There I was, standing in the Intersport store, slightly excited. The hunter in me had become awake. I had my discount vouchers in the pocket. A lot of Dutch people like ‘korting, korting’ (discount, discount). I’m one of them. “Shop till you drop” was written on one of the vouchers. … Continue reading
Marijke Christiansson
Good morning! Goedemorgen! When we arrived in Irkutsk, the first big city in Siberia, the Russian Federation, these flags where hanging in the street. Toen we in Irkutsk aankwamen, hingen deze kleurige vlaggetjes op straat. Both in Mongolia (especially inside the Gers, the nomadic tents, and in the … Continue reading
Hallo allemaal, dit is Heppie, de giraf. Hij is met ons mee op reis. Hier zie je hem met de Olympische Fakkel. In 2008 waren de Olympische Spelen in Beijing, de hoofdstad van China. Heppie zal je regelmatig meer vertellen over wat we allemaal meemaken. Met zijn lange nek kan … Continue reading
Boeddha is een meneer uit India die meer dan 2,5 duizend jaar geleden leefde. Hij was een soort leraar en wat hij onder andere vertelde is dat alle mensen evenveel waard zijn. Een mooie wijsheid, vind ik! In China worden de wijsheden van Boeddha ook weer meer populair en veel … Continue reading
Xi’an, the starting point of the old silk road westward, is where we enjoy the sunshine and the hospitality of the great hostel of the Seven Sages. Xi’an (“西安”) means literally “Western Peace”. We like the Peace(ful) aspect of the Xi’an life. Although the by far biggest group of the … Continue reading
We are now in the heartland of the northern Chinese civilization. Along the Yellow River (Huang He), the ancient kingdoms of the north placed their capitals and vied for power. Luoyang, Xi’an, Kaifeng are all on the river. This was a lush and rich country with vast production and abundance. … Continue reading
Although our adventure already started with all the preparations for both the moving of all our wonderful stuff and the trips itself, now we are really flying! We landed next to Gate 2 of Hongqiao Airport, the hotel on crawling distance from the Hongqiao Railway Station. It feels still a … Continue reading
Pack those Flowers? With transportation being a challenge for us (we mostly use a taxi or bike to go around in Shanghai), we love the possibility of buying things we need on Taobao, a very popular online shopping website in China. Delivered to our house, almost everything comes in … Continue reading
What better way to kick off our Trees for Peace activities than to plant some trees… Each year on the 12th of March the Chinese show that they value trees by planting trees all over the country. Most Chinese have memories of doing this as school children. Also Chinese companies … Continue reading