Category: Travel

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…

By Jakob June 11, 2008 2

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…

By Jakob June 8, 2008 1

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…

By Jakob April 21, 2008 0

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;…

By Jakob October 15, 2006 1

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…

By Jakob February 6, 2006 3

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,…

By Jakob November 13, 2005 8