2006-08-11/13 . Gooi (Jeong Min's place)

This weekend we (Keizo, Chisuan and I) went to Jeong Min's place to tour the Gooi district, a popular green area near Amsterdam.


The train station at Naarden(?)



After goin to AHA to get groceries, we headed to Jeong Min's place where his friend was also staying for the weekend. Our welcome dinner was a really delicious korean dish made of rice cake, eggs and chilli sauce.



Jeong Min's room in the morning of the 12th



his kitchen...



they were making sushi for breakfast and lunch...






entrance to his apartment...



how it looks from the street...



we started our bike tour at around 1 plus in the afternoon...



coming across many meadows and farm animals...











We stopped over at the city center and saw how a calvinistic cathedral looked like...



after continuing our tour into the forest, it started to rain and we seeked shelter at a primary school playground where we had our packed sushi lunch...





we then headed towards the lake









where we had some drinks...



on the way home Keizo's bike screwed up...



he had to hang onto Jeong Min...



After another night at Jeong Min's, we headed back for Delft...



archi gallery as we pulled into Amsterdam Central...
















us and our bikes...








Keizo's bike actually miraculously repaired itself until we were somewhere near home...where the whole rear gear selection mechanism broke...

2006-08-07 . Guang Hui's Wedding party + Shoko/Bokyeong's farewell party

The evening began with Jiang Guang Hui's wedding party...as usual there were the wedding games...









Then on to Shoko and Bok Yeong's farewell party...


Shoko with our farewell cap...



Sonny feeling a little drunk...couldn't focus on the camera...





some parting shorts with Shoko-chan...

2006-08-04/06 . Sailing @ Ijsselmeer

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Today we left for Enkhuisen in the afternoon, where we boarded the clipper Onrust and spent the night at the harbour. We had a really homely dinner in the cabin, where our chef Keizo whipped up a wonder of a meal that consisted of thai curry, tacos and tapas. Much of the night was spent playing cards with me in the background playing the guitar I bought specially for this trip; bringing my other guitar (Ibanez) would have been too risky.


The harbour as seen from the Enkhuisen train station.



we spent 150euro at Aldi...food for dinner tonight... (photo courtesy of Eric)


Walking to the Onrust clipper against a cloudy evening sky...



the Onrust


how the sleeping quaters look... (photo courtesy of Eric)



Jeong Min fishing for the night's meat... (photo courtesy of Eric)



Keizo our resident chef... (photo courtesy of Eric)



I entertained as they cooked... (photo courtesy of Eric)


and they did whatever they did... (photo courtesy of Eric)


(photo courtesy of Eric)



Keizo's Thai curry ...



(photo courtesy of Eric)



the last three left eating... (photo courtesy of Eric)

after dinner entertainment


(photo courtesy of Eric)


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05 morning breakfast time...



Skipper Peter explaining our route of passage...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)



a worryingly cloudy morning...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)



Melanie teaching us how to tie a knot...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)



...helping to unfold the sails...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)




lifting the sails...tougher than we thought...





(photo courtesy of Keizo)



Clarence and Keizo enjoying a moment under the sail...(photo courtesy of Chisuan)

sails up...started sailing...





(photo courtesy of Keizo)














Clarence and Wangxun...



Clarence and Wangxun...again...















Eric and Raimund...hmm...




(photo courtesy of Keizo)















(photo courtesy of Keizo)



(photo courtesy of Keizo)









Skipper Peter at the wheel...





Keizo and Shoko in the net...











note the angle the clipper was tilting...we had to stay on deck just so we didn't get seasick...the wind was against us, therefore we were forced to sail a zigzag route if we wanted to go northwards...







(photo courtesy of Keizo)

























(photo courtesy of Raimund)



(photo courtesy of Raimund)



(photo courtesy of Raimund)



Melanie(?) the skipper's help...





how did Lily manage to read in all that wind and clipper tilt...





Keith had to rest his feet against the railings to keep from sliding off...







Raimund and his big head...





we reached a rural beach somewhere north of where we launched and started a BBQ...



Keith and Grace enjoying a divine moment on the beach...



Adu and the food...


Schnook waiting for us to give her food...(photo courtesy of Keizo)


Today was Xiaoling's birthday so a cheese cake and a strawberry cake were supervised by Keizo (photo courtesy of Eric)

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breakfast before we started back home...





(photo courtesy of Eric)











(photo courtesy of Keizo)



(photo courtesy of Keizo)



lunch on deck ...







Adu the boss...









Raimund surveying his 'target'...



...and missed...





yoga...gaga...(photo courtesy of Eric)



sunbathing...


Eric taking his afternoon tea...(photo courtesy of Eric)




(photo courtesy of Keizo)



(photo courtesy of Keizo)



my cubicle in the Onrust I shared with Raimund...the sink was even larger than the one in the Spacebox!



Onrust's resident dog Schnook...


On the way home, we took up most of the upper deck of the train back...I decided to do some basking... (photo courtesy of Eric)