Friday 7th August A bike ride and a couple of beers After a long day yesterday and a fairly late night getting to bed we were obviously ready for a sleep in because we didn’t wake until nearly 8am. After breakfast Wim got the bikes out for us to ride with them to the towns Friday market where they purchased their fresh produce. Following our first experience of riding a bike for years this morning’s effort was even more assured and neither of us got the wobbles like we did last night when starting off.Leaving Diny to show us the way [View Full Entry]

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Thursday 6th August Three countries in one day We have a long drive ahead of us today as we head north to Holland to stay with Cormac’s parents Wim and Diny for 3 nights.In doing so we shall leave France,pass through Belgium and traverse a good percentage of Holland before getting to Zwolle.The weather prospects look good for driving and the morning temperature is already in the mid 20’s!!One of the noticeable things about the weather in the couple of days we have been in Europe is the lack of wind which has been keeping the temperature very steady. Google maps [View Full Entry]

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Mijn reisschema. Hallo allemaal. Het duurt allemaal niet eens zolang meer dus ik denk laat ik mijn weblog in ieder geval eens klaar maken en uit proberen. Op 4 Augustus vertrek ik om 14:00 vanuit Amsterdam richting Hong Kong. Hier kom ik om 7:25 s'morgens aan. En krijg ik en de rest van de groep een dag de tijd om de stad te bewonderen, of even bij te slapen als dat nodig blijkt te zijn. S'avonds Vertrekken we weer vanuit Hong Kong en nu dan toch eindelijk weer naar Sydney. Hier komen we op 6 Augustus aan rond 11 uur [View Full Entry]

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One of the promises that we made when we returned home was to go and visit Maarten and Lyke in Holland! Since we met this lovely couple they have had a beautiful baby girl called Sophie who is 4 months old now......... So on one day in May we arrived into Dusseldorf Weeze airport to be greated by Maarten! It was a bit unreal at first to see him there as the last time we saw him was back in Hanoi in Vietnam around 18 months ago. We hadn't realised that he had driven for 2hrs to come and collect us [View Full Entry]

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The Nightmare in Rotterdam parties were the first Dutch parties I'd ever heard about when I started listening to hardcore music. The first DVD I purchased was "Nightmare In Rotterdam - Welcome to Wonderland" in 2005 when I was 16 hehe. After this I quickly got my hands on the Nightmate Outdoor for 2005 as well because I couldn't believe that they actually held parties outdoors. It seemed way too good to be true so I decided that I would have to see it for myself. That was the start of what eventually brought me to The Netherlands sitting at Amsterdam [View Full Entry]

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Beste menschen, Een traan en een glimlach... Mijn allerlaatste weblogje na bijna 6 maanden te hebben rondgereisd over misschien wel het mooiste continent ter wereld. Het is bijna niet te beseffen op wat voor een onvoorstelbare plaatsen ik ben geweest, de hoeveelheid aan kleurrijke mensen die ik heb ontmoet en uiteraard al het lekkere eten dat in mijn maagje is gegaan voor vaak lachwekkende bedragen, want zoals een ieder weet houd ik nogal van eten... Maar helaas, het zit er op. Dinsdagavond om 17:40 stapte ik in de ´vliegbus´ om woensdagavond mijn geboorteplaatsje Holten weer binnen te [View Full Entry]

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It was a very nice weekend in some lovely weather. We had sort of miscalculated which day it was on so we had to rush the day we got back to Amsterdam but it was worth it - a great way to meet up and catch up with lots of friends and to enjoy a very well organised day. Apparently a picture is worth a thousand words, so I'm going to leave it at that.... [View Full Entry]

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Simply a great evening with great friends, great food and even more great wine :o) [View Full Entry]

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Last preparations for the first benefit concert tomorrow evening at Enschede with Wim Beunders and Thierno Barry. Concert "between the two worlds" :o) [View Full Entry]

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Enschede Hostels: Hostelworld Hostelbookers Hostels.com Vliegtickets: World Ticket Center Gol Airlines Cheaplastminutes Busmaatschappijen: [url=http://gosouthamerica.about.com/od/busses/Bus_Services_and_Companies_in_South_America.htm ] Bus Maatschappijen Zuid Amerika Vervoer in Zuid A [View Full Entry]

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