Ruim twee en een halve maand zijn verstreken sinds ik Nederland verliet. Een hoop dingen wennen maar sommige zaken blijven vreemd. Waarom worden mijn tweewekelijkse boodschappen ongevraagd maar verplicht in gemiddeld zes plastic zakken verpakt door een speciaal daarvoor aangenomen persoon Waarom krijgt mijn meloen geen extra zakje maar mijn vleeswaren wel Wat is de logica hierachter Lekt mijn

Ontwijkende reacties lange stiltes veranderingen van onderwerp en doorverwijzingen. Er zijn vele manieren waarop men onder een negatieve reactie uit kan komen. lsquoWeet u toevallig waar het marktplein isrsquo Toegeven iets niet te weten of kunnen kan lastig zijn. Waarom zou je als je er zeker van bent dat niemand je er ooit mee kan confronteren Dat de andere persoon vervolgens halfverlor

Since I moved to Peru four months ago I have written almost exclusively in Dutch interchanging the monolingualism with the occasional photo blog. And I feel bad doing so. My usual language approach is DutchEnglishDutchEnglish not favoring one not neglecting the other either. If that means half of my potential readership cannot understand so is reality pictures compensate and I am utterly

This last weekend I FINALLY got a chance to go to Macau. Macau is the 2nd special administrative region of the People's Republic of China the other being Hong Kong. It was once a Portuguese colony and is now a 3 island territory connected by long stretches of bridges. It is located about 37 miles SW of Hong Kong and takes about an hour to get to by turbojet. The gambling and casino life in Macau

Begin nooit zomaar over religie of politiek. Je weet nooit wie je ermee voor het hoofd kan stoten. is een van de eerste lessen die je als reiziger leert. Het voorkomt pijnlijke stiltes en vermoeiende discussies die uiteindelijk toch uitlopen in een agree to disagree. Maar hoe werkt dit in de praktijk in Isral het land waarin beide onlosmakelijk met elkaar vervlochten lijken Is het mogelijk

Following our day out on the Great Barrier Reef we headed back towards Cairns again only this time we had 8 days at the Marlin Cove Resort at Trinity Beach. We followed three massive coaches from the Quicksilver company all the way down the highway boy that is one big operationMarlin Cove turned out to be a fantastic resort and we'd been lucky enough to score a primo room overlooking the lago

Are you sick of spending Christmas alone Do you think new years firework is dangerous and noisy Is the almost obligatory need to be amongst family and friends and actually like it a strain Come to Israel to escape the holiday fever and reside in a place where both festivities remain predominantly unknown or unpracticed. Or if you prefer go on pilgrimage to Jerusalem or Bethlehem and be awake

What do you miss most from homeBeing abroad often for several months at a time makes you aware of the things in life that are important to you. What you miss and what you can happily do without. Cold showers dirty yellow pillows or an ongoing slumberparty with twenty strangers. Dine like a local prepare your own pasta or budget with homemade sandwiches. Public transport taxis or the ben

Last night I went out in Cali with 3 native English speakers 2 of whom spoke Spanish well 1 of them not bothering even the slightest to learn the language. He later said Ive been to the Netherlands. I love that place everybody speaks English its so easy for traveling. Much better than France or Italy. I must admit I too find it easier to travel within countries where the majority knows ba

I just came back from a threeday trip to Angel Falls the highest waterfall in the world. My head it still sore as I barely slept last night. My thumbs are blue from an earlier fingerprint session at the police station. I had to file an official complaint against my guide. Why Because last night in a drunk mood he attempted to break into my room thereby screaming for over two hours and trying t

Equals no tourist industryI am ready to go home. This trip has lasted long enough. Venezuela is too much for a humble solo female backpacker like myself. With hostels being almost entirely absent regular electricity and water shortages a general environment of unsafety and monetary issues I am out of my element and anxious to return to Lima.What happened to my those laidback Europeans in th

Hi AllI'm getting stuck into my research project and realising that maybe my project plan is somewhat ambitious. Today we have problems with database conversions John as IT helpdesk is working on this atm Yesterday it was GIS yet again which we have pretty much given up on.Oh well its all good all a learning experience I'm just hoping I have enough time to get organised before my field wor

After leaving the caravan park at Innisfail we drove to Coquette Point a place mentioned in the tourist brochures as worth a visit. What was great about this little side tour was that on the way we got great views from the hilltop of the town and surrounding paddocks and hills. Coquette Point was at the end of the road we'd taken quite a nice little spot on the banks of the Johnstone River.It'

During my last couple of days in Mombasa I spent a lot of time saying goodbye I visited Bomu again and gave gifts to the staff I worked with to say thank you. As a leaving present my hosts took me to have my arms painted with henna which was really cool. I helped out at another medical camp and was wished well by all the people I had spent time with on these trips. On my last night I went ou

Here are the pictures of what we did on our final day in Japan. I am actually posting this from Rotorua not Japan. Harry.

It was Christmastime 2001 and unseasonably windy and cold on the night my fiance Lisa and I arrived in Venice.The Rialto Bridge its shops and those of the nearby Campo San Bartolomeo were decorated and lit up for the holidays. The shop owners were eager to welcome us inside to escape from the cold hoping we would make a purchase. We were shown shoes we were shown jewelry we were shown lugga

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2 days in a row away from the surf this time. The surf on the rest of the island mostly was still small and after our glut in Balian we were ready to see the other parts. A little more on Bali Indonesia is a massive country. It is the largest Muslim country in the world and the 4th largest by population. Bali is a tiny Hindu island in this archipelago with other religious minorities and the

Der er kun den lange hjemrejse som startede p traditionel Indonesisk bden skulle hente os kl. 8.30 klokken 8.40 fandt de ud af at begge hotellets dykkerbde var i brug s de havde ringet efter en speedbd rdquo10 minutes sirrdquo. Lidt over 9 fandt de ud af at det var s lavvandet at speedbden skulle boardes ved Jettyen Molen og ikke direkte fra stranden. S os op i to sm hestevogne

Today we got up and got the bags in the car and headed to the markets that we saw last night on the T.V. We soon found the markets and headed in to have a look at all the stalls. There were all sorts of nick knacks and food stalls and cloths just the normal market stuff. Abby and the girls got some fresh juicy red cherries and some pop corn. I got a print of Led Zeppelin on a record which was cool