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Friday, August 06 2004

2 weeks, 1 day

The Hague, Holland

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Manfred is creator of ThisFabTrek.com, travel photography, a travel blog and a photography blog (a journey since 2004).

I try to understand, report and photograph, enjoy, live and inhale different conceptions of life (all that TV [and the web] cannot give). I reject jealousy, animosity, bigotry. Be free!

Manfred in the desert of the Western Sahara

The mind, when pondering at night had always asked those questions. What am I doing in corporate wonderland of bank, university, office or church? Who is the other animal asleep deep inside, the thinker, punk, creative, or Indian, vagabond and healer, maybe artist, writer, photographer, traveler, globetrotter? Oh God, dare you to think. When seeing the lies, gambles and manipulations I follow the old dream and set out for the real journey, the one that is call life lived.

During years on the road that I have taken the turns as they came along I have realized one thing: Only such a small part of the planet can be explored and such a vast land and sea mass will always remain unknown, to me; many swamps, jungles, deserts and oceans will never be travelled. But then I am father of twin boys, Daniel and David, my most important, and I show them some of the wonders that are out there. ThisFabTrek, is ongoing. Photography and Journey, Stories from the Road and Life around the World, Love and Peace.

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G20, Gladiator.

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Daniel and David with nanny Aisha, the best we ever had, black African Woman carrying white twin babies, in Bamako, Mali.

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"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it, to tell the tale." Living to Tell the Tale - Gabriel García Márquez.

"They never taught wandering in any school I attended. ... they never taught the art of writing a book, either. It's all so mysterious."
"Wandering is an art in itself. Wandering and writing don't mix"
"Writing demands commitment and if one thing your wanderer is allergic to is that very quality of commitment, for once one is committed he runs that very risk of failure ..." Wanderer - Sterling Hayden.

"Photography enables you to grasp a place first time round. ... Photography is a means of exploration, it's a vital part of travel, almost as essential as a car or a plane. " - Wim Wenders.

"The worst prejudice we acquire during our youth is the idea that life is serious. Children have the right instincts: they know that life is not serious, and treat it as a game..." , Egon Friedell.

"How far you gonna go. Before you lose your way back home" - Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World, Achtung Baby, U2.

"If you want to be a hero well just follow me." - Working Class Hero, John Lennon.

"When I think of all the things I have done, I know that it's only just begun." - I love you, Lou Reed.

"One does not escape the Sahara - the Sahara let's you go or not" - Touareg.

"Planet earth is blue and there`s nothing I can do" - This is Ground Control to Major Tom, David Bowie.

"Glory for the crazy people/in this stupid world" - Ahmed Fouad Negm.

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's- Gravenhage as they call it.

this is holland
This is Holland.
Palace in The Hague

's- Gravenhage beach

Keep in touch with the dutch. I wonder who tought me that?

I meet Stefan and Bram for lunch at a reataurant at 's- Gravenhage beach.

Now I understand what made both of them come to this place to work. The town is an interesting mix of cultures, like everything dutch very liberal.

But what blows your mind is some 10 km of beach; - which is not what I remember The Hague to be all about.

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Cherbourgh où non?

The question of the day I have to answer. Cherbourgh is really far away and the Land Rover slow (a cruising vehicle) and England so near from here.

But the friends, Regine and Lionnel are there now, and only now and wont be there again any time soon. Actually 800 or so kilometers apart is the closest I got to them in many years. I make a phone call, speak to Lionnel and everything is clear. I am going to Cherbourgh, tonight, this afternoon, if I have to drive all night. I do it.

I leave The Hague at 3 p.m. and arrive at Cherbourgh at 1 a.m. On the way I listen to my whole collection of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Life is what you make of it. At 8 a.m Saturday I knock on their door. Life is what u make of it.

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Postings by readers don't necessarily represent my own views. I delete what I deem inappropriate. So be fair, don't swear. Discuss photography, travels, places, politics, whatever else faintly touches the subject of the page.

Nice
Didn't know there were such good beaches there. I will need to keep an eye out for them!
#1 - Billy Bo - 12/03/2009 - 14:17
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Thanks for help! This is just what I was looking for!
#0 - rapid4me - 11/16/2009 - 04:56
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