Inle Lake Travel Guide Welcome to my Inle Lake Travel Guide. I hope this will inspire you to visit this unique place, despite some controversies perhaps. But more about that later on. In western Shan State, you find the picturesque Inle Lake, famous for its floating...
Hpa An travel guide Welcome to this Hpa An travel guide. This often overlooked scruffy little town lies is surrounded by a stunning landscape of rice fields and karst mountains, hiding incredible caves, filled with statues and decorations. Known as the former...
Flying over Hpa An, Myanmar – A unique drone capture! This drone movie ‘Flying over Hpa An’ shows some incredible views of the area around Hpa An. Hpa An, capital of Kayin State in the southeast, is surrounded by dramatic karst mountain scenery which...
Singapore TimeScape Here’s a fun little Singapore TimeScape project in which I turn two timelapses into single images. Basically what I do is use the technique for startrails to blend images into 1 image. You could easily do this in Photoshop. Use Bridge to select all...
Singapore’s Marina Bay area, a timelapse movie + travel tips My timelapse movie Singapore ‘City of Lights’ was shot during a 3 day visit to this island, city and country, all at the same time! This was my second visit here and this time I wanted to focus on capturing...
Bali and the Nusa islands seen from the sky Capturing Bali by drone while flying my Mavic Pro over Bali’s landscape and the Nusa islands: Nusa Penida, – Ceningan and Lembongan. The Nusa islands were lovely, I really enjoyed exploring those, in particual...
Best trip ever: Bali, Gilis, Lombok, Komodo & Flores When people ask me for travel inspiration, I often start telling them about my 6 week trip to Indonesia, the best trip ever. Or at least, one of! I traveled from Bali all the way to Flores and back and saw some...
Bali timelapse movie My Bali timelapse ‘Island of Gods’ is a movie of one of my favorite islands. As cliché as Bali might sound (everyone’s visiting Bali these days) it is an island like no other, with gorgeous nature and wonderful landscape, kind people, great food...
Visiting the island of Gods, a true little paradise Welcome to my travel guide to Bali, one of my favorite places on the planet. As cliche as Bal might sound, it truly is and remains one of the most fun, friendly and beautiful places on earth. This little island...
Mt Bromo by drone, volcanos from the sky. Mt Bromo by drone, shot at Java, Indonesia. ‘Bromo’ (just 1 of the volcanos in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park) had been my nr 1 bucketlist destination for years. I was so excited to be here....
Mt Bromo TimeScape: Bromo like you’ve never seen before! Since I started doing timelapses I always tried to think of ways to turn a timelapse scene into a single image. My visit to Mt Bromo seemed the right time and place to finally work on these ideas....
Mt Bromo timelapse – Bromo shot from day to night. Mt Bromo timelapse, a movie about one of worlds’ most impressive locations. In this country with most volcanos in the world, none is as scenic and popular as Mt Bromo. It is visited by hundreds...
Four absolute gems of the Philippines. 14 Months in the Philippines, 10 terrabyte of photos and videos, 4 messed up lenses and a broken camera. But boy, I had fun and shot a lot of great footage with my cameras and drone! It sure is ‘More Fun in the...
Flying over Palawan by drone. Palawan by Drone is an aerial movie of one of earth’s most beautiful islands. I spend a month here with my brand new, first ever, drone. Pretty rad to place to fly. I traveled from the very north of Palawan, Coron, to the very...
Visiting worlds’ maddest firework event It was during my first visit in Myanmar in 2012 that I heard of the Myanmar fire balloon festival. I had just missed it, but heard from a fellow traveler how spectacular and dangerous this event was. This year I was lucky...
Mai Pan Rai Bungalows at Than Sadet beach Mai Pan Rai literally means “no worries” in Thai language, and quite aptly, Mai Pan Rai bungalows is the place to leave behind all negativities and just enjoy the moments being close to nature. It is safe to say that Mai Pan...
Back to my little Thai paradise at Than Sadet, Koh Phangan. After 14 years I finally returned to one of my dearest travel locations – Than Sadet beach at Koh Phangan, Thailand. This little Thai paradise is what I always refer to as my ‘The Beach...
Philippines Scapes timelapse. I went to the Philippines for 4 months to travel the country that had been on my list for so long. 4 Months became 14 months… Instead of explaining why, I think it’s pretty clear what I was up to in that time, if you...
Batad by drone, flying around an amphitheater of rice terraces. The Batad rice terraces in the Philippines are among the most beautiful in the world. And knowing how they were created 2000 years ago by the local Ifugao people, the energy that went into...
Stunning Ifugao-made rice terraces in a Batad timelapse movie. My Batad timelapse movie ‘Queen of Rice Terraces, earns its title. It was one of the highlights during my stay in the Philippines and one of the top destinations for my photography work....
Milky Way meets lightning storm in Dedon Island Resort timelapse. A timelapse movie shot at Dedon Island Resort (now Nay Palad) at Siargao, Philippines. During my stay at Siargao I was shooting lots of Milky Way timelapses and eventually came up with a plan to...
Renting a motorbike in Chiang Mai? Look no further, CatMotors is the place. I love riding! Exploring new places on a motorbike is about the best thing I can think of. I’ve rented a motorbike countless times during my travels, so I have dealt with many rental...
Siargao timelapse. My final Siargao timelapse, Philippines. Siargao is a hidden gem, surfing capital of the country and surrounded by gorgeous islands. The kinda place you end up staying longer, as happened to me. After 2 weeks here I decided to simply stay...
Siargao Night Light. Siargao Night Light is part 3 of my Siargao timelapse trilogy. This timelapse movie shows the beauty of lightning shot at Siargao. It starts with a Milky Way shot at Cloud 9 and then shows a couple of lightning storms shot at Siargao and...
Siargao Dusk to Dawn. Siargao Dusk to Dawn is part 2 of my Siargao timelapse trilogy. This timelapse movie is about Siargao between sunset and sunrise, focussing especially on the Milky Way. The movie starts at Cloud 9 and shows a variety of scenes shot at Guyam...
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Hi there, I am Martien. This is where I write about my backpacking and photography adventures. From travel guides and itineraries to inspirational articles and helpful tips.
I help and inspire you to travel the world through engaging travel content, inspiring travel videos, stunning photography and so much more! Join me as I share the world through my eyes and experiences. 
