The purpose of my travel two weeks ago to Sao Paulo Brazil, was presenting on SearchLabs. I was invited to speak on SEO for large ecommerce websites. Usually, as an in-house SEO, I have not much appetite to go speaking at conferences. There is hardly any value your company can get out of the fact […]
Sao Paulo Street Art Graffiti
While walking on the streets of Sao Paulo, I’ve seen some wonderful street art in the form of graffiti. I was unfortunately not always able to make pictures of the graffiti, but it’s worth it to keep looking around while walking/driving on the streets of Sao Paulo. In between the wonderful graffiti, you can […]
Rua dos Holandeses Sao Paulo
I wonder how many people were celebrating the victory of the Dutch soccer team on Brazil on the World Cup in South Africa this year on this street. It IS the Street of the Dutch (Rua dos Holandeses) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Sunday Afternoon Drinks in Sao Paulo
For Searchlabs, I traveled all the way to Brazil Sao Paulo. I will be speaking on Thursday on SEO for large websites. In the coming days, I will describe how my first trip on the Southern Hemisphere is proceeding. On Sunday morning I arrived in Sao Paulo after a trip of more than 17 hours. […]
Getting Food While Traveling
One thing you always run into while traveling is the bad food on airports. Especially in the US, there is hardly anything else to eat than fast food on the major airports. So what do you do if you didn’t even had breakfast, you flight got cancelled, and you have 3 hours to kill on […]
United Airlines Flight Disappears
On my way to Brazil, I was going to catch a flight from SFO to Chicago O’Hare. I had to get up reasonably early as I could not check in for any other reason online. This meant I didn’t have a seat assigned yet. And although I had a pretty good connection time in Chicago […]
Chicken Tika Marsala in BA lounge Heathrow Airport
For so many times, I hated to fly over Heathrow. But now, with all BA flights arriving and departing from Terminal 5, I actually enjoy making a transfer on Heathrow. Especially if I can enjoy some time in the British Airways lounge. They have the best food I’ve eaten in any of the lounges where […]
Flying with strong winds
I’m about to fly out from San Francisco International Airport, SFO, where there is currently a strong wind and heavy rain. Sometimes it makes me a little nervous, especially with the take off. Wind comes from SSE, which means the planes will take off with the wind in the back. Winds at 48km/h, gusting to […]
Night out at The Bund Shanghai
After a couple of days hard work in Shanghai, there was time for some good restaurants, bars and clubbing. The Thursday night we started for cocktails in Glamour bar, which is located next to the river with a great view. Glamour Bar itself is definitely worth visiting. Stylish interior where antique furniture is combined with […]
Skywalk at 474 Meters High
In Shanghai, stands the current highest building of the world. The Shanghai World Financial Center is the tallest with 492 meters. This is 1614 feet high! Although there is one tower in Taipei higher, this is because of the long TV antenna on the roof! On the 100th floor, there is the Skywalk, where you […]