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“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy,
the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”
— C.S. Lewis
🧭 Latest Adventures
The Day I Witnessed a Miracle
December 25, 2025
Christmas Day church in Belgium. We thought a tragedy had happened. The next day I noticed a miracle had happened and there were more coincidences than I can believe.
Saving a Goat in Japan
March 27, 2025
During a trip to celebrate my 30th birthday, I was unexpectedly summoned into a side quest in rural Japan. A trapped goat, a pilgrimage, firefighters, and fate itself, this is the story...
Black Tie with a Cult in NYC
June 15, 2024
One of the craziest weekends of my life. A 10k in Central Park, a chess tournament I somehow took second place in, and an invitation to a black-tie party hosted by a...
Israel During a Rough Time
October 07, 2023
We arrived in Israel for work expecting ordinary days, instead, we found ourselves sheltering, helping in a hospital, and witnessing fear and humanity side by side.
Lost in Russia
August 01, 2021
Russia is not for beginners. During COVID, with little money, no language skills, and a dying phone battery, I tried to cross the country by train, and accidentally unlocked several side quests...
Summits: Ojos del Salado & Kilimanjaro
August 01, 2020
Two high points on the map: Ojos del Salado in 2017 with the Uruguayan flag at the top, and Kilimanjaro in 2020, from Karanga Camp to a whiteout summit covered in ice....
Evicted in Quebec
April 15, 2020
During COVID in Quebec, a hall monitor accused me of organizing a party and I was evicted from my university dorm, with no flights home. I took a job at a local...
Upside Down in Florida, Uruguay
June 15, 2018
A traffic accident in Florida, Uruguay flipped the van while I was hauling fire extinguishers. They smashed through the windows. None hit my head, and somehow I walked away.
Iguazu, Lost, Arrested, and Somehow a Legend
April 25, 2018
I was leading a group of students in iguazu in a midterm trip when a friend of ours disappered...
Thailand, flood evacuation
February 11, 2018
What started as a diving course in paradise quickly turned into a survival story involving tropical storms, waist-deep floods, and strangers who became heroes. Southeast Asia taught me freedom the hard way....
Scammed in Da Nang
August 01, 2016
A hotel scam in Da Nang turned into a fight when the owners shoved my motorbike companion. They called the police. For a while I thought I might not leave Vietnam.
Lost in the Peruvian Mountains
July 15, 2015
Volunteering in the mountains of Peru with my Dutch friend Loes, we got lost, camped under a mosquito net, and woke up to farm workers with machetes. Later we spent a night...
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