Waving goodbye and letting go
A message to my growing up daughter: ‘Live, enjoy, but don’t turn a blind eye to what is going wrong in the world. I’m so happy to see you spread your wings.’
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Nature is gift-wrapping us
2002. Tikal, Guatemala. Following the footsteps of their guide, Carine and Nele forage through the jungle. Carine is looking forward to their destination: wonderful temples revealing the story of their guide’s legendary ancestors, the Maya.
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Amini from Fiji
Wendy will never forget how unselfish the local people of Yanuya are, they want to help you without wanting something in return. They want to spend their time with you and learn you all kinds of things. That is something she had never experienced before in all her time of traveling.
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Returning home with an enriched mother tongue
Since 2016, Chené Swart, from South Africa, regularly travels to Flanders and stays with a family in Limburg. Chené returns back home with a deeper connection to her mother tongue and a lot of gratitude for the diversity of South Africa.
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Behind the blue gate
My best friend Maya and I hopped on the rattling bus to the suburbs of Cuzco. Maya had been living in Peru for a year by then, so she was used to it: bumpy rides, fast Spanish conversations, streets becoming more and more decrepit as we moved away from the centre of town. Explore
Why tourism deserves our dedication
Taleb Rifai, former Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and moral sponsor of Connect Your Story tells the story of a wonderful encounter with a female entrepreneur on the lake of Halong Bay.
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Stop and think
“Am I an insane person?” she asked.
“I think we all are to some extent”, I answered.
