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I’m Marijs and this is my blog Rooftop Antics. My blog is about showing you how much fun traveling out-of-the-box is and sharing all my best travel hacks. I left the fashion industry with a 1-way ticket to India and haven't looked back since.

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The Best Inner West Breweries: Discover The Coolest Craft Beer Bars in Sydney, Australia

Location: Australia, Sydney 8 min read

Hopping between the best inner west breweries, trying out Sydney's best craft beers and ciders, is one hell of a good afternoon! For me enjoying ...

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How to shop Affordable Sustainable Clothing (+ My Favorite ASOS Eco Edit)

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Update: Between 7pm and 9pm UK time, ASOS is offering a 20% off ONLY today. Use the promo code TICKTOCK. This is only today guys. ...

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The Ultimate Bali Itinerary: 10 Days For All The Must-Visits

Location: Indonesia, Bali 16 min read

No trip to Indonesia is complete without a visit to Bali, its most well-known island. I've previously written about Mt Ijen and Mt Bromo on ...

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Itinerary for Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia 4d3n: Komodo National Park Diving, Komodo Dragons and more!

Location: Indonesia, Flores 18 min read

The beauty of Indonesia goes far beyond the frequently visited island of Bali. I always give the following Indonesia travel advice: visit Labuan Bajo and ...

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I used to be an extremely loyal fan of the perfect cat-eye. While I don't do it on a daily basis anymore, it is my ...

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Thakhek Loop and Pakse Loop: The Most Complete Guide to Laos’ Motorcycle Loops with Itinerary (Updated 2019)

Location: Laos, Pakse, Thakhek 23 min read

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Not the exact start to the year I was expecting.

A mild sore throat turned into 3 days in bed followed by 5 days in hospital (not COVID) and quite a bit of pain. Back on the road to recovery now for which I am very grateful.

It’s scary to realise how fast your health can get compromised and you basically have no control over your own life. I’m so freaking happy that I’m young and healthy and that I got through the virus as fast as I did, for modern medicine, antibiotics and drips, for it being my first hospitalisation as an adult (I’ve been lucky), for reciprocal healthcare between Belgium and Australia and for friends, family, clients and employers who all helped and checked in as they could. 

As I make my money freelancing or in casual work, being out for a whole week after the slower holiday period, after freaking covid lockdowns, is not going to look good on the end of the year spreadsheets, but in the end, nothing is more important than your health. Thank god for savings though 🙏 

Biggest lesson of this whole thing? Every day is a gift and make sure to plan ahead for the unexpected.

Swipe for an accurate representation of what my face looked like.

 #welcome2021

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Just this, all I need

Wishing I could forward time and be here already! So excited to be heading up to one of our favourite places on the #nswcoast, #SealRocks! This will be my 4th time here and I love it more every single time we return.⁣
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This rock is an epic spot for # snorkelling and #freediving so it\'s fair to say that we\'re all pretty stocked. On our last trip, we saw that big group (called a fever) of Cownose Stingrays and we have seen oceanic turtles on every single snorkelling trip here!⁣
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Are you Sydney based? I\'m curious, what\'s your favourite spot for a #weekendgetaway?⁣
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Also how good is my hand model @olavobodao 😜⁣
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#sydney_insta #sydneylocal #sydneylife #sydneyfolk #weekendadventures #adventure #visitnsw #seeaustralia #amazing_australia #exploreNSW #regionalNSW #thisisaustralia #girlswhoadventure #exploringaustralia #unlimited_australia #overnighthike #discoveraustralia #australia_oz #adventurouswomen #adventurousweekend #femalesolotraveler #nationalparksnsw #weekendgetaways #sydneyescape

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Wishing I could forward time...

Looking down at Trump like Bi Den! 

Feeling so much hope and relief this morning, especially after the week we’ve had. 

I’m glad we’re pushing our love for nature and humanity in the right direction.

Here in the Australian press, they are also very clear that it is now time for the current Australian Gov to jump on the momentum and to start taking climate change serious 👏👏👏

👏👏👏 Also loving the conversation that it’s time for the Murdock media to lose their monopoly of creating hate, racism and fear all over the world 👏👏👏

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A good old Aussie “Yeah Nah” to the #melbournecup.

The stats are clear, about 1 horse dies on Australian racecourses every 3 days. Why? Because it’s a good time for the people attending the races.

The Melbourne Cup is known as the highest grossing gambling day of the year and is celebrated around the country with a boatload of alcohol. 

I love having a good time, but every year I just fail to see the fun in seeing the end of life of these horses. And these injuries that end the life of these valuable race horses are quite brutal: broken pelvic bones, snapping a bone in the leg, collapsing from exhaustion, foreleg break, etc, etc.

Anyone who knows and loves horses knows that these majestic animals are very fragile when it comes to injuries on the legs. 

This racing practice just feels so outdated and useless. In the end, I can’t help but think that it keeps going because there is a lot of money behind it (revenue for all parties involved including the government) and because people love to get drunk and dress up.

Starts to feel pretty empty when you think of the flip side of the coin though right? 

#melbournecup2020 #nupthecup

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A good old Aussie “Yeah...

Oh so very ready for more of this. Bring it ooooooon summer! 

Also, does anyone else have this constant guilt of posting anything in this pandemic? 

My heart is with everyone going back into lockdown, so much 😔

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Oh so very ready for...

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