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From border to border, every place I've been (from Back Home by the Golden Earring)


Real Name: Pieter Jan VINK
Lives In: Hengelo, NL
Birth Date: May 31, 1953
Member Since: Jan 02, 2002
Last Login: Jul 04, 2009   05:31 UTC
Member's Time: Jul 04, 2009   09:12 CEST
VT Rank: 184
Deals Rank: 214
Travel Interests: Budget Travel, Business Travel, Music, Cycling, Work Abroad

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Hallo all VT-friends

by pieter_jan_v - last update: Jul 3, 2009

Welcome to my VT-home page

Relaxing at Amsterdam
Hallo explorers,

Take some time to go through my pages. You find some old ones of travels I made at least 30 years ago, but the majority of my pages is younger and I take great value in keeping the information up-to-date.

My attic is loaded with stuff from old trips I made and there is a lot to scan. I have to redo some old-VT pages; it's just a matter of time.

Enjoy the pictures (credits to my wife and son).

I love to read the ongoing VT-Forum discussions and like to help you whenever is possible.

My profession is in electronics, I'm an engineer working with radar and infra-red equipment all over the world. Most of my faraway trips are business related.

My hobby is grammophone record collecting (see below) and I change my VT-motto every week with some travel lyrics.


ENJOY YOUR TRAVEL!
Amsterdam - Lievertje

The Amsterdam Tip Grouper /Forum Historian

I am the Amsterdam Tip Grouper and that keeps me busy too. Don't be surprised if I leave some comment at your fresh created Amsterdam-page.

I also answer most Amsterdam questions at the travel forum. Here are some of my Frequently Given Links:
VT's Amsterdam Airport Schiphol page
The Schiphol Airport Website
Dutch Railway website
Dutch Public Transport website

VT's Amsterdam page
Amsterdam Tourist board website
I AMsterdam
Amsterdam hostels
Amsterdam hotspots
Amsterdam Public Transport website
Everything about the "Strippenkaart"
Printable map of Amsterdam

If you come to Holland by airplane check out my Schiphol page first.

VT member Rob "Photoshop" Davis appointed me Official VT Forum Historian. Well, I keep some old stuff that cannot be retrieved with the present keywords search and above all, I treasure the THING posting.
Gletscher North of Zermatt

My own favorite pages

revontulet at Sintra

VT-Meetings

VT-meetings are fun. Ever since I went to Belgium to have my first meeting with kiwi and RENE_CARDOEN I became more involved in VT-meetings.

Follow my trail of VT-meetings from 2002
(Brussels Rotterdam Rotterdam Eindhoven).

Start the trail at 2003
(Amsterdam Haarlem Rotterdam Maastricht Vaals Groningen Toronto Mayport Toronto Amsterdam).

Start the trail at 2004
(Apeldoorn Amsterdam Antwerp Lier Breda Middelburg Aachen Breda).

Start the trail at 2005
(Utrecht Amsterdam Vondelpark Giethoorn Breda Breda Kasteel-Bouvigne Antwerp Maastricht Amsterdam).

Start the trail at 2006
(Haaksbergen Hoog-Soeren Antwerp Middelburg Brielle Amsterdam Hoog-Soeren Antwerp Amsterdam Toronto Halifax).

Start the trail at 2007
(Amsterdam Ieper Deventer Hengelo Toronto Toronto Maastricht Utrecht).

Start the trail at 2008
(Hengelo Hengelo Amsterdam Halifax Toronto Karlsruhe Speyer Karlsruhe Amsterdam Brussels).

Start the trail at 2009 (London Amsterdam Arnhem Kortrijk Cascais Cascais Cascais Belém Lisbon Sintra Cabo da Roca Estoril Cascais Cascais Evora Cascais Cascais Cascais Rotterdam).

I also have many near misses. Somehow you try to meet, but it can be hard to get schedules lined up. Never mind, you can send things by mail or hand carried by other VT-members as well!
As sunny Aloha from my VT daughter!

VT-Mail

Not only attending a VT-meeting is fun, getting a postcard cramped with members names is something to be surprised with!

Thanks to my close VT-friends!!!

Whole world onto 1 record

My real hobby RECORD COLLECTING

I'm collecting rare and strange grammophone records.
Please help me find addresses of second hand shops which carry old grammophone records (vinyl ones!).
I'm looking for flexible, 45 and 33 RPM discs in NON-mainstream section such as Sound Effects, Documentary, Easy Listening, Moog, Electronic, Test & Demo, X-mas, Animal Sounds, Advertisement/Product Music/Commercial, Library, Muzak, Instrumental, Radio/TV/Movies, Cartoons, Instructional, Aerobics, Celebrity Vocal and ALL OTHER STRANGE RECORDS.

Check out this French Language Record. It's a carbon based flexible one!
The Story of Maps

My favorite book

I bought "The Story of Maps" by Lloyd A. Brown in 1987 and ever since it has its own place at my nightstand. I love technical books; novels are not among my favorites.
It's great to read about the first navigators that explored the other continents and before that how the Ancient World was explored.

I have a more recent book called "Navigation" with all the algorythms for space travel. I love to read that one too
.
Remember how this THING started?

From the VT vaults: THING

It all started at: Wednesday April 25, 2001 at 12:36:36 with the following posting by shawn_seidel: Peru: thing

Q: What is peru like there

A: thing? (giampiero6)

A: thing! (utttz)

A: thing. (beav)

A: thing...... (wheretonext)

A: THING! (giampiero6)

A: No-thing in Peru. There is no there there. (dutch_anna)

A: I think he meant thing like thing, as in thing, you know? (wheretonext)

A: Oh, yes, of course, now I understand! (dutch_anna)

A: Huh? (daarth)

A: this conversation has lost me, what am i missing? (LES_GRAY)

A: Oh, they are just at the usual....discussing anything (daarth)

A: why didn't the < b > work... anything any thingjust playing...don't look. (daarth)

A: Huuuuh??????? Which thing??? (lisaatje1)

A: for sure your missing a THING! (utttz)

A: I tried very hard, but it's realy hard to make a good joke of this thing(daarth)

A: Don't worry, you will catch up :-))))). (lisaatje1)

A: Eureka!!!!! I know were you can find the thing!!!! I even know were you can buy the THING! http://www.thethingshop.com/ There you go! (daarth)

A: how much for a simple thing? (utttz)

A: maybe it's a sound like "tinggg" (dantes2)

A: Which thing are you talking about? The thing in that circular thing? Or the thing sitting in the thing within that town with the weird looking thing? Is it a thing in the North? Or a thing in the south? SOME thing or ANY thing? Has a word ever started sounding weird to you when you say it too much? As if it loses all meaning and coherence? Thing thing thing thing... (TrueBeliever)

A: just a simple thing... simple things are better :-) (utttz)

A: Meaning of life- Simple things;o) (TrueBeliever)

A: yes, but it may refer to a very profound existential truth.... (dantes2)

A: Very profound existential truth- Simple things are the meaning of life... (TrueBeliever)

A: yeah lot of thing, everything is nothing like something, or something what did I do? (lavep)

Well, you get it: Starting a forum THING never ends.....

More old VT stuff

The first VT meeting facility

pieter_jan_v's Albums
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USEFUL LINKS- 3
World Travellers- 5
Airline/Airplane Info, Airshows and more.....- 8
The World reflected in Record Covers- 8
Family members- 7

Comments for pieter_jan_v
CdnJane Wed Jul 1, 2009 13:12 UTC
 Hey PJ.... happy travels to you and enjoy that drink on Monday! Thanks for the birthday wishes! Cheers!!
Waalewiener Tue Jun 30, 2009 01:14 UTC
 Hi PJ & Swanet I already ate half of the stroopwafels You should not have done that P J Geezzz .but I do like the stroopwafels even though they cost you a fortune Heel bedankt hoor meneer en mevrouw Vink
Kokid08 Mon Jun 29, 2009 22:24 UTC
 Pieter, Thanks for my first "Tip Rating"! Not sure how all this works yet but am finding it very helpful. Wish I had a job like yours! Ken
LoriPori Mon Jun 29, 2009 16:19 UTC
 Hoi PJ. Received your package today. What cookies?? I did not see the cookies. hehe!
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