[petercasier]

About 15 years (already?!?!?) ago, I decided that a career in my home country (Belgium) was not for me.

My first trip was to Africa. Angola. But since then, I have lived, worked or travelled through many countries. So many, I decided i needed a break of at least a year to catch my breath. This is where i am now. Giving me time to look back and reflect. And write.

Up to last year, I worked as the head of the UN humanitarian technical intervention team, based in Dubai. We flew out to the world's most remote places right after natural disasters, during wars, or political turbulence.
Each time I came home on holiday, my family wanted to travel (as during the time *I* was travelling, they were 'sitting home.') So I was never 'really' at home.
And in between all of it, with some friends, we organised some expeditions or did some exotic sailing trips...

All of that travelling provided interesting stories about people, places, situations.. Be it about our ambush in Burundi, landing on a deserted Antarctic Island, entering Kosovo right after NATO did, or flying into Afghanistan two days after the Taliban was driven from power. Or just sitting, drinking a coffee looking at daily life on a Carribean island. Or crossing the Atlantic, like right now.
All the stories have one thing in common: realizing the road is more interesting than reaching the destination.

I reflected these stories in my travel blog:

http://theroadtothehorizon.blogspot.com

A work in progress.

Have a look. I would really appreciate comments and suggestions to make this blog better so it can be an inspiration for others...

Have fun, travel safely!

Peter