13 march 2008, Lodz, Poland

A Circus training session in central Lodz.

11 march 2008 Poznan, Poland

Polish Delight

19 january 2008, San Bernardo Beach

This is where I woke up this morning. (I was standing with my feet in the sea when I took this picture).

18-01-08 Monteria

No this is NOT a marihuana plantation. This farmer walks through his yucca (cassava) plantation. Yucca is one of the staple foods of Colombia.

16 january 2008, Medellin

Santo Domingo Savio used to be one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Medellin not more than 5 years ago. The local authorities have invested heavily in infra-structural improvements and housing projects. The change is impressive. The weather is still great, as always in Medellin.

09-01-2008, Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena skyline.

06-01-08 Ayapel, Colombia

A nice holiday. Click on the photo for more pictures.

31-01-2007 Medellin, Colombia

At midnight the Muñeco is set to fire (with the help of a lot of petrol). Finally the fireworks in the doll make for a spectacular 'grand finale'.

30-12-2007 Medellin, Colombia

In Colombia the old year is finished with the burning of a Muñeco de Año Viejo (An old year's doll). It's supposed to represent some one disliked in the past year. This year Piedad Cordoba was a popular Muñeco. She's a Colombian Politician that has become good friends with Hugo Chavez of Venezuela over the pat months.

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.

07 december 2007, Wroclaw, Poland

Late for an appointment in Wroclaw (Breslau).

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.

27 october 2007, Bahrain

The new World Trade Center of Bahrain.

24 october 2007, Agra

My first view of the Taj Mahal.

23 october 2007, Jaipur

Young Indian tourists in Jaipur.

22 october 2007, Jaipur

A different world just above the roofs of the bazar in Jaipur.

17 october 2007 Kerela

Paradise...

13 october 2007, Madurai

Find the pet.

12 october 1007

Making bidi's (small cigarettes) in Kalugumalai.

11 october 2007, Madurai

Happy kids

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).

07 october 2007 Pokhara

Fish

2 october 2007

Maoist flag in Lukla, starting point of the Everest Base camp Trek.

1 october 2007

This is how you vote in the elections in Nepal.

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.

29 september 2007

Buddhist temple in Tengboche

28 september 2007