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  • Happy New Year!

    Do you know the phenomenon that a cup or glass seems to contain much more liquid when you accidentally spill it, than when you just drink it? Buckets and pans are subject to the same phenomenon, when their contents are emptied on you by people standing along the road as you drive by. After the […]

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  • Mingalaba

    “And, what did you like best today?” ”You.” “And what else?” This is a question and answer game that Erwin and I play a lot. What do I like most about Myanmar after having spent five days here? I guess the same as everywhere: everything that is different from home. All the little things that […]

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  • Cuba – End of the road

    Cuba is one big open air musuem. Not just because of the brilliant old cars still on the road, which never ceases to delight us, but also because of the many revolutionary slogans and portraits you see painted on signs and buildings along the way. A very nice addition to the real museums about the […]

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  • Ecuador Galapagos Islands – Hammertime!

    (This piece has a sound track: Can’t touch this, by MC Hammer. Put it on while reading this – I’ve been singing it all day long!) Hammertime! Teeuw deeuw deeuw deeuw, tu duw, te duw. In case you don’t get it yet: we saw a hammerhead shark!! Lots of hammerhead sharks!! During both dives today! […]

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