pics by Jacques

A week full of (recent) history, beautiful scenery, fun and a lot of golf in Northern Ireland. Pics: N-Ireland

Roadtrip of 6 days with buddy Chris. Start and finish Edinburgh. From there to the Speyside to enjoy some whisky’s and on to the Northern Highlands. Played some golf and enjoyed the amazing countryside of this lovely country. Pics: Schotland

Just returned of a 9 day road trip through the South East of Spain. Besides a lot of nice people, we saw a great countryside, nice cities, beautiful beaches and ate wonderful food. We ended the trip in Valencia because of Las Fallas, the yearly festival. Pics: Costa Blanca

3 weeks in these great countries. About 1 week per country. This was way too short, but we had a taste of it and it did taste good! Highlights per country: Machu Picchu in Peru, Uyuni Salt Flat and Eduardo Avaroa in Bolivia and Atacama desert in Chili. Pics: Peru, Bolivia and Chili.

Cyprus exceeded my expectations, especially the Troodos Mountains. The scuba we did on the wreck Zenobia was spectacular as well. We were able to see quite a bit, but given the time, we also had to skip a lot. Maybe back again and maybe in winter when you seem to be able to ski… Shortcut to pictures

Last week we traveled 8 days through beautiful Andalusia. Granada, Cordoba, Sevilla, Cadiz, Jerez, Ronda and Malaga. Far too little time for such great cities, but we’ll be back! Shortcut to pics

What a great country. So much culture, nature, hospitality and variety in a country not much bigger than the Netherlands. Petra is the country’s main attraction, but Jordan has more. Wadi Rum has to be one of the most beautiful deserts on earth, the many wadis, the Greek/Roman/Byzantine city in Jerash, religious sites like Baptism of Jesus and mt. Nebu, the many trekkings you can do, scuba diving in Aqaba, drifting in /on the Dead Sea and more, on a relatively short flight from Europe. Shortcut to pics

We had a nice 10 days at Malta (6) and Gozo (4). Both islands very historic, nice bays, nice people and fine food. Above water nature maybe isn’t that interesting, but under water it is. And very nice wrecks to dive to. I was very charmed by the ancient city of Mdina and Valletta and her 3 ‘knight cities’. Shortcut to pics

A midweek on and at the waters of the Bommelerwaard on a so called blokhutboot. This is a sort of floating log cabin. We had the nicest weather possible and had a great time barbecuing, making campfires, bird and beaver spotting, canoeing, swimming, etc. Very recommendable! Shortcut to pics

Great week at Zakynthos. Just after we booked the trip, the biggest part of Greece became a no go area because of Covid for the Dutch. But luckily for us not Zakynthos. We did a lot of relaxing, some scuba, rented a boat for a day, had real nice dinners at nice places among the lovely Greek people and did a lot of beach bumming! Shortcut to pics