Ola, Qué tal? aan iedereen. Momenteel nog thuis in het Land van de Eburonen, Menapiërs en Nerviërs. Buiten duidt de thermometer met -2°C op de buitenthermometer. Kleine Luka ligt te slapen in haar bedje. Katrien legt de laatste hand aan haar magnus opus. Dus ik heb effe tijd om een travelblog te starten zodat de Bonnie's, Oma's, Bompa's en Vava's van deze wereld hun kleindochter kunnen volgen terwijl zij haar eerste stapjes zet tussen de oeroude tempels van de Maya's, Zapoteken en Tolteken. Hopla. En avant! [View Full Entry]

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Except there were no real hills in Antwerp... And I did not see an ant... Mosquitoes yes... The trip to Antwerp nearly wasnt.. After catching the Eurostar to Brussels, we proceeded to find the connecting to Antwerp, after much confusion we were ushered onto a train, only to be put in the first class cabin. We did not have first class tickets so I jumped off the train to have a better look.. Next thing I know the bells are ringing, Chris is screaming at me and the train was about to leave! Luckily, I managed to jump back onto the [View Full Entry]

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From Shell: We were greeted in Amsterdam by Steve and things have got even better from there. Got into Holland at 10am, chatted with Steve and his mate Jan until the jet lag caught up, and then had a nanny nap while they went shopping for us - thanks guys. This meant that we then stayed up way too late but had a great dinner with Zeynep, Kevin and Jan. Next day we slept through our hangovers and met Marja's dad Aulis at the airport and then all drove to Antwerp in Belgium. Steve pre booked an apartment for us and [View Full Entry]

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As some of you may already know I’ve actually just spent the 6-7 weeks camping out at a place in Antwerp (124 bed hostel). Two things lead me to this interesting situation, the first was a phone call whilst I was in Holland and the second was I needed a rest from travelling. Allow me to explain….. You see if you ever get the wonderful opportunity to go travelling for an extended period of time you’ll soon realise moving around all the time, exploring new places and watching your back when you’re travelling solo can be very tiring…. I know this [View Full Entry]

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Dias 25 a 29 - Cheguei a Gent sem muitas informações sobre o endereço de meu anfitrião. Ele apenas havia me dado o nome de sua rua e seu telefone. Poderia ser suficiente, não houvesse a bateria do meu celular terminando sem que fosse possível carregá-lo, já que meu carregador irlandês não mais se adaptava às tomadas locais. Chovia bastante e ninguém conhecia a rua. Comecei uma busca por um cartão telefônico. Quase ninguém mais vende cartões telefônicos. Quando consegui encontrar um cartão, entendi o porquê. Quase não existem mais telefones públicos na Bélgica. E, claro, você só percebe isso qu [View Full Entry]

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Martin and I were fortunate to be in Antwerp for the 2nd Indian Customers vs RTD cricket match. A couple of training sessions before the day meant we actually got to touch a cricket ball and for me, a couple of swings of a cricket bat in the nets... Despite my duck, I managed not to let any balls pass me when fielding, but alas, didn't get to show them my Sandy's special flipper as I didn't get to bowl. At least I faced a ball though, Martin padded up and his batting partner faced three balls and was then out. [View Full Entry]

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Na 7 jaar huwelijk hebben we al meerdere avonturen met elkaar mogen delen. Sommige mooier dan andere, maar elke dag ben ik gelukkig om deze te delen met Erik, mijn geliefde echtgenoot. Elke dag ben ik dankbaar! Want het leven kan soms een waar gevecht worden, als je niet oppast. Wij hebben onze huwelijksverjaardag op een orginele manier gevierd, over meerdere dagen. We begonnen met onze nieuwe moto! Eindelijk heb ik afscheid genomen van mijn kawasaki ZR7. Hij heeft me overal gebracht, waar ik wou. Zelfs op de ongelukkige dag van mijn ongeval, kwam ik nog waar ik naar toe wou, [View Full Entry]

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23rd January: Incessant, driving rain, and a filthy windscreen, hamper progress to Antwerp. That, and searching diesel stations round Calais for the elusive heavy truck road tax needed for Belgium. I'm now back on the Tina Turner tour European leg - no White Cliffs of Dover again, for me, until early April. Bed at 3am. At 6.35, outside my truck window, a drunken colleague on this twenty-truck tour holds a loud, slurred, incoherent conversation. Then “Namibian Colin”, who shall feature regularly in this blog, accidentally blows his airhorn at 9 o'clock. When doing his daily sit- [View Full Entry]

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De voorlaatste dag op amerikaanse bodem, was samen met de laatste een dag met een gevoel van dit is er één te veel. We stonden echter goedgehumeurd op, om na het ontbijt nog een laatste telefoontje te plegen naar het thuisland. Na het telefoontje reden we nog even naar een winkelcentrum om daar enkele souveniers op te pikken, om tenslotte aan de zwaarste taak van de dag te beginnen, inpakken! Oorspronkelijk arriveerden we in NY met elks een grote rugzak, 1 grote valies en 2 kleine rugzakjes als handbagage om met 1 grote valies extra terug huiswaarts te keren. Zelfs met [View Full Entry]

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Voila, dit zal dan de laatste blog zijn voordat we vertrekken. Time flies by….! Je kijkt er zo lang rijkhalzend naar uit en dan is hij daar: die toch wel lichtjes gevreesde allerlaatste dag voor het vertrek. Aaaaaaaah shit? Zijn we wel goed voorbereid? Hebben we wel alles mee? Zeg nu zelf: hoeveel onderbroekskes en sokskes zou jij bijvoorbeeld meenemen op een rondreis van 6 maanden? Euh….. Voila, dat is nu net, je moest toch wel even nadenken hé? En dan hebben we het nog maar enkel over wat stomme onderbroekskes en sokskes:-) Stel dat je 12 stuks van elk meeneemt, [View Full Entry]

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