Dutch farm with Tulip fields
One of the things most foreign people know about the Netherlands is that loads of cheese and flowers are produced here. I love the fields of tulips in all colours that we have here in spring. Normally...
View Articleclose up of red Tulips in the Netherlands
Though my good friend Eduardo insists that Tulips are the beautiful ladies of the Netherlands, these are the real ones. The Keukenhof is a huge collection of gardens showing all possible variations of...
View ArticleRed Tulips in The Netherlands
I like the complementary colours, or should I say complimentary colours? It is great to see thousands of these in a row, but just a few dozen is nice as well. There is actually an interesting part in...
View ArticleOrange Tulips in the Netherlands
For now this is the last one of the Dutch Tulips as you might get bored with them, but maybe later this year I will add some more. I just wanted to give some counterweight to all the bad news from the...
View ArticleClimber coming up to Camp 3 on Everest, Tibet
Slowly this man takes the last steps up to high camp on the Tibet side of Everest. Bent over from exhaustion, he is at 8300 meter /27,000ft altitude, but the glacier you see just behind him, is more...
View ArticleNepali Sherpa girl collecting yak dung in Khumbu Valley
While we just turn a switch to get our house heated or our food cooked, the Sherpa people of the Khumbu Valley have to do it differently. As there is little electricity (some solar panels) and gas and...
View ArticlePatriot Hills, Antarctica
Patriot Hills is the small range where the commercial and scientific bases of the same name are based. Most people only stay a short while to take a connecting Twinotter flight to the South Pole or to...
View ArticleHappy young Nepali woman and phototips
This girl/woman was shy when she saw me prepare the camera, but after some moments and across the crowd stares she was getting cheerful :) Timen who runs the nice travelblog InMyAllstars.com (check out...
View ArticleHoly teacher in Tibet
‘The Great Scholar Pedma Sambhava’s Magic Cave’ it said on the stone in from of his house. It sounded like a crappy carnival attraction, but once we were welcomed we entered a magical world. The...
View ArticleNepali man carrying baskets in Kathmandu
To avoid being arrested this man walked quickly across the bridge, so he could be back inside before the curfews began in the spring of 2006, halting life in Kathmandu, Nepal for many weeks.. Related...
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