pieter87

Hi fellow steemians, Last year I bought a house here in Belgium together with my girlfriend. Belgium is a densely populated area so although on the countryside, it's only a 20 min drive to Ghent, 25 min

Opal Coast In Belgium our coastline is mostly one long wall of apartment buildings but just across the French boarder we have the Opal coast. A piece of coastline with long stretched beaches, cliffs and

In my neighborhood, the last couple of years vending machines next to farms are popping up like mushrooms. First were the potato vending machines because there has been a long tradition of buying potatoes

Belgium is centered in the middle of Europe and is a densely populated area. Especially in Flanders it's a struggle between city's, suburbs, stretching villages, intense agriculture and nature for the

Yesterday when browsing through steemit posts I read an article on Bedouin people and it reminded me of my trip to Jordan a couple years ago. I did the usual tourist stops like Amman, the beautiful Roman

Lately, one of the most discussed topics on steemit are voting bots and services. I was and I’m still no fan of the concept but I decided to give it a try and see what the fuss is about. Selling votes:

A couple days ago I got a message from a friend who’s planning a trip to Colombia. He asked me for some tips because I’ve traveled through Colombia for 3 weeks back in 2014. His question started a trip

Last May we stayed a week in Calabria - South Italy. We rented an apartment just outside Tropea near the coast were we could swim, dive and visit some ancient villages but we also like to hike and searched

Here in Belgium it's icy but sunny weather. We decided to challenge the ice cold wind and go for a hike at nature reserve Bourgoyen-Ossemeersen, an important wintering area for water birds just outside

having some drone fun on this clear blue winter day Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play

Last December I was staying for a week at Marsa Alam - Egypt. I did a couple of dives at the house reef but my focus was set on the Thursday boat trip to Elphinstone reef. I did 3 dives there at 2015 during

It's not only above or between corals you see nice underwater life. We went searching for dugongs at a big grass area next to a coral reef where they are spotted regurarely. We didn't find the dugongs

A nice walk along the borders of the 'oude Leie'. Cold but the sun gets you longing for spring Steepshot | IPFS | Google Play

Every open water dive has a briefing before the dive. Here in Belgium at a quarry or lake its a brief discussion with your buddy about who takes the lead, dive time, dept and direct. We all know the dive

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I've been diving and snorkeling at different sea's and after a while you get to know the typical coral underwater life. I still enjoy every second and love to see how the fish behave but I'm not as awed

During a nightdive while at liveaboard on the Red Sea following the 'deep south' route me and my buddy followed a big morey hunting at night. During the day we often see morey's but they are always laying

Unique strong passwords Unique One of the basics about password security is the usage of unique passwords. Several widely used services have been hacked like Dropbox, yahoo, LinkedIn, … . These lists of

The quote in the title changed my life. Me and my girlfriend both have a passion for traveling but we have a bit of a different view on it. We traveled together to Cuba, Indonesia, Italy, … and both like

The dive club I'm a member of has a yearly tradition to do a New Years dive in January or February. It used to be an event only a few members who own a dry suit participated in but this changed last year