As previously mentioned 2010 started off with a run on a beach in Cancun, Mexico. Well, it just so happened that my second run of 2011 went down the exact same beach. I always like comparing results from year to year looking for what the improvement has been – or not. It’s just a good way to see how your …
Thoughts on Moscow
Currently flying the last hour to Amsterdam returning from a few days in Moscow – look below for a few posts. Moscow surprised me a bit. Despite reports saying that English is becoming lingua franca in business, the capital still seems like there’s a long way to go before this communication barrier really dissappears. As in most other countries fluency …
Cyrillic Challenges
I’ve spent the better half of the evening trying to navigate through Moscow using the cyrillic alphabet. Tomorow’s a normal working day here and so I’ve thrown the towel in the ring at about 2200 hrs. a taxi is speeding me through Moscow to what I hope is my hotel. tomorrow there is another day where I can try myself …
Arrived in the Caribbean
Arrived in the Caribbean, actually just now trying out this posting system for the first time from the tytnii phone using SharpMT. We’ve arrived in good condition to spend a couple of weeks in the Dominican Republic (DR). MartinAir’s “comfort” service was really worth the extra money… It’s now 6;40 in the morning and we just CAN’T sleep any longer. …
Lonely Planet Bluelist
Lonely Planet Bluelist Originally uploaded by gubbex. Grrrrreeeeaaaaatt!!! The people at Lonely Planet have come out with a BLUELIST – essentially with great help from their readers all over the World. And what are their (indirect) comments on our trips?: China 2005 – on the Great Wall: “The touristed parts of Badaling are not recommended; try instead a walk from …
Thusgaard.com Domain Name Birthday
Today Thusgaard.com is celebrating it’s 7 years birthday. Originally registered in 1999, having had 3 different designs throughout those years, it’s been hosted in Denmark and Luxembourg by a handful of different companies, and is currently administrated out of Netherlands. Furthermore it has transformed and followed web culture forward (as much as a family site can find resources to do), …
110.000 Kms by Bicycle in 6 Years
In 1997 Herb van Drongelen went on a daring adventure. He took his bike down the narrow stairs of his Amsterdam home and started 6 years of cycling around the World. Earlier today we went to De Cantine in Amsterdam to see his exhibition. Just an outstanding, fantastic, fascinating exhibition. [tags]Herb van Drongelen, Cycling, Travel, Adventure, Around the World[/tags]