Kapadokya, where I didn’t make pictures of the hot air balloons, but a lot of other people did
The Australian woman in the bus to Kapadokya was a former employer at the administration department of a university who threw her whole life…
Hitchhiking 2: Armenian Pears, Pushing Uphill and Four Gangsters in a Small Purple Car
Georgia and Armenia are smaller than I realized. A truck brought me at the border of Armenia and disappeared. Fortunately now an old truck…
Hitchhike 1: One Hundred Watermelons
The directions from Tbilisi to Yerevan are quite easy. There is only one road. So you either go the right way or the complete…
Live the Dream, Eat Pancakes
It is almost three years ago that I left my job as database manager to become a Pancake Adventurer. ‘So you’re not ready for…
Happy Pancakes
After a terrible bus ride and another horrible one I eventually arrive in Gokarna. I take a tuktuk to Om Beach, and walk straight…
To Jort
Dear Jort, Your choice of leaving this life took me a little by surprise. Whichever afterlife you might have chosen, it is most probably…
Slumcake Millionaire part 2: happy Diwali
Michael the Slum Celebrity with his best friend I arrive at Faridabad, a city near Delhi. The founders of the Miracle Orphanage where Michael…
Slumcake Millionaire part 1: getting there and around
In Amritsar I meet Michael Bones, a guy with long hair and a big beard. I have been hanging out with a lot of guys…
Golden Pancakes at the Golden Temple
I met with Gurjit in a restaurant that was top choice according to the Lonely Planet, so it said on the window. Gurjit had…
Wacky Wakhi Birthday Pancake Feast
After five days of Karachi chaos I needed a place to get some rest. This place was found in Zood Khun, the last Wakhi…
Pancake Adventure 2: Karachi Market
My second Pancake Adventure on a market in Karachi. A journalist nominated me for the Nobel Prize for Peace, almost. Special thanks to Sohail…
Dubai Adventure
My first Pancake Adventure in Marina, Dubai. Making pancakes for construction site workers. They work everyday in a heat of 45 to 50 degrees,…