entrance of Shaolin temple

Shaolin temple about 50km from Zhengzhou

May 27th 2009
Saturday may 23rd I went with a Chinese group with tour to the Shaolin temple to buy a costume for my grandson. In the group was only 1 older Korean man who translated everything for me with the help of his " wife" . That went as follows. The guide told in chinese and pointed out for 10 minute a story at a field of Stupas. The wife told him everything in Korean and he translated for me " That ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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Bert Duijzer

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In my previous life I worked for a more or less big company. Since about 8 years travelling is one of the things I try to do as much as possible. Every year I try to make at least one big trip by train. I did already the Orient expres route in normal trains, all the trains in Australia. Around Scandinavia and last year around UK. In 2009 I made a trip from Faro till Singapore by train and the only country I had to take a bus was Cambodia In 2010 I travelled from southern Spain to France, Italy and the islands in the Mediterranean.On my way by train to Damascus I returned home from Beogra... full info

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