Discovering the Far East

As most of you know, I am back in the Netherlands now.

I will not continue posting on this blog.

Thank you all for reading it! It has been a great year for me.

Love,

Roelof

Tonight the year of the tiger takes off, and I am curious what it is going to bring. Right now everywhere around me there is noise, the air is full of the smell of smoke and firepowder.

The Chinese are celebrating their new years eve with firecrackers and fires, everyone is supposed to be at home with his family tonight.

All shops are closed, and most of the doors sport a sign like this. It is 福， the Chinese character for luck, turned upside down. This is a wordplay with the word “dao”, which can mean “upside down”, or, with a different character, “to arrive”. So it is supposed to be a sign promotig good fortune for the shop or the family.

I wish you all a happy new year.

Hey folks!

A while ago I blogged about that free boat trip that Lisa, Johannes, M-J and me were offered. We were filmed while sitting in that boat. Now have a look what they used the material for, of course without our permission.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTQwNDQxOTQ4.html

Pay attention at 1:38.

This is the official application video of Nanjing for the Youth Olympics.

Greetings,

Roelof

Hello everyone, this post is a roundup of our day trip to the city Leshan. This town is famous for it’s many old Buddhist statues, especially the biggest Buddha in the world!

From Chengdu to Leshan it took us about 90 minutes with a van. We had bought tickets for a coach, but strangely enough we were guided to a small van, apparently not many people wanted to go there. This was most welcome! As a rule of thumb, less tourists usually translates into a nicer experience.

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“I didn’t do it!”

Hello dear readers of Roelof’s blog!

Urged by my dear mother, this post gets priority.

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