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| 22nd January 2008 Rob Thomson | Mmmmm....smooth roads - From: back to the low-lands again The photo of the border area road made me salivate. How I miss the roads of The Netherlands. Still enjoying your updates, Kees. Rob --- --- 14degrees Off The Beaten Track - Around the world solo by recumbent bicycle and skateboard. 20,000km. 2 years. // URL: www.14degrees.org // email: rob.thomson@14degrees.org // Raising awareness for Lowe Syndrome - www.lowesyndrome.org |
| 12th November 2007 DestinationAlgeria | 'travelling around each other' - From: Brussels- lost train ticket- Frankfurt, cold, time to go home I think I like your concept. |
| 11th November 2007 Francis | Yip bugger - From: Brussels- lost train ticket- Frankfurt, cold, time to go home I think I recognise that town hall. So you really did pass through Leuven, and considering I was in Frankfurt yesterday, we may have been travelling around each other for the weekend. Oh why did I have to go and plan this trip for that exact weekend! Good to see you got out safely - I know the broke feeling :) Chao dude! |
| 11th November 2007 wim harwig | - From: Brussels- lost train ticket- Frankfurt, cold, time to go home I think What a pity you're ending this blog........ Keep it open till your next travels..... I'm sure you keep searching for destinations! Thanks for all the blog-work; it was fun reading them. |
| 3rd November 2007 Mariève Talbot | - From: disruptive passenger at Ataturk airport WOW ! All your pictures are nice but I love the one on the train ! Cool picture ! |
| 28th October 2007 Francis | Happy Birthday - From: disruptive passenger at Ataturk airport I'm glad you are safe and sound after your trip! I think that is the most epic adventure I have ever witnessed online - let alone you guys who actually did it. Big ups :) |
| 26th October 2007 DestinationAlgeria | pro Hezoballah/Palestine ??? - From: Kids and Castles me?? actually when I was in Istanbul buying airline tickets, the Hezoballah top was the only clean thing that I had ... |
| 24th October 2007 Chris Campbell | Warning - From: Kids and Castles Kees/Dan, Your commentries appear to be taking on a very pro Hezoballah/Palestine view, therefore i have reoprted you to the relevant authorities. Also apparantly in Damscus theres is a church where there is weeping statuate of jesus (no bullshit my mates seen it) so you should ask around and go see it, i think its free entry |
| 24th October 2007 Brititi | - From: New Zealand government warning Yep me and George are best buddies along with John and Howie |
| 24th October 2007 Gmail | Moroccan Haircut - From: New Zealand government warning Would this aforementioned haircut qualify as what could be known as a "tiger cut"? The return of Sir Gawain perhaps? |
| 23rd October 2007 Nic | - From: New Zealand government warning Don't listen to them! It's an excellent beard :) Although I bet the Hezbollah t-shirt adds to the overall impression... |
| 22nd October 2007 DestinationAlgeria | haircut - From: New Zealand government warning That's a tough one mate. My last haircut was shocking Moroccan style and things havn't been the same on top since. I don't really trust these turks either, so maybe I'll wait until Invercargill, I hear they're good. |
| 21st October 2007 Stephen | - From: New Zealand government warning yeah, how come the beard keeps growing but the hair on your head isn't getting any longer? Tell us about Arabic barbers. |
| 20th October 2007 DestinationAlgeria | terrorist - From: New Zealand government warning thanks, you sound like George |
| 19th October 2007 Brititi | - From: New Zealand government warning I have been trying to tell you all along that you look like a terrorist with that beard! |
| 19th October 2007 DestinationAlgeria | bike shorts - From: Hamas, Hummus and Hezbollah you know what I'll be wearing first day back at the NCRE |
| 15th October 2007 claire | ? - From: Hamas, Hummus and Hezbollah I'm pleased you managed to get to Israel - has made me feel nostalgic. Those 5hr waits at borders and having stones thrown at you by locals...well, enjoy wherever you are going to next. |
| 11th October 2007 Brititi | - From: Hamas, Hummus and Hezbollah Thanks for the shot of you in bike shorts. Scarred for life. |
| 7th October 2007 Henry Toh | Henry here in Chicago - From: Where's Dan Dan! good to know you made it back to Cairo after travelling with you to Luxor and Aswan. I am back home in Chicago now, just emailed you pics from Egypt and Morocco. I'll mail you a CD or DVD will all the pics soon. Enjoy! Henry. |
| 6th October 2007 anna | Nice to share it with Kees - From: القدس / יְרוּשָׁלַיִם / Jerusalem I agree with Kees: ever so lucky to be in Ramallah that very moment with full of emotiveness of families gathering back together, tears and hugs, moving speeches -I guess, since they were in Arabic- crowd of reporters from all over, Palestinian Authorities shaking hands with three nosy westerns brought all the excitement to us. Amazing experience! Nice to share it with Kees. Big big hug, mate. |
| 5th October 2007 Brititi | Thanks for the history lesson - From: القدس / יְרוּשָׁלַיִם / Jerusalem And love your Palestinian photo! |
| 5th October 2007 DestinationAlgeria | key - From: direction Israeli border words of wisdom from the expert himself |
| 5th October 2007 DestinationAlgeria | Dana - From: direction Israeli border now now you |
| 5th October 2007 Jean Genie | I couldn't resist... - From: direction Israeli border Never thought I'd see the day where Kees would spend "a night in Dana..." |
| 4th October 2007 Brititi | - From: direction Israeli border John Key thinks that the war in Iraq is over, technically. |
| 28th September 2007 Chris Campbell | Ramadan Rookie !!!! - From: Ramadan comes to town You Ramadan rookie !!!!!! this my fourth tour of duty so to speak, but sounds more leniant in Egypt than it is here, no eating or drinking, swallowing or smoking in public and bugger all restaurants are open and the ones that are, are all balcked out, anyways im outta here in two weeks for a while, so doubt youll make it whilst im here, so ill guess ill see you when i see you |
| 27th September 2007 Jean Genie | A Comment from Hornsby - From: showering with the family goat Awesome photos! Although you have seemed to go a bit nuts with the old "Ctrl V"... Loved the story about the pervy goat. Although the thought of it charging you down in the nud is even better! Take care bud. John Key sends his regards. |
| 27th September 2007 Briti | - From: showering with the family goat Sounds like a grand time...having showers with goats and bogan laps in Jordan...bet you never thought that would happen! That photo of the old roman building (is it a library) carved out of the rock is amazing! All the classics lectures are flooding back! Stay safe and don't get too friendly with the goats! |
| 17th September 2007 Matthew Fighter Pilott | Tourist Trap - From: into the chaos of Cairo Given the number of prople in the photos, I couldn't see you hanging about the pyramids too long... When you say pricey, I'm curious - what goes for a rip-off in Egypt? |
| 16th September 2007 DestinationAlgeria | all by myself - From: into the chaos of Cairo yip it's just me and my bike now. But Dan will be in Cairo soon so we should catch up in a week or so. As for the beard, it's probably here to stay, so many Egyptians ask me if I'm Muslim because of it. When I say 'no religion' it's like they've seen a ghost! |
| 16th September 2007 DestinationAlgeria | pyramids - From: into the chaos of Cairo call me negative but I'd had about enough of the pyramids, all the dodgy salesman and the annoying package tourists and their buses after about an hour. So I didn't really hang round, and going inside was a complete rip-off so I refrained from that activity. |
| 13th September 2007 Brititi | - From: Heat, hills and hot water Nice lycras by the way... |
| 13th September 2007 Brititi | - From: into the chaos of Cairo Hmmm, those photos look like you have just photo-shopped yourself in front of those pyramids and sphinx... Seriously though...it looks awesome, and yes I'm very jealous. Are you all by yourself now? And do something about that beard... |
| 12th September 2007 Francis Saul | The most densely populated city on earth - From: into the chaos of Cairo I went to the Tait gallery in London where they had an exhibit on megalopolises (however you spell that). Surprisingly to me, Cairo is the most densely populated city on earth, ahead of Tokyo, New York, Shanghai or Mumbai. London itself has quite a low density. On another note, looking very hairy! Don't get yourself too ripped off, and I hope you got your bike fixed good and proper! |
| 12th September 2007 Yoonah | - From: into the chaos of Cairo Oh, did you get to go inside the pyramids? Was it scary? |
| 12th September 2007 Yoonah | - From: into the chaos of Cairo Hahaha I so can't imagine you saying 'no speak English'. And very nice-looking new friend you've got there. High five! |
| 11th September 2007 DestinationAlgeria | revenge? - From: Destination Algerian border only so back to Casa hey cheers, but you could have informed us earlier |
| 8th September 2007 emu bin laden | revenge? - From: Destination Algerian border only so back to Casa I notice that, since you were denied access to Algeria there have been a couple of terror bombings there... explosive-packed bicycles, they reckon. Appearently, you're meant to forget the visa and bribe the border guards, slip a note into your passport, it comes back sans note and there's no need for a suicide charge on the border-crossing |
| 6th September 2007 Jean Genie | No such Algeria - From: Destination Algerian border only so back to Casa Hey buddy - glad to hear you're still alive and well despite the harsh rejection at the border. Hmmm, perhaps those beards were too extreme even for the Algerians...? |
| 4th September 2007 Stephen | tragedy - From: Destination Algerian border only so back to Casa No! Our hairy pedaling Thelma and Louise have split up. And they didn't reach their destination. Say it isn't so! Or, like every great road movie, is this the scene before the climax when the unlikely couple split up and head their separate ways, mission uncompleted, before realising that they need each other, reunite, and kick some baddies' ass? Go on, guys you can do it. Turn back to the border and have a crack at option B. |
| 3rd September 2007 DestinationAlgeria | - From: Never drunk so much water in my life! mate I started at -3m (in the Netherlands). Actually we did start in Marakesh, which is probably around 600m. Old Emu must have climbed to around 20 meters, he's good on the hills that that one. |
| 2nd September 2007 The Phantom Crapper | Opreation Sanson - From: Never drunk so much water in my life! Don't hassle Emu, the 8-year-old he's hired to type up his blog is probably very satisfied with their standard of work ;) 2,260 meters - that's pretty solid, especially since you started somewhere down around 0... And what with all that facial wind resistance! |
| 30th August 2007 DestinationAlgeria | spelling - From: Never drunk so much water in my life! mate you're lucky I'm letting these comments through. I recall your travelblog having more errors than Don Brash's election campaign |
| 30th August 2007 Emufarm | sucker-puncher - From: Never drunk so much water in my life! one of the reasons you've got to love kees is that with his notorious sense of humour itts impossible to know whether his repeated writing of 'puncher' when he means 'puncture' is geninue ignorance or a stuble long-term joke intended to sucker someone into correcting him, which would be met by some cleverly crafted pre-prepared punchline, probably involving an obsecure reference to middle-eastern politics or the use of the word 'sanson'. |
| 28th August 2007 Stephen | Loving the stories - From: Never drunk so much water in my life! Hey guys, keep it up. I still have no idea where you are (the photos suggest somewhere north of Waiouru?) but I'm loving hearing about the adventures. |
| 28th August 2007 DestinationAlgeria | revolution - From: Food posioning fit for a king fish a people's revolution in a dictatorial state - or would that be a democratic revolution in an islamic state?? Mate I havn't a clue about politics, We're just here in Morocco seeing the country from our package tour bus window and we only go to touristy places. |
| 24th August 2007 Mummybot | Crazy motherf##kers! - From: Food posioning fit for a king fish I always knew you had a screw or two loose up in that skull, but this latest North Africa mission you two are embarking on is one worth of ole Che - minus that internal combustion engine. Write some diaries (I guess that is a blog) and start a people's revolution in a dictatorial state - or would that be a democratic revolution in an islamic state? Good luck in the sweltering heat, I do hope you survive and live to tell the tale! I am parked up in Belgium at the moment so if you want a place to couchsurf whilst drinking the best beer in the world, you know where my online place is at. The mummybot |
| 21st August 2007 emu | punchers - From: The freezing Atlantic lots of dudes punching you out there, eh? mate, 1300km, 1 puncture, no chain breaks - that's why i took my bike from nz, the one with the computer. |
| 15th August 2007 Brititi | - From: The freezing Atlantic Been to J-Land and back again...off to the Big C this weekend (Canberra) for my internship. I shall email you a Japan update soon. Your North African trip so far sounds awesome. Take care and don't get knocked off your bike! |
| 15th August 2007 Chris Campbell | Welcome To The Arab World Brothers - From: Tour d'Tanger I strongly suggest you keep those beards, when you get in to the rural areas you'll see why. Also If any man smiles at you and says "dig, dig" get out of there as quick as your bike will carry you. Also the arabic word for bus station is mahattat (station) bassat (plural of bus) and hadoot means border |
| 14th August 2007 DestinationAlgeria | amish guy - From: Tour d'Tanger hey I just had a wee Moroccan style trim for a couple of dollars. Are you in J land yet? |
| 14th August 2007 Britti | - From: Tour d'Tanger If I was a customs officer---I wouldn't let that amish guy into my country. He looks like trouble! |
| 14th August 2007 DestinationAlgeria | poor lad - From: hitch hikers' guide to Lyon yeah mate |
| 13th August 2007 YaMamma | Poor lad - From: hitch hikers' guide to Lyon Kees my young son, I was talking about Dan's t-shirt :) |
| 12th August 2007 DestinationAlgeria | Texas Hold'em - From: hitch hikers' guide to Lyon aaah Texas Hold'em, not Holden. cheers for the correction my old son. Yeah, Dan's joined the team. Food poisoning hit him pretty hard the other day. Poor old Dan, didn't eat all day. |
| 11th August 2007 YaMamma | Long way from ... Makarewa - From: hitch hikers' guide to Lyon Dan I see you did it. Nice. Takes me back a few years.... Kees I hardly recognise u. Something seems to have attached itself to you neck.... also was playing a bit of Texas Hold'em in Ecuador with the locals, have to start something back in nz. |
| 30th July 2007 emu | - From: hitch hikers' guide to Lyon Looking very metrosexual on those hire bikes mate. hey, reference me on the old couchsurfing, I did you already. |
| 27th July 2007 DestinationAlgeria | beard poll - From: brussel's sprouts how did Milenko vote? |
| 27th July 2007 DestinationAlgeria | paris - From: Париж, Франция half a decade amongst all those package and family tourists?? not so sure love. The language problem was fine, got by with the French basics and politely asked in French if they can speak English. Hope your PhD is going well :-) |
| 27th July 2007 DestinationAlgeria | 0@86, $@0=F8O - From: Париж, Франция you're a joke mate |
| 25th July 2007 Emu | - From: Париж, Франция I see you're using a bit of Invercargill's traditional cryrillic script. Good to see you reclaiming the cultural inheritance of your people.. Not sure what that picture is meant to be though, it doesn't show and the caption reads something like zifeleva bashnya - maybe its a dutch joke. |
| 20th July 2007 yoonah | paris - From: Париж, Франция Bonjour monsieur Keizer, Honestly, I don't know how you managed to do all that in just three days. I'm saving at least a decade of my life to experience Paris. You must be feeling a whole heap more cultured now that you've tasted a bit of joie de vie a la pariesienne... ay? Did you try any escargots? Are the ladies really chic and equipped with a poodle like in the picture books? Did the locals make you feel pathetic because you don't speak the mighty language? |
| 17th July 2007 DestinationAlgeria | emu cycling raining - From: Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Delft, Zeeland and more... crying about a bit of rain mate? |
| 17th July 2007 Chris Campbell | You Lucky Man - From: brussel's sprouts Looks like your having a ball gearing up for your african sojourn, youre a lucky dude Im sitting here at the moment In an office In the desert. Might have to chuck it in sooner rather than later I think, its just not happening here I reckon. Anywyas if you need me t help you out with anything in Nort Africa, let me know via email and Ill see what i can do (language issues etc...) |
| 17th July 2007 Brittany...again | Beard Poll - From: brussel's sprouts We had a poll here at the NCRE (in the Garden City of the Universe) to see if Martin should keep his beard...naturally I put your vote in as the only person in favour of the beard. |
| 16th July 2007 Brititi | Bumped into Mr Portugal did you? - From: brussel's sprouts Ha ha, and that beard is getting very long! All you need now is a horse and cart, and a black hat! |
| 15th July 2007 Diogo | Outdated - From: Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Delft, Zeeland and more... Your blog is outdated. Just yesterday we were having belgium beer in Brussels bars and you were taking advantage of not getting a bad reaction when you say to girls you re from invircago. Seek that we meet randomly in brussels. Take good care my friend and have a great trip. See you back in october to check out EU hood and more brussels nigh out. Cheers. Diogo |
| 13th July 2007 emu | emuwheels - From: Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Delft, Zeeland and more... Yeah, I'm coming over August 4, amsterdam-sneek-groningen-westerstede-bremen-hamburg-kiel-goteborg-lyrestad-motala-stockholm-tallinn, overa bout 13 days, something like that anyway, probably set me up one of these blogs too so we can compare riding injuries in fornt o fthe whole world. haven't been able to get hold of the joker I know in Amsterdam, don't suppose you ever got manon's details? Been trying to get in some cycling round here but weather's been shit. |
| 12th July 2007 DestinationAlgeria | NEXT STOP - From: Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Delft, Zeeland and more... Chris, sort your geography out please. It's pretty obvious that Armenia is my next stop. |
| 12th July 2007 Chris Campbell | New Zealander in Zeeland - From: Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Delft, Zeeland and more... Good to see a New Zealander in Zeeland, where are you going next ??? |
| 12th July 2007 Rob Thomson | Well if it isn't Kees Keizer... - From: Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Delft, Zeeland and more... I heard about your travels from Wim Harwig, a guy you couchsurfed with recently. Never thought that I'd hear about an old school mate... Good on you for getting on a bike and doing it. Are you heading through Germany any time soon? I am near Karlshue in Germany, heading towards the Netherlands on my skateboard along the Rhine River. It'd be freaking random to meet up. Anyways, take care and good luck for dodging the rain storms. Tailwinds all the way, Rob URL: www.14degrees.org/en Email: rob.thomson@14degrees.org |
| 11th July 2007 chris | the dutch - From: Leiden, Den Haag, Rotterdam, Delft, Zeeland and more... the dutch are just slightly crazy...i knew it all along...good on them though. gotta love the beauty of den haag and delft. rotterdam didnt convince me though, kees...oh and what do you like more? oud zeeland or nieuw zeeland?;) now you seem to be off to the no-country belgium...enjoy:D |
| 9th July 2007 Annick | beardy stuffs - From: Adventures in the Netherlands continue Enough about the flat and wet Netherlands. When are you going to action land (ie Algeria)? And is it the reason why you are growing a beard - to look more like the locals in North Africa? |
| 9th July 2007 Matty P (head) | Hot Fuzz - From: Adventures in the Netherlands continue Ah, I thought you'd hit the "fuzz" button on the camera, but you've clearly outshone Emu. Ingenious use of literally in the Flevoland shot, brought a tear to my eye. Keep it up, am enjoying your antics. I note you never mentioned what type of tourist you were in Amsterdam; no doubt some hybrid Amish/Beer drinking cross? |
| 6th July 2007 DestinationAlgeria | - From: Adventures in the Netherlands continue OK so every now and then it slips. I clearly don't have all day at your 'job' at the Canadian bullshit office to be on the net. |
| 6th July 2007 DestinationAlgeria | - From: Adventures in the Netherlands continue sorry mate; no such |
| 6th July 2007 clint | cheeky dutchy - From: Adventures in the Netherlands continue nice little joke there, kees - writing Amersford, when the city is called Amersfoort, clearly - you old prankster. |
| 6th July 2007 emu | - From: Adventures in the Netherlands continue if i could grow a beard like that would pretty girls hang out with me too? |
| 6th July 2007 Stephen | Pennsylvania Dutch - From: Adventures in the Netherlands continue Are you turning Amish again? |
| 30th June 2007 Chris Campbell | Beard ???? - From: Van Drachten naar Zwolle Hey mate youll need to shave off the beard itll be giving you too much wind resistance !!!!! |
| 27th June 2007 Annick | Flat NL - From: Van Drachten naar Zwolle It's really quite strange to see you and Gina visiting (giggly) the places where I lived some years ago and found rather low in interest... I on the other hand go to New Brighton on the week end, walk on the beach and find myself living a very exotic life in Christchurch. |
| 22nd June 2007 DestinationAlgeria | 80ks - From: Van Drachten naar Zwolle Well I was stoping every 10mins to take a picture and pissed round for a while here and there. But 80ks in the Netherlands (so flat) should take 3.5-4hrs. You're still coming over? |
| 22nd June 2007 Emu | Bike intel - From: Van Drachten naar Zwolle How long would you say the 80 odd kms took, riding time? Glad to see you're keeping up the running, its nice that you're trying to get yourself in shape. Dinky says he misses you. |
| 22nd June 2007 DestinationAlgeria | Donostia - From: Nederland: back to my roots cheers for that |
| 22nd June 2007 DestinationAlgeria | beard? - From: Van Drachten naar Zwolle na super-imposed. See you soon in Amsterdam |
| 21st June 2007 Jean Genie | Following in Martin's Footsteps? - From: Van Drachten naar Zwolle Is that... a beard?! |
| 19th June 2007 Stephen Day | - From: Nederland: back to my roots Kees - seeing as your camera is broken your readers may want to check out a picture of you enjoying a boat trip in Friesland by going to - picasaweb.google.com/stephenday19/Netherlands2007/photo#5071322529150793746 |
| 17th June 2007 YaMamma | Identity - From: Nederland: back to my roots As I recall the locals seemed to be pretty keen on their Basque identity, anyone heard of Donostia? The street signs are written in Euskera for example.... |
| 11th June 2007 DestinationAlgeria | Rebel. - From: Nederland: back to my roots True: Basque, Spanish, Catalonian, Aranese, Galician, it's all one big happy melting pot. |
| 11th June 2007 DestinationAlgeria | Farm - From: Nederland: back to my roots The latter. However I do plan to bike from Amsterdam to Brussels (mainly along the coast). Cycling's pretty good, there are cycle paths everywhere and distances aren't huge- basically every 5-10ks you come accross another town or village. Got to watch those mountains though, it can all get really steep at some parts and avalanches are common. I recommend a guide. |
| 11th June 2007 Emu | Farm - From: Nederland: back to my roots I believe young Pilott was referring to the anarchists who briefly ruled (if that's the right word) Barcelona during the civil war. Don't ruin the half-marathon for everyone else. Also, what's the cycling like in Dutchy-land? Have you done any decent day trips or just gliding around? |
| 7th June 2007 Matt Pilott | Rebel - From: Nederland: back to my roots Mate the ceasefire's over and we're *ahem* they're everywhere! Yeah truth be told I couldn't pick Basque country - there's no bloody difference between them and the rest of Spain as far as I can tell. It's like the West Coast declearing independance - not exactly worth killing over. Anyway champ get some more photos up, have been enjoying them :) In other news I am making it out of NZ for first time in 12 years in Aug (although going to oz doesn't really count...), it's a start! |
| 6th June 2007 DestinationAlgeria | Barcelona - From: Nederland: back to my roots thanks for the comment young MP but sort that Basque country geography out could you? cheers |
| 6th June 2007 Matt Pilott | camera technician - From: Nederland: back to my roots Hey hey kbk, I'm glad the adventure is going well. I hope you make it to Sexbierum, and get a photo with some Swedish colonist types in front of its sign for effect. What's in Barcelona? Apart from Basque sepratists that is... |
| 6th June 2007 Annick | Pictures in the nude - From: Nederland: back to my roots I wonder if you have posed naked on the Amsterdam canal while you where there and that's the reason why you won't send us picture of your activities in the Netherlands... |
| 4th June 2007 Brititi | - From: Nederland: back to my roots Kees who?? |
| 4th June 2007 Yoonah | A big hello from NCRE - From: Nederland: back to my roots Sounds like you're being spoilt with all that family loving! Remember to say hi to my uncle Jong-il when you get to Pyongyang and I hope you do well in that marathon gig. Don't ruin it :) Oh, and I might get to Spain by October- so see ya there and then! |
| 21st May 2007 jtb | flew relief in 2005/01/04 - From: Banda Aceh - clearly a mess I had the chance to fly a helicopter in aceh for relief right after the tsunami hit. It was a site to be had day after day seeing all the aftermath. i also agree that i would not be racing back there anytime soon myself! |
| 18th May 2007 DestinationAlgeria | Koblenz - From: Bankfurt, Heidelberg, the Rhine and Moselle Valleys to Koln clearly a few tears; cheers for the sympaty |
| 17th May 2007 Emu | Emu Farming - From: Bankfurt, Heidelberg, the Rhine and Moselle Valleys to Koln Sounds like you needed to have a little cry by the time you got to Koblenz. Did your hostel-mates have some tissues for you? |
| 15th May 2007 Brititi | - From: Bankfurt, Heidelberg, the Rhine and Moselle Valleys to Koln Hey Kees, wow Germany, cool man, very different to your Asian adventure! I hope your feet weren't too smelly for those poor security men!! |
| 15th May 2007 Annick | It all remind me so much of my Youth... - From: Bankfurt, Heidelberg, the Rhine and Moselle Valleys to Koln I was 15 or so and my German penpal had decided to take me to cycle down the Moselle for a week or so (not so much the same adventure as you cycling in Algeria - still intense). we did some 80 to 100km per day and I pretty much remember arriving dead tiered in Koblenz after a long day on the bike. Then my penpal showed my the top of the ill... "yeah yeah beautiful...whatever let me die" - not so she was showing me the youth hostel at the top of the hill - that was the end of our friendship! |
| 15th May 2007 DestinationAlgeria | - From: Koh Samui/Phuket- twin errors of judgement Hey don't worry boss as I'm back there in November. Get back to that IT aye. |
| 15th May 2007 DestinationAlgeria | shirt and tie - From: Tales from Bangkok I did'nt iron it, it came like that thank god. |
| 15th May 2007 Annick | Making friend with the general - From: Tales from Bangkok Nice to see that you keep up Networking in Thailand! |
| 13th May 2007 Brititi | - From: Tales from Bangkok Kees, you are wearing a tie! And you actually manage to scrub up well! Who did you pay to iron your shirt? |
| 13th May 2007 YaMamma | Fashion - From: Tales from Bangkok Son, clearly at my great age I am not up with the latest fashions. Who would have thought shirt, tie with sholder straps. |
| 13th May 2007 YaMamma | Clowns - From: Koh Samui/Phuket- twin errors of judgement Can't beleive you went all the way there and missed the good spots. |
| 11th May 2007 Brian Pink | General Nipat - From: Tales from Bangkok Pleased to hear you are spending some time working, wearing suits, and preparing for your re-entry into Statistics New Zealand. |
| 11th May 2007 Putra | Too commercialized huh - From: Koh Samui/Phuket- twin errors of judgement Hey hey, just wanted to say that i totally agree with you. Experienced the exact same thing when i was there.. Keep it real yea.. xoxo P |
| 11th May 2007 Yoonah | Kees' Jungle Excursion (cont.) - From: Tioman Island and Taman Nagara ... And bewildered by the enigma of their movements, he approaches them with a very keen sense of adventure. Ready to learn more :) |
| 7th May 2007 Jean Genie | Kees' Jungle Excursion - From: Tioman Island and Taman Nagara And here we see Kees Keizer, in his natural habitat, frolicking in the jungle in search of new wild beasts to form an obsession with... |
| 7th May 2007 DestinationAlgeria | - From: Tioman Island and Taman Nagara Hey thanks Annick. Smelly is definitely the best way to descibe BA. My room here in Bangkok has BBC but as for the French elections, I wish that I didn't have coverage!! hope your reseach is coming along nicely |
| 7th May 2007 Annick | - From: Tioman Island and Taman Nagara It all looks so fab, even the smelly pictures of Ache looked rather appealing to me. It all reminds me of my Back-packing years... which I would not returned to now that I have tested the 5 starts hotels. Enjoy while it lasts. |
| 6th May 2007 DestinationAlgeria | david - From: Tioman Island and Taman Nagara I know. I was walking down the road in Melaka in serious serach for food, when some guy came over and asked for directions. We were the first people that he'd talked to since arriving in Malaysia. I think he flew out of Bangkok yesterday and will be back in Church City soon- I feel for him. |
| 5th May 2007 Sally and Vic | WE'RE JEALOUS!!! - From: Tioman Island and Taman Nagara Sounds like so much fun! Congrats on your great picture taking skills, they're brilliant photos. How on earth did you run into David, what a coincedence. We're all missing you over here. You should go to the Perhentian Islands if you have time, Vic recommends. |
| 4th May 2007 emu | - From: Tioman Island and Taman Nagara Thats got to be the most exciting elephant story I ever read that didnt actualy involve seeing an elephant. |
| 4th May 2007 emu | The guy with the Guiness - From: Malaysia- west coast Is it Peter Blake? |
| 4th May 2007 doetie | malaysia - From: Tioman Island and Taman Nagara wat een mooi verhaal van de treinreis door de jugle en de zoektocht naar de olifant. vind je het leuk als we hier commentaar leveren of heb je liever een email |
| 2nd May 2007 Jess | amazing! - From: Malaysia- west coast Aceh sounds amazing!! I’ve been following your travel missions and reading your stories, which breaks up my day at school where I can escape the mayhem and testosterone to drift off to another world. You not so keen for a partnership in the casino industry???? Doooodgy.... wonder if the proposal is a common occurance… |
| 2nd May 2007 Gina | What??!! No Buddha head?? - From: Days 1-4 in the Dutch East Indies So.... would be a bit broken-recordish right now to try sell you something wouldn't it. It's so extremely tempting overseas to buy up large just for the bartering... ah, the thrill of getting useless stuff for cheap. reckon you could've got the Buddha head for the sandals alone. who needs shoes when you can have a big wooden head? anyhow, hi. Am impressed that your entries read just like you speak, (clearly). Your journey sounds so eventful!! I'm jealous, even though it sounds like a lot of mad havoc... am ispired to travel! Might take a trip to Timaru this weekend (yes, your blog has had effect!), prob not much mad havoc down there, guess I could honk honk honk and rark some up though. Thats about at far abroad as current wallet situation will allow, but eventually i reckon I'll get to some such crazy places as you. The weaving in and out of traffic on a scooter sounds fun, very bond-ish. Lots of scooters everywhere must be insane, one high pitched bzzzzzzzzzzzz is hilarioius enough to hear hooning along (at about 40km/hr). Many must be quite a squeaky roar. Oh well, enjoy the chaos, better than boredom, wot wot. smiles, hugs etc from NZ |
| 1st May 2007 Brititi | - From: Malaysia- west coast Well seen as I am the only one left in the NCRE, looks like I will have to sort out your progress report. The things I do for you! You need to email me a paragraph or two, saying what you have done so far, what you are doing now and when you intend on finishing, I can do the rest for you. But sounds like you are having a rad time, ha ha I can just see your face when you realised you had been tricked into the gambling situation. It could have been worse, he could have brought out his daughter, who is 14 and told you that you were to marry her or something!! "She like Westerners', she want to live in America!!" |
| 1st May 2007 DestinationAlgeria | - From: Banda Aceh - clearly a mess yeah yeah, you were looking good |
| 30th April 2007 YaMamma | Big Ups - From: Banda Aceh - clearly a mess Son, I think I saw a pic of me amongst your photos. Take care over there wont u |
| 25th April 2007 DestinationAlgeria | rice eating - From: Banda Aceh - clearly a mess This certainly is an ongoing excersize. I have curry or fried rice for breakfast, brunch, lunch, afternon tea, dinner and supper. It's always around $1-2; Accomondation meanwhile is between $5-10. |
| 23rd April 2007 Yoonsby | sir gawain on horseback - From: Java luxury bus tours Good to see you're getting some culture in you. And your photos look amazing- you should become a photographer! |
| 23rd April 2007 emu | - From: Banda Aceh - clearly a mess Second place you stayed cost 4 times the price of the first eh? So about $5.50 then? You cheap cheeky bugger, probably ate about $7 worth of rice for breakfast too. Any hot aid workers? |
| 19th April 2007 DestinationAlgeria | respond to the business anaylst - From: Java luxury bus tours "If you get offensive comments - please delete them - and if there is a name against the comment please send it using the Contact Us option in the footer of any page." - I'm a bit offended about the shorts comment. |
| 17th April 2007 Genie | "Horse" - From: Java luxury bus tours That poor, poor horse... I can only assume that your fetish for all things "tiger" has now waned and your affections have instead focused on wildlife of the equus genus... |
| 17th April 2007 Brititi | - From: Java luxury bus tours I love the horse photo! We will have to get you a tee shirt that says "I love horses". Woo hoo. Sounds like you are having fun dude! Glad to see you are still alive and you seem to have met some females! Excellent. Did you get food down your shirt when you were eating with your hands? Chch is cool, just the same, nothing has changed. zzzzzzzzz |
| 17th April 2007 rich - holding it all together back at the fort | Meanwhile..... - From: Java luxury bus tours Hey Keizer. Good to see you're maintaining a balanced diet of scooters and donkeys, and those lil' wee indonesian tables obviously were not made for strapping young Dutch lads like yourself, so don't be too hard on yourself.... |
| 17th April 2007 Matt Pilott | Thriving Capitalism - From: Java luxury bus tours Medan sounds great, I hope you can find a mall that rivals the mighty ruggerton mall of the south! Sounds like you are having an interesting time, and I can explain why the locals all hassle you - you're a giant over there. You're clearly taller than that horse you're on in the photo. Nice shots BTW (that's 'By The Way' in txt/blog lingo), have you taken a decent camera over with you? |
| 9th April 2007 chris the neutral swiss boss | luxury - From: Java luxury bus tours Hey Kees, nederlandse jongen. While you are in luxurious java - soon in even more luxurious sumatra, I am in crappy Switzerland. People are quite poor here - begging at every corner. And they try to sell you bank accounts on every corner just like it Indonesians want to sell you rice;) On my way to Europe, I stayed over at a ridiculously dirty and, old and crappy 5-star hotel in Incheon/Korea. I really did not enjoy that. :p Otherwise seems that you are enjoying!!! And I am happy for you, must be awesome. Keep enjoying and posting. Chris |
