Euroen fald/breakdown of the Euro

Hvem kan se faren komme? Desværre kun alt for få, selvom Nigel Farage gør sit bedste i Europaparlementet men bliver overhørt af resten af magtbegærlige medlemmer og andre lægger facts op på internettet via YouTube. Se i links i højre side under "Euroens fald".

Who can se the danger approaching? Unfortunately far too few, even though Nigel Farage does his best in the European parlement but is overruled by the rest of the power greedy members and others put up facts by YouTube on the internet. Look to your right hand side under links "The breakdown of the Euro".

Album fremover

Til min store irritation ser det ud til, at den plads, som jeg har brugt til mine album på nettet, nu koster penge. Jeg har indtil nu klaret mig gratis, så jeg må midlertidigt skifte over til Googles delingsfacilitet og håbe på, at jeg finder noget, der ser lidt smartere ud.

I am greatly annoyed by the fact that it seems I cannot get anymore free space for my albums on the internet. So far I have managed without any expenses for that service, so I have to switch to Google share facility temporarily until I find something more sofisticated.

Efterløn

Hvor er det dog påfaldende og irriterende at kunne se alle de dumme beslutninger og fejl, som politikerne foretager selvom om man hverken er økonom eller ekspert. Man kan undre sig over, hvem disse økonomer og "eksperter" er, men måske er det dem, som siger det, som politikerne gerne vil høre, så de endnu engang kan føre os bag lyset. De få ulydedige økonomer og eksperter, som får ret i den sidste ende, bliver sjovt nok ikke  taget alvorligt. Vi så det med finanskrisen og nu ser vi det med EU-krisen,og ikke mindst de danske politikernes beslutning om at sætte efterlønsalderen op. Jeg grimmes over alle de dumme mennesker, som findes. Klik på efterfølgende link og læs mere om en eksperts udsagn om den seneste ændring i efterlønsreformen.

This is only an input to the Danes about politicians only listen to the majority of economic experts, but those experts coming with a different perspective, which in the end turns out to to be the right one, are not taken seriously. Just check the financial crisis, the EU crises and not at least decisions made in your own country.

http://www.business.dk/oekonomi/oekonom-advarer-imod-efterloensreform

Nye endegavle/new end walls

P.t. prioriterer jeg ikke at lægge billeder op så hurtigt - men her er de seneste. Projekt endegavle sluttede for et par uger siden. Det pyntede jo noget selvom farven ikke var helt som ønsket, men farvevalget var begrænset i dette materiale, som er et amerikansk produkt i fibercement, der er vedligeholdelsesfrit. HURRA. Det ligner rigtig træ med strukturer, og det er kun, hvis man lige ved det, at man kan se, at det er kunstigt. Døm ikke efter billedet - nu ved du det jo.

Jeg har tilrettet lidt på bloggen, så de seneste billeder fremover ligger under NYESTE BILLEDER i højre side men er også at finde på et link under billeder som sædvanligt.

Uploading new pictures is not one of my priorities at present but now the lastest ones are here. Project end walls ended a few weeks ago. The house definately looks better even thouogh the colour does not match my preferances, but colours in this material are limited. It is an American product of fiber cement (concrete) and demands no maintainance. HURRAY. It looks like real wood with veins. It is only if you know it that you can see it is artificial. Don't judge by the pictures - because you know now.

I have made a little change on the blog and placed a link under LATEST PICTURES TAKEN on your right hand side, but a link is also placed under pictures as usual.

Malerarbejde/Painting

Jeg har måttet male både juli - august og september mellem bygerne, og for at det ikke skal være løgn, så syntes jeg at udestuen var blevet for gul i forhold til det store vinduesparti i huset, så om igen og ny farve omkring vinduer i udestuen. Var det nu også rigtig??? Nej, nu gider jeg ikke male det om igen. Det må blive som det er. Sådan. Næste projekt.

Klik på linket i højre side under billeder - malerarbejde.


I have had to paint both in July - August and September between pouring showers of rain. And I am not kidding I had to do some of it over again, as I found the outdoor room too yellow and changed the colour around the windows to white again. Was that right??? No, I am not doing it over again, it has to stay like that. That's it. Next project.

Click the link on the right side under pictures - paiting

Små gæster/small guests

    

Rap og Rup (der var også en Rip, som fik hjem med det samme) var for en kort tid pensionærer hos mig. 2 små kattekillinger, der alt for tidligt blev taget fra deres mor. Jeg tror ikke, at jeg var kommet af med dem, hvis de havde været her meget længere, men allergi og det at blive afhængig var det, som afgjorde deres skæbne. Jeg vil nok altid være i tvivl om det var det rigtige, at jeg gjorde. De har efterladt et stort hul i mit hjerte.

Dewey and Louie (there was also a Huey, but he got a new home right away) were for a short period guests with me. 2 small kittens taken away from their mother too soon. I do not believe that I would have given them away had they been with me much longer, but allergy and dependence was the fact that desided they destiny. I shall however doubt forever if it was the right thing to do. They had left a big empty space in my heart. 

Billeder fra Vietnam/pictures from Vietnam

Hvad gik der lige galt? 400 billeder var mere end jeg havde overskud til at beskrive - og beskrivelsen, den synes alligevel at mangle, men det må jeg se på senere. Her blot nogle af dem.

Til jer som læser min blog så har det været 6 måneder uden nyheder men det betyder ikke, at der ikke er sket noget. Jeg har lidt klar på skrivebrættet, som vil komme inden for den næste uges tid eller to.

What went wrong? 400 pictures were more than I could overcome to describe - and the description seems to miss anyway. I shall have to look into that later on, but some of them can be seen in the web album.

To you reading my blog it has been 6 months without any news but it does not mean that nothing happened. I have news ready on the board and it will be published in about 1-2 weeks.

Tagrender/gutters

Så er der kommet nye tagrender på mit hus. Herligt - nu behøver jeg ikke mere at frygte monsunregn m.m. Hele projektet gik ret smertefrit og jeg er ganske tilfreds med resultatet, og det siger jo en del. Håndværkerne har lavet et godt stykke arbejde uden at ødelægge andet end en af mine fine blomsterkrukker.

Now my house has got new gutters. Lovely - now I do not have to fear monsun rain etc. The entire projekt went well and I am quite happy with the result. That says a lot. The craftmen have made a good piece of work without destroying anything but one of my fine flower pots.

Mekong Delta

Tilbage til Saigon fra Mekong Delta efter en smuk tur, hvor tiden staar stille. Det er et meget frodigt omraade og folk lever et meget simpelt liv uden nogen form for comfort. De er tilfredse med dette. De har ry for at drikke en del, hvilket vel er den eneste adspredelse, som de har.

Hele gruppen sov sammen uden for i den tropiske nat (med moskitonet). En vietnamesisk familie havde lavet sig en forretning, hvor de havde opsat feltsenge og lavede mad til overnattende turister (dog for et meget begraenset antal, saa det blev mere privat, og vi var da ogsaa de eneste).

Vi sejlede dog foerst rundt til flere af de omkring liggende oer med endnu en baad helt for os selv. Tilsidst blev vi koert gennem et tropisk lignende skov paa primitive transportmidler til indkvarteringen. Det har i det hele taget vaeret en smuk oplevelse trods de af og til luvede omgivelser og det meget affald rundt omkring.

Vi besoegte Cu Chi tunnellerne taet ved Cambodia nord for Saigon. Det var et de steder Vietcong'erne ydede staerk modstand mod amerikanerne under Vietnamkrigen, og hvor man husker det beroemte billede af den lille pige, som loeber efter at vaere braendt overalt paa kroppen af en af de mange bomber, som amerikanerne smed i omraadet.

Vietnameserne synes ikke til at baere nag trods fortidens raedsler, og de er venlige og imoedekommende. Jeg kan kun anbefale, at man tager til Vietnam, som er anderledes positivt end forventet.

Jeg skal hilse og sige, at dette omraade var hedt og fugtigt, og jeg lignede ogsaa her en roed og opsvulmet ballon i dagtimerne.

Back again to Saigon from Mekong Delta after a beautiful trip, where time seems to stand still. The area is very vigorous and people live a simpel life without any comforts. They are happy with this. It is said that they drik a lot but I guess it is the only distraction they got.

The whole group slept outside in the tropical night (with amosquito nets). A Vietnamese family made a living out of offering camp beds and cooking to tourist sleeping overnight (however a limited number making it all more private and we were the only ones).

First however we were visiting the surrounding islands by yet another boat of our own. We ended the tour to our distination on very primitive vehicles, which went through a beautiful area looking like a tropical forrest. The impression of the areas that we have seen has all together been beautiful inspite of sometimes dilapidated buildings and garbage everywhere.

We also visited the Cu Chi tunnels close to the Cambodian border and north of Saigon. This was one of the areas where the Viet Congs put up strong resistance to the Americans during the Vietnam war and the place from the photo taken of the little girl running after having been burned all over her body by one of the bombs thrown by the Americans in that area.

The Vietnamese do not however seem to have no hard feelings inspite of the horror of the past and they are friendly and obliging. I can only recommend a trip to Vietnam, which is very different in positive way.

I can tell you that this are was hot and humid too and that I have been looking like a red and swollen ballon in the daytime.

Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City

Saa er vi landet i Saigon. Midt i en tropisk hede - luftfugtigheden er p.t. kun 50% men kan gaa helt op til 70-70%. Det foeles dog stadig ulideligt, saa jeg toer slet ikke taenke paa hvordan det kan vaere.

Vi havde en kort tur rundt i byen, som er meget arkitektonisk praeget af sin tid som fransk koloni. Vi besoegte det Vietnamesiske krigsmuseum, hvilket selvfoelgelig var en meget tramatisk oplevelse. Jeg naaede kopimarkedet. Noget jeg altid MAA se.

Der bor 9 mill. i Saigon. Det ser ud som om mindst halvdelen af de 40 mill. motorcykler er her, men der er mere styr paa trafikken end i Hanoi. Folk tjener ca. dobbelt saa meget her. Det virker heller ikke helt saa fattigt, men det er stadig uhyrligt dyrt for vietnameserne at bo her og mange flytter tilbage til landet.

I morgen gaar turen til Mekong deltaet, hvor vi bl.a. skal overnatte hos en familie, som det hedder sig. Vi skal aabenbart sove i det fri. Jeg tror ikke, at vi faar sovet meget.

Hver aften er der faellespisning. I aften foregaar det ude i Saigons hede.

We have landet in the heat of Saigon in the middle of the tropical heat. The humidity is 50% but can go up to 70-80%. It still feels unbearable though so I dare not think what it could be like.

We made a short trip around the city, which is very influenced architectural by the French being af former colony. We visited the Vietnamese museeum of war, which of course was a traumatic experience. I did the copy market. Something I always HAVE to do.

There are 9 mill. people living in Saigon and it looks like half the 40 mill. motorbikes are here, but they have control of the trafic here. The income of the citizens are twice that of the people in Hanoi and the city does not look as poor, but still the living expences are very high and many people move back into the country.

Tomorrow we are going to the Mekong Delta, where we are doing a homestay overnight sleeping outside. I do not expect that we will get much sleep.

Every night we have a get together for a dinner meal. Tonight it will out in the heat of Saigon.

Da Lat

Endelig lidt koelighed. Vi er nu oppe i bjergene paa et dejligt hotel, og for foerste gang i Vietnam oplever jeg, at der kan vaere stille nogle steder. Hotellet ligger lidt uden for byen i skoenne omgivelser.

Naesten alle har vaeret syge - sikkert pga. de oester som vi fik paa en af oerne, som vi besoegte igaar. Heldigvis spiser jeg ikke oesters, saa jeg er vist sluppet.

Har vaeret paa markedet i byen. Fandt kopimarkedet - godt. Herefter lejede vi et gammelt tog og var en tur ude i oplandet. Det ser ud som om at det er et meget frodigt omraade, hvor der er oceaner af drivhuse og markeder med blomster og groensager.

Jeg har gjort en morsom betragtning. Mange forretninger har kun et begraenset udvalg og naar det gaelder toej, er der kun en del af hver - ikke noget med flere stoerrelser, saa kan man ikke passe den stoerrelse, som der er, er det bare aergerligt. Ioevrigt er det mere eller mindre umuligt at finde toej, da de kun har til bitte smaa tynde mennesker. Man foeler sig som en hel elefant her.

01 marts 2011
Sagde jeg lidt koeligere. Det har vaeret braendende varmt idag men sidst paa eftermiddagen begyndte solen heldigvis at gaa vaek. Jeg har vaeret lidt skidt idag men heldigvis gik jeg ikke ned som de fleste andre i gruppen. Vi havde en lille tur til centrum i formiddags bla. til the Crazy House, som er en af de 10 mest tossede huse i hele verden. Derefter gik turen til en af den sidste konges paladser, hvorefter vi blev sat af paa markedet. Desvaerre havde jeg ikke overskud til at shoppe. Imorgen gaar turen saa med fly til Saigon.

Finally some cool weather. We are up in the mountains on a nice hotel and for the first time I experience that Vietnam can be silent some places. The hotel is outside the city in nice surroundings.

Almost everyone has been ill. Probably due to the oysters that we got on one of the islands that we visited yesterday. Luckily I did not eat any oyster so I seem to be okay.

I have been to the market in town. Found the copy market - good. A this we hired an old train and went for a tour out in the country. It looks like a very vigorous area, where there are lots and lots of greenhouses and fields with flowers and vegetables.

I have noticed something funny. A lot of the shops only have a limited selection and only one of each peace when it comes to clothes. So if it does not fit you - bad luck for you. They do not come in diffent sizes. Furthermore it is almost impossible to find clothes for europeans, as the Vietnamese are very tiny people. You really feel like an elephant.

March 01, 2011
Did I say it was cooler here. It was burning hot today but in the afternoon the sun luckily hide away. I had felt a bit miserable today but fortunately I did not went down as most of the group. We did a small trip to the center of the city this morning among others things we visited the Crazy House, which is among the 10 most crazy houses in the world. After this we went to one of the palaces of the last king of Vietnam. We ended the tour at the market. Unfortunately I did not have the energy to shop. Tomorrow we will fly to Saigon.

Nha Trang

Det var uhyrligt varmt i Hoi An p.g.a luftfugtigheden. Det er ogsaa varmt her men stranden var et godt sted, hvor det har blaest paent meget i eftermiddag. Bor paa et groent hotel - har aldrig set noget lignende. Det hedder ogsaa "det groenne hotel" og er lyst og venligt indvendigt. Der var indendoers swimmingpool lige neden for min altan.

Vi havde lidt sight seeing, da vi ankom inden vi kunne faa vaerelserne. Jeg tror, at alle er ved at have nok af at fare rundt hele tiden og eftermiddagen har ogsaa vaeret fri. Vi faar en masse historie at vide, men jeg har svaert ved at hitte rede i alle de informationer, der gives. Det er rart at tage en tur, hvor man kan lade hovedet blive i skuffen for en gangs skyld og saa bare foelge med maengden.

Byen ligner lidt Hanoi med smaa usle butikker men med solen til forskel. Dog kan man her se en udvikling igang, idet der er gang i byggeriet med skyskrabere - desvaerre. Om nogle aar vil Vietnam ligne alle andre steder i vesten.

Imorgen staar den paa strand og vand og motorbaad hele dagen. Vi skal vist til en lille oe. I aften spiser vi sammen kl. 20 - haaber det bliver ved vandet (vores hotel ligger taet ved vandet). Jeg har set, at de er ved at lave klar til at aabne med en del spisesteder og nogle boder.

It was more than hot in Hoi An because of the humidity. Here is also hot too but the beach is a nice place where there was a wind all afternoon. Living in a green hotel - have never seen anything like it. It is also called "The Green Hotel" and is very bright and friendly. I had the indoor swimmingpool right under my balcony.

We did a little sightseeing this morning until we were able to get our rooms. I think that everyone is getting tired of running around all the time and the afternoon was free. We are told a lot of history but I have difficulty in absorbing all the information, but it is nice to be on a tour where you can relaxe without having to organize all the time.

Tomorrow it will be all about beach, water and motorboat all day. I think that we will be going to a little island. Tonight we are all eating dinner at 8 - hope that it will be by the water (our hotel is close to the water). I have seen that a market is opening with places to eat and small booths.

The city looks a little like Hanoi with lauzy small shop however the sun makes a difference and you do see that construction is going on, as they have started to build sky scrabers - unfortunately. In a couple of years Vietnam will begin to look like the rest of western world.

Hue/Hoi An

Saa er jeg naaet til midten af Vietnam. Ankom fra Hue i gaar og rejser videre i morgen tidlig. Der er meget varmt og fugtigt her. En stor aendring fra Nordvietnam og mere vestlig og renere omend stadig fattigt. Hanoi var meget beskidt med megen affald alle vegne og virkede enormt fattig med mange tomme faldefaerdig bygninger.

Trafikken var og er det vaerste jeg nogensinde har vaeret ude for. Der er slet ikke nogen trafikregler. Alle fodgaengere, motorcykler, knallerter, biler og busser koerer fuldstaendig uhaemmet imellem hinanden. De overhaler baade indenom og udenom og dytter hele tiden for at goere opmaerksomme paa sig selv men ingen er aggressive. De har baere ingen respekt eller hensyn, og unskyld eksisterer ikke. Desuden tror jeg, at de kan flytte et helt indbo fra en hel lejlighed paa deres motorcykler/knallerter, som de laesser med hvad som helst lige fra traer og dyr til masser af kaempe kasser. Man noejes heller ikke med at vaere en person men sidder lige saa tit op til 3 personer eller flere paa en af disse motorcykler, som mere ligner en stor knallert. Selv babier transporteres uden hjaelm.

Vejret i Hanoi var desvaerre koldere end forventet - kun 10-15 grader, saa Halong Bay var en lidt kold men sjov tur. Vi sang Karoeke om aftenen om bord paa baaden efter maden og havde det maegtig sjovt, og vi overlevede alle natten, selv om vi var lidt betaenkelige efter ulykken et paar dage i forvejen, hvor 10-12 mennesker druknede.

Hue var en god oplevelse og vejret fint. Vi koerte hele dagen paa motorcyklen rundt i oplandet og spiste vegetarmad hos munkene i et tempel, hvor der ogsaa var foraeldrelose boern. Vi faar i det hele taget ikke meget koed, men bliver alligevel maette.

Imorgen tidlig kl. 6 flyver vi saa for anden gang videre til Nha Trang, saa op kl. 4, hvilket er temmelig haardt.

I got to the middle of Vietnam arriving from Hue yesterday and leaving again tomorrow morning. It is very hot here and the humidity is high. A big change from North Vietnam. This place seems influenced by vestern culture, more clean although still poor. Hanoi was very durty and had a lot of empty shabby buildings.

The trafic is the worst I ever experienced. There are no rules. Everyone pedestrians, motorbikes, mopeds, cars and busses are driving without holding back from nothing and no one. They overtake both from the left as well as from the rigth side. They are using the horn all the time to make aware of themselves but no one is aggresive. They show no respect and consideration and excuse me does not exist. Also I think that they are able to move an entire apartment/flat on one of those motorbikes, which they load with anything from a tree and animals as well as lots of huge boxes and there is not only one person on a moped but up till 3 people or more even without a helmet except for the driver. Even little babies are transported without a helmet.

The weather in Hanoi was colder than expected - only 10 till 15 degrees so Halong Bay was a cold but funny experience. We were singing Karaoke on boad the boat after a nice dinner and had a lots of laughs. We all lived through the night although everyone was a bit concerned after the accident a couple of days before when 10-12 drowned.

Hue was a great experience and the weather was nice. We were on motorbikes all day driving out in the country and eating vegetarian food at a tempel with munks and also having awfants living there. We do not eat much meat but get enough food.

Tomorrow morning 6 o'clock we are flying yet again this time to Nha Trang. So we have to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning, which is rather tough.

Hanoi

Ankommet til Hanoi efter mellemlanding i Moskva. Har aldrig set noget lignende. Det er som at vaere 40 aar tilbage i tiden. Hver anden bygning er naermest en ruin og der er en sindsyg trafik - meget vaerre end i Kina. Her koerer knallerterne (og dem er der mindst en million af) ind imellem bilerne. De dytter hele tiden - baade biler og knallerter - og paa knallerterne sidder de op til 3 mennesker somme tider med et lille barn. Det bliver svaert at kommunikere men jeg har lavet mig en lille parloer. Hotellet er meget overraskende sammenlignet med det omkring vaerende. Jeg har internet paa vaerelset og spa bad paa egen etage :-) Det er sgu da luksus i et fattigt land. Jeg tror dog ikke, at jeg kan overfoere billeder herfra. Der er kun en usb-port og den gaar til musen. Jeg har ogsaa opdaget, at der er spaering af visse sider bl.a. facebook, men det overrasker jo ikke.

Moedte de andre i gruppen, som jeg skal vaere sammen med. Vi bliver ialt 12 med guiden Lap (som Laptop som han selv sagde). Lap har boet i England i 3 aar og har gaaet paa Oxford, hvilket goer, at han forstaar den vestlige kultur. Gruppen bestaar desuden af 4 fra Australien, 3 fra USA, 2 fra England og saa 2 danskere Jesper og jeg. Vi havde alle tiders aften og synes at gaa godt i spaend.

Arrived to Hanoi after transit through Moskow. I have never seen anything like this. It is like being 40 years back in time. Every other building is a ruin and the trafic is crazy - worse than in China. There are a million mopeds and they are driving everywhere among the cars on the road, they also carry up till 3 passengers and sometimes even babies. It will be difficult to communicate but I have made myself a little dictionary. The hotel is a big surprise when you compare the surroundings. I have internet in my room and a spa bath on my own floor. That is bloody luxury in a poor country. I do not believe that I can transfer pictures from here. There is only on usb entry and it is occupied by the mouse. I have also discovered that some web pages are blocked among others facebook, but that is no big surprise.

Meet the other people in the group, which I shall travel together with. We are 12 altogether including the guide Lap (Laptop as he introduced himself). Lap has been living in England for 3 years studing at Oxford and therefore understands the vestern culture. The group consists of 4 people from Australia, 3 from America, 2 from England and 2 from Denmark Jesper and I. We had a great evening and seem to get along very well.

Vietnam

Så er der nedtælling til næste oplevelse i Østen. Hvis det er muligt, vil jeg forsøge at skrive på min blog undervejs, men det bliver nok ikke nemmere end i Kina, da også Vietnam er censureret. Jeg håber ikke at mine knæ vil blive et problem. Dette bliver lidt af en afprøvning af mine fysiske udfoldelsermuligheder efter mine operationer, som desværre har vist, at jeg har en kronisk gigtlidelse, der begrænser mig en del.

Countdown to the next experience in the far East. If it is possible, I'll write on my blog on the way, but it'll probably not be easy, as is the case with China Vietnam is restricted. This will be a test of my physical ability after my knee operations, which has revealed that I suffer from a cronic arthritic disorder, which will put a limit to my physical actions.

Hegn/Fence

Endelig forsvandt sneen, og man kan nu se det hegn, som blev lavet lige inden det næsten blev dækket af sne. Min nabo, som jeg troede at jeg ikke skulle have flere brøderier med, stod som et spyd i jorden, da det blev lavet og ville have arbejdet standset. Han kunne ikke lide det og mente, at min låge signalerede en indkørsel, og han kan ikke engang se det fra sit hus. Jeg gav ham senere en flaske vin og sagde, at vi måtte tale om det til foråret. Jeg synes, at det ser meget pænt ud - det vil nok blive endnu pænere, når sommeren kommer og alt blomstrer. Nu er det der ihvertfald, og jeg har fået lukket lidt af for evt. nem indtrægning. De sidste 3 billeder under hegn/fence er fra tidligere til sammenligning. Se i højre side under billeder eller My JAlbums.


Finally the snow has disappeared. Now you can see the fence that was made just before it almost was covered in snow. My neighbour, whom I thought I would not have any more troubles with, appeared like a flash and told the workers to stop working. He did not like my fence and found that the gate signaled a drive way and he cannot even see it from his house. I gave him a bottle of wine and told him that we could talk about it when spring came. I think it looks fine - it will probably look even better when summer comes and everything blooms. Now it is up and puts a stop to easy tresspassing. The last 3 pictures under billeder /hegn/fence are from before the new fence in order for you to compare. Look to your right beneath pictures or My JAlbum.

Juletid/Christmas time

Lige inden jul holdt nogle af de tidligere værnepligtige en julefrost. Denne involverede også en udklædning. Max havde aldrig glemt, at hans storebror engang jagtede ham forklædt som en gammel mand, så han blev den selvsamme gamle mand.

Just before Christmas some of the guys from the time in military service had a gettogether. This involved a disguise for each of them. Max had never forgotten his brother hunting him down dressed as an old man with a stick. So now he himself became that old man.