
To conclude the search for a rich and free life.
Five years ago I started on a journey. How much do you need to be happy, to feel rich and free? That’s what I wanted to know. I was looking to Mongolian nomads for answers: roaming freely, few possessions, survival

To conclude the search for a rich and free life.
Five years ago I started on a journey. How much do you need to be happy, to feel rich and free? That’s what I wanted to know. I was looking to Mongolian nomads for answers: roaming freely, few possessions, survival
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Vipassana: pitstop on a wandering path
A rich life with little stuff. That is what I hoped to find when I stepped into the train to Mongolia. Two years ago I started on a journey that found at least one conclusion in a meditation centre last

Vipassana: pitstop on a wandering path
A rich life with little stuff. That is what I hoped to find when I stepped into the train to Mongolia. Two years ago I started on a journey that found at least one conclusion in a meditation centre last
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Freelance heaven: a winter retreat in Barcelona.
image: Saskia Huizinga Saskia knows a cheap place to update her portfolio: the public library of Barcelona.

Freelance heaven: a winter retreat in Barcelona.
image: Saskia Huizinga Saskia knows a cheap place to update her portfolio: the public library of Barcelona.
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On killing and keeping Vlekje and Tenger
It is a year since the closing feast of the project Looking for Mongolia in Amsterdam-North. Three months after Midwinter I wrote this essay on what it meant to me.

On killing and keeping Vlekje and Tenger
It is a year since the closing feast of the project Looking for Mongolia in Amsterdam-North. Three months after Midwinter I wrote this essay on what it meant to me.
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Sketching a mobile habitat
First steps on paper towards a nomadic studio. It will take a while but I’m on my way.

Sketching a mobile habitat
First steps on paper towards a nomadic studio. It will take a while but I’m on my way.
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Instal; repair; recuperate
I levelled the land; got caravan; placed small solar panel; replaced fuses; made pallet floor; emptied caravan; filled pallet floor with reed; laid top floor; oiled furniture (against humidity); secured floor; adjusted floor; oiled edges; repaired front tent; made music

Instal; repair; recuperate
I levelled the land; got caravan; placed small solar panel; replaced fuses; made pallet floor; emptied caravan; filled pallet floor with reed; laid top floor; oiled furniture (against humidity); secured floor; adjusted floor; oiled edges; repaired front tent; made music
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Walking full circle to Datsjapark
Once more in an intentional community. How a wanderer is growing mobile roots.

Walking full circle to Datsjapark
Once more in an intentional community. How a wanderer is growing mobile roots.
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Camp 3 | Casa Coby
I wasn’t going to spend the winter in the BedMobile, but how else? My parents played guardian angels and put a request on the notice board of their camp site.

Camp 3 | Casa Coby
I wasn’t going to spend the winter in the BedMobile, but how else? My parents played guardian angels and put a request on the notice board of their camp site.
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Camp 3 | Move to Datsjapark
And then it was time to leave.

Camp 2 | Brainstorm at Vliegenbos
Campsite Vliegenbos is developing rapidly. Manager Erik van der Linden asked me to gather creative people to come up with exciting ideas for a sustainable and adventurous future.

Camp 2 | Brainstorm at Vliegenbos
Campsite Vliegenbos is developing rapidly. Manager Erik van der Linden asked me to gather creative people to come up with exciting ideas for a sustainable and adventurous future.
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