tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32380348387305914812011-07-29T07:08:19.037+02:00hoe verder zij gingen, hoe langer de terugwegJuulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01586599693952012848noreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3238034838730591481.post-50615877245721435312010-04-23T23:03:00.000+02:002010-04-23T23:03:22.736+02:00

I have a new Blog... have a look at it here almost the same, but new stories and new pics... liefs Juul

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sitting at home is getting at me...I have been thinking too much, and doing too little...Maybe it's not really like that, but it feels like it. I want to get out again (if possible on my bike), but with what reason? Do I need a reason to go out? I believe I do, I need some sort of goal to go somewhere. Not just siton my bike and see where the road ends (which will never happen, I am sure of that)

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and what a difference it makes...

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Maybe I should keep this blog updated with some stories, some thoughts and other things I want to write down. Every now and then I have the urge to write some things about our trip, about the things we encountered, about the different cultures we met.Last night I saw a documentary about women in an Israelian prison who were caught wearing a big belt with explosives, ready to give themselves to

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We found each other again. Mayo working in Breda at the moment, Julie living (and working?) in Amsterdam. Slowly getting back into the rythm of city life. Actually that goes unnoticed, before you know, you are back into your old life. Working, seeing friends and troubling your head with things that seem so unimportant while you are away.The thing that is different from before we left, is the

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From Moscow the train dropped me in Kiev, Ukraine. the first time without the nessesity of a visa, and to be hounest, I was a bit anxious at the border...but they let me through! After one luxurious (thanks to Damian) but rainy day in Kiev , the train continued to Warsaw in Poland. Again I found myself being spoiled by the hospitality of Damian and his family. This time the sun brightened my last

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So there I was, settled with my 3 coupe-partners, ready for our 4 days train ride to Mocsow. Stanislaw was only there for the first night, Olga untill later that day, but Rimma stayed with me during the whole trip. In spite of all the crazy transsiberian experiences you read and hear about, Rimma was not the one to make my trip. Out of her bags there came no sausages, dried fish, cookies and

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Irkutsk reminds me of the board game ‘Risk’ where it is one of the territories which you have to conquer to get Asia. On those Sundays when we played the game (my brother used to win this game a lot), it never occurred to me that I would ever come to this place, Far East in Russia. So for me, Irkutsk was never connected to beautiful (and apparently world known) lake Baikal, or cold Siberia or the

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Strange, it is only a simple fence that stands between Mongolia and Russia, but the first view I had of this new country seemed like a different world. All of a sudden there were no more Asian people; I am in Russia. When we arrived with the train it was minus 1 degrees, by now the temperature increased a bit, but the winter is definetely on its way.I still feel the urge to go back to Mongolia to

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Wow,Mongolia is amazing. The last two weeks I have been astonished by the beautiful landscapes that came by. With a big Russian Gaz 66 we rode from Ulan Bator (UB) to Bugat, in the far east of Mongolia. As a bunch of fishes we were stuck in the back of the truck with 12 people, together with all the gear for the landyachts, food and our own backpacks. There is one road in Mongolia with has

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My days in UB seem to be over, although you're never sure. Tomorrow I will (hopefully) be on my way to the west of the Gobi desert...together with 7 Polish people, one Canadian, one English guy and two Mongolian guys. I will take part in the 'Gobi 2008 expedition' an expedition in memory of Wojciecha Skarżyńskiego, who did a same trip 30 years ago.(http://mongolia.info.pl/content/view/147/67/)We

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Our cycling trip is over, we are both on our way back to Holland. Marjolein is doing a tour through Mongolia at the moment together with Astrid and some other travellers . I am still hanging around the capital city, Ulan Bator, waiting for my trip to start, somewhere next week (see:http://mongolia.info.pl/content/view/147/67/). Untill then, I just wander around this strange town. The city

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GOUD voor de lichte dames 2xZILVER voor de dames 8+lieve dames, we hadden ons niet beter kunnen wensen. Bedankt voor die prachtige dag.

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Just 200 kilometers away from our final goal, the rowing course in Mapo. A few hills and a visit to the great wall are the only things that are keeping us from cycling straight towards the end. We fully enjoy our last days of cycling, camping and meeting people along the way, even if the rain is pouring down on us. Beijing is getting close, the roads are getting better and the police is

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After one week of spending time on Chinese grounds, we finally feel a bit like we entered the Chinese culture. nervous we awaited the bordercrossing; our final country, our final month, our final goal. It felt a bit strange, after four months of cycling, we have only like 3 weeks cycling left. China is big, the Olympics important (for China but also for us) and the visa is short. We have 30 days

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There are a lot of things during our trip of which we were more than surprised, in a positive way. We were always sort of sure that we would get to Beijing, but while our trip got on, the way we were going to get there became harder and harder, as if somebody made it a challenge for us to see how long we would go on.We are on this trip because we want to see our friends compete at the rowing

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While we wait for our visa's, and keep changing our travelling plans towards the Chinese border,we will try to keep you updated...Who said this was a holiday?Inshallah!

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In Mashhad we experienced the Islam religion by visiting the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza, a pelgrim place for the Sjiite muslims. Beautiful buildings and a serene atmosphere. After Mashhad, cycling again: the last kilometers of Iranian landscape are lying before us. Desert this time and we can tell you sweating is our main activity instead of cycling these days. On our way to the border to leave

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Tomorrow we are on the road towards a new border, Turkmenistan. We don't know what to expect, but we are very exciting about throwing our scarf off and to drink a beer! In the meantime, we don't know how the internet is gonna be...so don't worry, we are still here but just a bit more silent...(but just on the internet)

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Do you understand???zie: http://e-astara.com/index.aspx?siteid=81&pageid=192&newsview=249

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We just took our last dive in the pool at the 11th floor looking over Teheran...tomorrow we are gonne move on. Sounds strange, but even though we have the greatest place to stay here in Teheran, our bikes are waiting for us downstairs in the garage...and to be hounest, we sort of want to go as well: our legs are itching and our minds go nuts.so on towards the east! Turmenbashi junior be aware!

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There we are, all dressed up. Scarfs on our head and shirt that covers our bum. It is definitely a different country, Iran. After 4 brilliant days in Dogubayazit in Turkey, we left this country on the 15th of may. People stare at us and there are definitely more traffic accidents because of our appearance on the road. Amazing how they drive here...as long as they keep away from us! (or we just

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A lot can happen in just a few days. We left our South African friends at the black sea coast unfortunately, but hopefully we will meet up again later this trip. We left the coast at Trabzon to go south towards Erzurum. We can say, we are in a completely different Turkey now! İt started with the snow at the mountains in Bayburt. We were quite surprised, but our experiences with cycling through

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De familie Korkmaz Onze tent neerzetten, matjes uitrollen en slapen was het enige wat we na een enorm zware dag nog wilden en toen belden we aan bij de familie Korkmaz. Ali, de oudste zoon en beheerder van het familierestaurant aan de weg waar we toevallig langs fietsten, vraagt ons binnen voor de thee. Al gauw hebben we voor elkaar dat we de tent op het lager gelegen terras aan de zijkant van

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İt was great in İstanbul!We both had family and friends around from Holland, and we didn't touch our bies for 5 days. Luckily they were still there on monday morning!Toos, Kees, Judith, Astrid, Mette, Gea,Peper,Laura and Jip: thanks a billion for coming all the way to İstanbul. İt was great having you there with us.On monday we started our little trip again. İt seems like a little trip now,

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Sorry, it took a while but we notice that it is quite hard to keep up with the site if you also write for the NRC next. We decided to write in English so the people we met on our way can read some things as well.We have experienced quite a lot past week. The Balkan was really interesting. We met very nice people on our way who helped us with a lovely dinner (thanks Branimir) or a place to stay (

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maar daarvoor mag je die zelf kopen in de winkel... (van maandag 7 april)

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De dagen van sneeuw liggen achter ons, gelukkig. Inmiddels is de zon doorgebroken en hebben we een bruingebrande kop en streepjes op de bovenarmen. De billen beginnen inmiddels al ietwat te irriteren en de benen zijn nu toch bij iedere heuvel, wat erg snel vermoeid. Nadat we, een in onze ogen behoorlijke berg beklommen hadden, keken we op het kaartje met de route om te concluderen dat de enorme

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http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/lokales/ollo/art1051,217601

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Motto van deze reis dus, alsmaar rechtdoor. En we nemen dat graag letterlijk, in elk dorp of stad gaan we gewoon rechtdoor, dan komen we er vanzelf wel weer uit. Pas 3 dagen onderweg en nu al het idee dat we bizar veel hebben meegemaakt. Hoeveel kan er nog gebeuren?Als eerste Peter en Nicolette, de gastvriendelijkheid zelve! Biertjes, eten, eigen kamer en paasontbijt met mascotte! Nogmaals super

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Ja hoor, het begint nu echt te komen. Nog 5 nachtjes in ons eigen bed, en dan de fiets op. Het voorpret-feest is echter nu al begonnen!Het fietsmagazine BIKE and Trekking (www.bikeandtrekking.nl) heeft ons in hun eerste nummer van dit jaar reeds geintroduceerd aan haar lezers, uiteraard met de bijpassende foto en het vermelden van onze sponsoren Koga Miyata (fiets) en Vaude (outfit en assecoires

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Die schijnen altijd het zwaarst te wegen en helaas komt dat op de een of andere manier ook vaak uit. Net als de spanning begint te stijgen over de al maar dichterbij komende vertrekdatum blijken er wat dingetjes niet helemaal ingecalculeerd. Mayo's fiets heeft vertraging opgelopen in de fabriek en het is nog maar de vraag of de fiets 22 maart klaar staat. Koga maakt overuren, Juul doet een

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Nog steeds vragen mensen ons of we nu echt gaan. Maar met diverse virussen in ons lijf gespoten, contracten met krant (NRC Next) en fietsblad (Bike and Trekking) bijna in ons bezit, een deal met Koga Miyata (wisten jullie trouwens dat dit een oer-Hollands fietsmerk is?) en de oplopende stress en paklijsten, is er wat ons betreft geen weg meer terug. 22 maart dus, niet omdat dan ons vliegtuig om

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De Garmin Edge 705HR, wat een tof apparaat. Dit ding meet alles, maar dan ook werkelijk alles wat er op, aan of naast je fiets gebeurd. Bij het bekijken van de folder hebben we meteen een sponsorvoorstel gestuurd. Wat vooral handig is de routeplanner, ideaal voor ons dus. Veel mensen verklaren ons voor gek als we vertellen dan we toch liever met een kaart fietsen, een beetje nostalgie zo te

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Op maandag 17 december konden we de routeplanner weer eens een uitdagende opdracht geven. We gingen naar Lisse. Waar ligt dat denkt de gemiddelde Randstedeling? Nou in Zuid-Holland, en eigelijk onder de Noord-Oostelijke rook van Schiphol, lekker makkelijk dus. Lisse, voor natuurliefhebbers ook wel bekend vanwege de Keukenhof en de prachtige bollenvelden. Voor ons is Lisse sinds kort bekend als de

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Zo luidde de quote van Julie vorige maand. Logisch dat we dat principe maar eens moesten gaan uittesten. Julie, die na het beeindigen van haar roeicarriere, haar trainingsintensiteit verhoogde om de trainen voor onze fietstocht (O, ja en de PVP en de halve marathon natuurlijk..), was een lastige kluif. Een tocht over de Utrechtseheuvelrug, leuk zou je denken, maar met mijn matige fysieke

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Om de voorpret te verhogen, hebben we vandaag onze tickets voor wat onderdelen tijdens de Olympische Spelen besteld. Je snapt het vast niet maar het leek ons vooral heel leuk om na zo'n half jaar fietsen eens te gaan kijken naar hoe het andere mensen op de fiets vergaan. Niet dus... de kaarten voor baan-, weg- en andersoortig wielrennen zijn helaas niet te verkrijgen (in ieder geval niet via

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concept... : )

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Er was bijna geen sinterklaasgedicht wat er niet over ging..onze fietstocht naar Beijing in 2008. De voorbereidingen zijn in volle gang, en de vertrekdatum komt steeds dichterbij. Ergens eind maart gaan we zeker vertrekken, nu nog een fiets, visa en andere benodigdheden...

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