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Halfway around the world in 1 year
Welcome to Sotje62 ! My blog intends to make the world a smaller place. Automatically and real-time, the blog traces Beatriz and myself's whereabouts, it might just tell you a thing or 2 that interests me - therefore not you, that's the privilege of having a blog - but read new blogs on the top and click on the pictures in the side bar to see older blogs, the blog,and Beatriz and I hope you grow a good 'travel' appetite. Sotje62 travel blog is in Vlaams (donker gekleurd) and in English (light coloured). So read what you understand and again what you like.
03-12-2009
In Romblon, it's a taste of the real Filipinas. // ..., hier is de echte Filipinas.
Kerstmis hangt in de lucht. Het zal 2000 jaar geleden zijn, en het betekent voor iedereen iets anders, Kerstmis komt eraan, ook in de Filippijnen. Dat betekent hoofdbrekende vragen. Kerstmis betekent cadeaus kopen voor mensen die je graag hebt - en niet graag hebt - voor wie koop je en hoeveel gaat dat allemaal kosten, wat gaat hij en zij doen op Kerstavond ?? De hele commotie mag voor jou misschien zo snel mogelijk gedaan zijn, leve januari en een skireis in het voorjaar!! Een skireis is altijd geestig.
Het mag zijn wat het is, ik ben op reis, en behalve dat ik in Borneo zal zijn voor eindejaar, blijven diezelfde kerstvragen in mijn hoofd spoken. Dat had ik nooit durven denken! Ik ben er niet maar ik wil alles weten. Ik bespaar je al mijn vragen, behalve deze: 'Wat doe jij met Kerst en nieuw en ga je voor mij een cadeau kopen ?!?' :-) Het mag goedkoop en onbruikbaar zijn, dat vind ik niet erg. Als het maar in mijn rugzak past!
Ik wens je een goeie eindejaarsvragen en veel kerstmarkt plezier op de markt, ik ben in Romblon,
Christmas is coming. It has been 2000 years, and it must mean something to most of us, Christmas is coming, and also in the Philippines. And it means aching questions. Christmas is buying present for people that you like - and don't like - for who do you buy and how much will I spend this time, what will he and she doe on Christmas eve ?? The whole thing can pass for you as quickly as it comes, welcome to january and the next skiing trip!! I envy you if it is a ski-trip.
It is what it is, I am traveling, and except that I will be in Borneo for the end of the year, the christmasquestions are keeping my busy. I couldn't have dreamt this! I am not there and still I want to know everything. I save you all my questions, except for this one maybe:: 'What are you doing for Christmas and will you buy me a present ?!? :-) It can be cheap and useless, no worries, if it is only small enough to fit my backpack!
Wish you good end of the year questions and many carrols and barrels, greetings from Romblon,
16.09.09. Half-Round the world in 1 year / Kick off. 9th of April 2009, Mumbai, India’s biggest city, is our best destination to take the train south to Goa, Kerala and Bangalore. From there we go 4,000 km by train back to north India, see Karnataka, Rajasthan, the Taj Mahal, Varanasi and Nepal. In Nepal we do small treks in the Himalayas and visit Kathmandu. Over de friendship highway, the route goes from Kathmandu to Lhasa by jeep, maximum altitude 5250m and we get to see the Mount Everest. In Lhasa we take the train through China, see the Terracotta warriors in Xi'an, and go 3,500m north to enter Mongolia and arrive in Ulan Bator. In Mongolia we camp in the Khovsgol area near the Russian Siberia, and renew the Chinese Visa to go back south. The clock says 4 months when we trained through China and see Yunnan, South China with its wonderful terraced rice fields. We enter the tropics and after 6 months travels we are in Vietnam. 2 months after that, we should have seen Angkor, the beaches in Thailand & Maleysia ...<e.d. 25.10.09. There is a change of plan after Angkor: we fly from Bangkok to Manila, we go to the Philippines!!> and on a ferry to Indonesia. From either Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok, we find our way to Sydney and work for 3 months. We will have traveled for 1 year when we are in Oz and ... and ... and ... that is how far we planned. But we were supposed to come back in 1 year but we are only half around the world. Beatriz and myself love Asia!! So much for planning ahead and scheduling. Let's just see how we get on and the more exciting our trip will be. Wish us good luck on the trip!!
