people, such as closing the beaches, national parks, schools and restricting driving. The country managed to avoid a widespread outbreak in the beginning but is experiencing a second infection wave now. Hence local markets (ferias) stayed close for several months til today. A […]
Read More ›Gorgeous beaches, wildlife, jungle…see for yourself in our short film where we live at the moment.
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1.7.2017 Today is the first day of “Plastic Free July”. And I have already sinned… I have forgotten to take my straw for the young coconut:-( I try to make it up by collecting some plastic waste from the beach around us. Unfortunately there is too much plastic thrown into nature here in Bali… After 13 […]
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A big thank you again to the generous donours for the tree planting activities in Fukushima, Japan!!! Here some updates and pictures. Some of you might remember our volunteering activities last year July with Tochigi Conservation Corps (TCC) and its sister organisation Fukushima Conservation Corps (FCC). Our exciting forest conservation activities included invasive bamboo species cutting and […]
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Amiram’s first day back at work was fast approaching and we were due to be in Brizzie (nickname for Queensland’s capital Brisbane) in the middle of May. While still cycling, surfing and enjoying our free lifestyle around Byron Bay, I had managed to find a cosy little kindergarten. Rachel’s place, as it is called, had just […]
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After having cycled south from Brisbane, via the beautiful North Stradbroke Island Nationalpark, and surviving Easter in Party (Surfer’s) Paradise and Glitzy Goldcoast, we reached Buzzing Byron Bay. I had fond memories of my first visit there 15 years ago when I was travelling with my sister. I took my first surf lesson and enjoyed a challenging […]
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We had not met any other cycling family, until the end of the 11th month of our Zen Tour, when we met 3 families within 3 days, near or on Maria Island, north of Hobart in the South-Eastern part of Tasmania. Our first encounter with a cycling family was when we got onto the ferry to car […]
Read More ›We had an amazing farewell performance in southeastern Tasmania. When we left a beach campsite our fellow camper Teddy, whom we had met the day before, performed impromptu on his beautifully painted Didgeredoo. Teddy hails from Queensland and currently travels in his camper van around Australia. The musical farewell should send us positive energy and safe travels […]
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8.00 pm While Amiram is reading the last (of the 4) bedtime stories for the kids in the tent, I finish off washing the dishes, locking the bikes and covering the chariot (bicycle trailer) with the raincover for the night. Then I already start thinking about those possums, that have haunted us the last couple of […]
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We were “picked up” by a father with his 2 year old son at a playground on a hot day in Tathra, New South Wales, while cycling from Sydney to Melbourne sometimes later in January 2017. Father and son had observed us searching for a suitable campsite and thought “we can do better then a site […]
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Hauling our bikes, loaded with kids and gear, over mountain ranges or through drenching rain, while keeping the kids happy, probably sounds a far cry from a relaxing holiday. It turns out however, that our physical exercise, the unfiltered exposure to the elements and the human encounters are unique experiences that create lasting happiness. Being in nature for […]
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