Trip to Ethiopia in July-August 2007. Places visited include Addis Abeba, Bahir Dar, Debark (Simien mountains), Gondar, Axum, Lalibela, Arba Minch, Wondo Genet, Konso, Turmi, Jinka, El Sod, Lake Langano as well as other places in the lower Omo valley. I have created a one hour DVD with highlights of the trip. Contact me if you are interested. Photos of the Ethiopia trip can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/jan.vanbekkum.
Trip by own transport in July 2006 through South Africa, Botswana and Namibia with a side visit to Victoria Falls. Many highlights in Namibia visited, like the Caprivi strip, Etosha, Opuwo, Sossusvlei and Fish River Canyon. Also a trip to Pilanesberg in South Africa. Photos of the Namibia trip can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/jan.vanbekkum.
Visit to South China, Tibet and Nepal in 2005. The trip started in Shanghai. Via the minorities of South-West China we traveled to Dali, Lijiang and Chengdu. We flew to Lhasa and drove through the Himalayas to Katkmandu, Nepal. Photo's of the trip can be seen at http://picasaweb.google.com/jan.vanbekkum.
Holiday trip to Peru and Bolivia in August 2008. We traveled the "classical" route from Lima via Pisco and Arequipa with a side trip to the Colca canyon to Puno at the Titikaka lake. From there we went to Copacabana in Bolivia. We visited various islands on the lake including the floating islands. Next step was Cusco. We visited the Manu area jungle by means of a small airplane and of course we saw the sacred valley and Machu Picchu. In total there will be about 61 clips. Pictures of the trip can be found at http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/469236/overview
Impressions of prehistoric museums in the Netherlands (Eindhoven, France (Quinson, La Chaussée-Tirancourt), Spain (Calafell), Germany (Bundenbach, Borg, Unteruhldingen, Bad Buchau), Sweden (Höllviken) and India (Shilpgram)
Holiday trip to Jordan in July 2010, Visits to Amman, Jerach, Ajloun, Salt, Dead Sea, Jesus' baptism site, Mount Nebo, Dana, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Petra and Mataba
Various events at the historic open air museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Impressies van het historisch openluchtmuseum, Eindhoven, Nederland.
Het Historisch OpenluchtMuseum Eindhoven laat het verleden van de stad Eindhoven herleven. Eindhoven viert dit jaar haar 777-jarig bestaan als stad. In 1232 ontving Eindhoven de stadsrechten van Hertog Hendrik I van Brabant. Het museum bestaat uit een reconstructie van het dorpje 'Eversham' uit de ijzertijd (750 50 vóór Christus), een hoeve van rond het jaar1000 en het middeleeuwse stadje 'Endehoven' (1250 1600 na Christus).
(1) Impressions of virtual flight club "Touch & Go" in Eindhoven. (2) Clip of the historic open air museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (3) Two clips of an installation ceremony of lawyers at the Amsterdam court.
Holiday trip to France and Spain in summer 2009. We visited Amiens, Brittany, the Languedoc, Andorra and Barcelona. We also visited two historic open air museums.