Entertainment for the Polish that come to the Netherlands to work. They live on an old RAF base on the border with Germany and Holland.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
08 december 2007, Weeze, Germany
Entertainment for the Polish that come to the Netherlands to work. They live on an old RAF base on the border with Germany and Holland.
06 december 2007, Opole, Poland
A lonely mother in the Polish countryside. Her husband works in Austria and her only son in the Netherlands. She travels every day by bus to her work in Opole one hour away.
05 december 2007, Brüssow, Germany
Older skilled technicians are getting a new future in Polish companies that are moving their factories to East Germany. Polish workers are working in West Europe so companies in Poland have serious problems finding skilled laborers.
27 november 2007, Villiers le Bel
Damage caused by rioters last night in the Parisian suburb, Villiers le Bel. The riots started after 2 kids died in a collision between their motorbike and a police car.
Monday, December 17, 2007
10 october 2007, Bangalore, India
Learning handicrafts is a way for former prostitutes to make a living without going back to the sex industry.
09 october 2007 India
Biology class in Mathagondapalli in Tamil Nadu in South India. (drawing a cockroach).
30 september 2007
The top of the skull of a Yeti, the legendary abominable snowman. In the small monastery of Kumjung in the Nepalese Himalaya the monks guard this so called proof of the existence of the Yeti. It looks more like the skull of a yak with Down's syndrome to me.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
23 september 2007
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The trails in the Nepalese Himalayas are littered with temples and stupas. For more pictures and text (Dutch only) check out my weblog at Onze Wereld : http://www.onzewereld.nl/index.php?page=2&logId=4
20 september 2007
The highest colfcourse in the world? Nope, just an alpine meadow just above Namche Bazar ar 4000+ metres. Model: our trekkingguide Kami.
19 september 2007 Nepal
Due to the lack of roads everything in the Nepalese Himalaya is carried up by human force. The porters can carry up to a 100kg.
18 september 2007
On the way to the Mount Everest Basecamp we bumped into this newborn baby that gets an amulet tied around it's neck to protect against bad spirits.
Monday, October 08, 2007
14 september 2007
I don't know wether this skeleton, in a Hindu temple in Pathan, is going to play golf or something. It's clear even temples are not exempted from boyish graffiti.
13 september 2007
Ladies in Red. Today was a special Hindufestival for the women of Nepal. Tens of thousands of women dressed in red went into the streets dancing and praying.
Monday, September 17, 2007
08 september 2007
Modern life of Chinese youngsters in Lhasa is much the same as in any major city in China. Through internet they keep in contact with their friends in Beijing, Shanghai or Shenzen.
Friday, September 14, 2007
06 september 2007
Tibetan religious pilgrims trying to support their living while circling the Potala.
05 september 2007
Religious symbols in Tibet are covered in white shawls. to me it looks like something diferent on this monument.
03 september 2007
Thousands of Chinese tourists flock to Tibet nowadays.
And they all come to see a glimpse of the few Tibetan monks that are left since the Cultural Revolution.
01 september 2007
Actually, sunrise on the 2nd of sept. My first glimpse of the Mount Everest (left) seen from the northern side. My first day in Tibet.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
26 august 2007
On a short stop-over in Karachi I quickly visited the mausoleum of Mohammed Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan.
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