Beyond the pictures
What happens to you when you live outside of your own bubble long enough?
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Travel has a way…
…of showing us that the world isn’t as simple as it sometimes seems. The places we visit, the people we meet, the stories we hear — they all reveal different sides of the same reality.
And the more we see, the more questions we have.
When someone asks for our money or food, what should we do? When does helping someone becomes about easing our own conscience? How many opinions do we have about places we’ve never actually been? Why can we cross almost any border… while others can’t cross even one? What if ‘normal’ is just another word for familiair?
That’s how Beyond The Pictures began. As a place to explore those questions together. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking about a situation or conversation long after it ended, You’ll probably feel at home here.
We write letters from the road
Every question starts somewhere. A conversation with someone, a cultural difference we bumped in to
or a casual question the kids ask during dinner.
That’s where every letter from the road begins.
Not with the answer. But with the story.
– Read one of our letters below –
Dear reader,
Tiwi, June 21st 2026
Something the road brought up this time
We have been noticing something since we have the truck. If two people would stand next to each other and look at our truck, they could see something very different. Some people mainly see things that they would find difficult: Limited water and energy, no airconditioning, 24/7 with the kids, homeschooling, a small house and little comfort. They say “I would not be able to do that”. Others see something entirely different. A fully equipped house, taps with running water, free electricity, freedom, independence, richness. They say things like “If I had a truck like that, I would not need a house”.
It is the same truck, the same life, but seen from different realities, different normals.
A place to connect
Beyond the Pictures isn’t just a place to read. It’s a place to meet.
Conversations feel different when you know there’s a real person on the other side. That’s why we
invite every new member to introduce themselves.
Share as much or as little as you like.
(although if you do want to include your most questionable travel habit, weird talent, or the
strangest thing you’ve ever eaten, we’d love to hear it.)
Inside beyond the pictures
Letters from the road
Every 2-3 weeks, real moments from the road that get us thinking
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Meet curious people
Who challenge and enrich your own way of seeing the world
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A quiet place to read, think and have meaningful converstions
Discovering the world is not only about seeing new places
It’s also about discovering new perspectives
And sometimes, it al starts with a letter
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