About Peter Orsel
Peter Orsel is a Dutch travel blogger, photographer & videographer, available anywhere in the world. Peter is known for creating that exact image, that has already been created in his head. Dramatic landscapes, optimising all available light and still delivering vibrant colours.
Peter started his creative journey on a trip to Indonesia in 2014, but it took a global pandemic to take it seriously. Over the last years, Peter has been traveling all around the world, working for amazing companies and charities. His main interests are companies in the travel and outdoor niche, or organisations with a focus on bringing justice in this world.
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Self-shot photography
95% of the photos on this blog are taken by me. I occasionally fill gaps with stock photos, and will clearly write if I do so.
Guides based on real visits
I’ve visited 47+ countries, lived over 6 years of my life across Asia, and did most of these countries solo. I learned to adapt to different places, making it easier for you to visit yourself.
Straight to the point
My blog shouldn’t be a place where you have to search for the content in between the ads. Yes, I earn from this blog to keep it running, but I do it in a way that won’t bother you.
The long story
I never really planned to start a travel blog. But here I am. When I started traveling the world in 2021, my goal was to go all in on photography. My idea was to reach potential clients through a blog, who would find my articles, be impressed by my content, and which would end up in projects all over the world. Not entirely how it worked out.
While in Bangkok, I wrote one of my first pieces on the best photography spots of Bangkok. One of the newest additions was the Big Buddha. I made it the header of my blog, but never really looked back at it. Until about a year later, one of my friends said: hey, your Bangkok blog ranks high on Google and was so helpful. I had no idea. But apparently, it was doing very well.
An incidental hit, and all because of a photo spot that nobody wrote about yet. I didn’t know a thing about SEO. I didn’t know anything about writing and I wrote in my second language without even using a grammar check or plugin on my website. But, these results motivated me.
Learning along the way
Over the years I started writing more and more, and learned along the way. At first I wrote about all the things that I did. All the decisions that I took. Assuming that other people would do the same. I wrote about the things that I thought were interesting. While people are not entirely interested in how I do things, but how they can do it themselves. It took me 5 years to do my first ever keyword research.
It’s safe to say that I’m a self taught blogger. I didn’t buy expensive courses, though I think I could have saved some time here and there. Still, I’ve enjoyed the journey so far, and working on my site is still so fun to me. What I love most is that in an AI era, bloggers with authentic content still get rewarded.
Where did it take me?
By now I’ve been to every continent multiple times, except Australia, somehow. Asia stayed my favorite by far. I’ve spent more than 6 years there in total, over 10 trips to Kuala Lumpur, more than 5 to Singapore, and years of living in Bali.
I’ve kept developing as a photographer along the way. Especially drone photography is something I love. The compositions you can create with a drone still amaze me, they let you be creative with a place in a way that ground level never does.
Photography is still a large part of my income, mostly through stock photo portfolios. On top of that, my blog, my Instagram, and my photography specifically have brought me to collaborations I aimed for at first, but came later along the way.
For the last few years, Bali has been my home base. A good place to live, and a place with more than enough to write about. That being said, I still want to keep discovering the world. If I could go anywhere again? Oman. I’d leave tomorrow. I have a soft spot for the Middle East, and I can never get enough of it.
Why I do what I do
I carefully curate this blog for you. I write about things that interest me, but could interest you too. And I will always highlight the best photography spots if there’s an opportunity. Cause I notice that great photographers write bad SEO posts, and amazing SEO guys are not always the best at photography. That middle spot is where I want to be. I aim for a great user experience, no nonsense guides and information that helps you plan the trip of your lifetime.
It’s an honour to have you here, reading about who I am. I praise God who made all of this possible. And leave a comment when something has been helpful to you. It means the world.
