Great Eastern Journey, Sun, 10 Mar 13
Simon
at a Cave, Jungle, UNESCO site
in Asia, Indonesia
I need to start from thankin Amanda and Ivan for telling me to go to Bukit Lawang. It was the best choice ever! I arrived to Medan in the evening. Quite a shock to the system, from the ultra modern, …
Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 08 Mar 13
Simon
at a Transit
in Asia, Singapore
Yes, road trips definitely suit me better. Gods how stressful is all this catching buses, making sure you’re on time, discussing with drivers when you don’t know exactly where you’re going, catching planes, waiting and wasting time! Argh, just give …
Great Eastern Journey, Thu, 07 Mar 13
Simon
at a Sea
in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand
Since it’s my last day on the road, I decided to spend some time on the beach – I won’t really have a chance to do that again probably until the end of the trip, and definitely not without staying …
Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 06 Mar 13
Simon
at a Park
in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand
Rotorua! Volcanoes rock! Yesterday was, as some locals told me, cold – 19 degrees. I went to the Waimangu Volcanic site to check out one of the youngest thermal areas on Earth. In 1886 the eruption of and around …
Great Eastern Journey, Mon, 04 Mar 13
Simon
at a Sauna/Baths, Sea
in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand
View of Wairoa Breakfast on a hill, as is tradition Everything hurts… What a perfect time for a spa! Fortunately there are tons around, just pick a road. After a breakfast on a hill (this has become a theme, I’m …
Great Eastern Journey, Mon, 04 Mar 13
Simon
at a Forest, Lake
in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand
Walls of green Technically, it’s a highway I`m writing today, so something clearly didn’t go as planned. I woke up and left Taupo at 6am, when it was still dark. The trees and hills tricked me from seeing the sunrise, …
Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 02 Mar 13
Simon
at a Lake, Waterfall
in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand
Moving on: Taupo. When I arrived it turned out that some bicycle race is talking place and half the town is closed off. I couldn’t get down to the lake, but a couple helpful people pointed me to an alternative: …
Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 02 Mar 13
Simon
at a Cave
in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand
OK, so everything today was awesome. New Zealand is beautiful!!! First, the caves. Waitomo is the largest cave complex in NZ, and even though only is small part is available to the public, it’s still huge. I went to all …
Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 01 Mar 13
Simon
at a City
in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand
Today stated off slow – I went to see the downtown with the goth guy whose name I don’t remember anymore. To be honest, I`m not terribly impressed with this part of the city. Lots of boring big buildings with …
Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 01 Mar 13
Simon
at a City, Sea
in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand
Auckland is awesome! Within the first few hours here I was on a boat, on a hill, in a tunnel, among villas, and at an acrobatics-burlesque show. But all in order. I arrived a bit late so instead of going …
Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 27 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City, Park, UNESCO site
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
Shiny Sydney So many sex shops here! And tons of ‘massage’ places too… I heard so much about how boring and horrible and not half as good as Melbourne Sydney is from various Victorians, that now I almost feel bad …
Great Eastern Journey, Tue, 26 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City, Park
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
OK, that does it. Too hot. A climate in which one cannot leave a bar of chocolate unattended for half an hour least it dissolves is not worth living in! Today was a working day. I dropped off Charlie to …
Great Eastern Journey, Sun, 24 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a Sea
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
Somewhat underslept, today we took off for a roadtrip towards the Great Ocean Road. We got really lucky – we didn’t have to rent a car, because Lisa offered us her mum’s. She’s awesome, isn’t she? Not only that, but …
Great Eastern Journey, Sun, 24 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
What a night! But in order. Australian chemists prescribe ukuleles for many ailments In the early hours of the noon we went to the Victoria Market – a huge outdoor market with absolutely everything. I bought a hat and almost …
Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 22 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City, Museum
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
With Miriam and Adam, superhero posing On the next day laziness continued. Adam showed me his impressive collection of WH40K figures, took us for a motorbike ride, and after a good lunch we were off to Melbourne. Interactive shadows in …
Great Eastern Journey, Thu, 21 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City, Park
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
Today we woke up at an ungodly 5.30am to catch a 6.30 bus to Bendigo. We almost saw the sunrise – the one moment when we could use the fact that everything is flat, we spent at the Swan Hill …
Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 20 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a Forest, Museum, River
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
Flatland I didn’t know that this is the smoke of the burning Grampians In the last two days I went to visit Charlie’s family. As soon as the train left Melbourne, we entered the edges of Nowhere. City ended and …
Great Eastern Journey, Tue, 19 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City, Museum, Park
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
OK, body, can I please sleep tomorrow? Waking up at 6 am is not fun if there is a full day ahead of me… Today was the day of museum and gardens. The museum was OK, but not what I …
Great Eastern Journey, Sun, 17 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City, Park, Sea
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
A random airplane show on the beach Today was a recovery day. I woke up still felling quite rough, so although the initial plan was to check out some museums, after the Farleys left I ended up just lying on …
Great Eastern Journey, Sun, 17 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
It got me. It really got me. I think that yesterday I was just too excited to feel it and managed to stay OK for one day, but the delay only made it worse… It’s like a monstrous hangover-comedown from …
Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 16 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a City, Sea
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
The beach has various attractions It’s warm! And there are palm and eucalyptus and gum trees! And the ocean is warm! And the sky is cloudless! Yes, I am quite excited. Charlie is out of order for an hour, so …
Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 15 Feb 13
Simon
with Charlie
at a Sea
in Australia, Australia & Oceania
Scotland said goodbye in its usual way – with rain. Actually, snow, then rain. Though love, that one. While sitting on the bus to the airport I finally felt it. Until today I have been very relaxed and perhaps even …
Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 13 Feb 13
Simon
in Europe, UK
Emirates’ website hates me. Selecting seats on flights proved more challenging than I though. After some confusion as to where to do what, I got to the screen in which I could select my seat. But it decided to play …
Great Eastern Journey, Sun, 10 Feb 13
Simon
in Europe, UK
Three days. In three days the journey begins. I will be sitting on a plane hugging a small backpack with everything I will need to survive the next two months. I’m leaving on Wednesday 13/02/2013. I’ll be back some time …
Conference Trips, Thu, 27 Sep 12
Simon
at a City
in Europe, Poland
The Aesthetic as Narration and Meta-narration, 27-28 Sep 2012
Conference Trips, Mon, 23 Apr 12
Simon
at a City
in North America, USA
Conference Trips, Mon, 16 Apr 12
Simon
at a City, Museum, Park
in North America, USA
Conference Trips, Thu, 01 Mar 12
Simon
at a City
in Belgium, Europe
March 2012, Dutch Association for Aesthetics March 2015, Dutch Association for Aesthetics
Conference Trips, Short Spanish trips, Wed, 11 Jan 12
Jemma and Simon
at a City
in Europe, Spain
11-12 January 2012, TIF Conference 3-5 November 2018, Sussing it out for the move
Short UK trips, Sun, 20 Nov 11
Simon
with Kari, Laura Porro
at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, UK
Conference Trips, Wed, 02 Nov 11
Simon
with Laura Porro
at a Mountain
in Europe, UK
Conference Trips, Fri, 14 Oct 11
Simon
with Laura Porro
at a Sea
in Europe, UK
