{"id":238,"date":"2025-04-23T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nieuw.bymalu.nl\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:33:48","slug":"travel-illustrations-azores-personal-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bymalu.nl\/en\/travel-illustrations-azores-personal-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel illustrations Azores | Personal work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2021, I spent five weeks traveling through the Azores \u2013 a place that completely stole my heart. The overwhelming nature, the calm, the ocean always nearby, and the mild climate\u2026 it truly felt like coming home.<br>During this trip, I didn\u2019t just observe as a visitor. 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width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nieuw.bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/saai-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/saai-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/saai-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/saai-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/saai-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/saai-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/saai-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nieuw.bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/bus-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bymalu.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/bus-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, 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\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As the last illustration shows, the island also felt limiting at times. Being surrounded by water is beautiful, but it also brings a certain sense of isolation. For now, moving to the Azores is off the table \u2014 but who knows, that might change again someday&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year:<\/strong> 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2021, I spent five weeks traveling through the Azores \u2013 a place that completely stole my heart. The overwhelming nature, the calm, the ocean always nearby, and the mild climate\u2026 it truly felt like coming home.During this trip, I didn\u2019t just observe as a visitor. 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