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Mijn internetloze verblijf in Thailand de afgelopen twee weken was een weldadige ervaring, waar ik hard, zoals de volksmond zegt, 'aan toe' was. De afwezigheid van de eindeloze stroom Facebook-prikkels zou me in verveling en lamlendigheid hebben kunnen storten, doch dit gebeurde niet. Ik tippelde vitaal door de hete straten van Bangkok tot ik bij ...
Digital detox
Van vier tot zestien maart ben ik er niet. 'Er', dat is zoals Martin Heidegger al aangaf in zijn tijdloze analyse van het Zijnde, het Internet. Ik ben niet op het Internet. Het is derhalve voor mijn lezers onmogelijk te achterhalen of ik er 'ben', dat wil zeggen of het 'er' van mijn 'zijn' de ...
June 23. Lobbying for a good cause.
We wait in the lobby of the Hilton hotel for her. It is a landmark here in Hua Hin and we figured a suitable place for a meetup. We have a look around and see the tourists munching, swimming, relaxing, reading, drinking - this is many people's idea of paradise. We could have jumped in ...
June 22. Earth Day.
It's Earth Day and we decide Charity Travel should do someting about it. So we go planting mangroves with the  Freeland foundation! Freeland is an organization that fights trafficking of animals and humans, and is active in national parks in Thailand. It is a great experience to travel to the school with the enormous name ...
June 21. Recording…
We check in a real hotel because we have a mission: recording a demo video for a TED-talk. I am applying to hold a 18-minute TED presentation with an independent TED event in Perth, Australia, and they requested a demo video. Putting away my self pride, that would have me waiting for them to follow ...
June 20. Family!
We have agreed to meet my cousin Ingeborg and her daughter Alycia, whom I meet for the first time. She is a very cute and precocious child of one year and a few months.

We need to record a video tomorrow, but lack the equipment. A taxi brings us to a massive electronics mall, ...
June 19. Bangkok. The finger.
Our bus to Bangkok includes pick-up service and friendly caring drivers - and a bunch of complaining tourists. I can't stand a group of British partygirls and the attitude they display. Anyway, the bus is fast and after a few hours and stopovers we arrive at the Thai border, the crossing of which is free ...
Freeland Foundation
Bangkok, Thailand. June 22nd, 2010We spend Earth Day planting mangroves at the Khlong Pittayalongkorn School. With a small team of volunteers we give 350 saplings their place in the muddy waters south of Bangkok. The mangrove coast is home to a unique ecosystem that would perish if the trees disappeared.


Name:Freeland Foundation, Bangkok, ...