Human Interest
One of the reasons we want to travel is to see with our own eyes what is happening in the world. Poverty, inequality and corruption are sadly normal aspects of daily life for a lot of people. But it is not all bad in the world; happily there are also universal moments of happiness and recognition of what is important in life. Diving into these political and societal topics and observing them through our travels makes us want to write about it. On this page you can find a collection of articles we have written about societal issues in countries we have been in. Things that grabbed our attention and stories that shouldn’t be forgotten.
It is not about becoming activists, but when traveling and going ‘into the field’, talk to people, do research and start wondering, there are a lot of stories that should be told. In the end, we are all human beings sharing the same planet. Although our lives might differ.
Alaska: preserving nature but losing culture?
Alaska, the largest state of the USA, has a size similar of The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, France and Spain combined. Only about 800.000 people live there, imagine just the city of Amsterdam spread out on all this land. Well, it is clearly the land of the wilderness with more than 3 million lakes, seventy active volcanoes and seventeen of the twenty highest mountains of the USA that can be found there. The land of the midnight sun and the polar night, the land of cold and snowy winters where -35 degrees Celsius are no exception in the North. Alaska: The Last Frontier.
Canada: a complex truth – A search to who are the Canadians?
Driving on the Canadian roads through the vast wilderness gives opportunity to contemplate. Feeling overwhelmed by its impressive nature, high snow-capped mountains, endless forests and a thousand lakes, one might wonder: who built this country, what kind of people are living in it? But above all; what are the problems citizens are dealing with?