"FlyingDutchman" FlyingDutchmen's Profile

It's me!

Hello,

My name is Tobias. I started travelling after I graduated in 1992. At the moment I work in a casino for 4 days. (I am the 3rd of the left, looking a bit serious but most of the time I am not serious at all).

I am a well experienced backpacker, and you can ask me anything about any destination I've been. I have good knowledge of English, German, French, Spanish and I can even get by with some basic Arabic and Russian. At the moment I am also a CouchSurfing member.

Using strange methods of tranport (in Niger) ...

These are the journeys I already made:

June 1988 : Brussels (Belgium), Luxemburg, Trier (Germany)
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July 1989 : Costa Brava (Spain)
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Aug 1990 : Lake Geneva (Switzerland, France)
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Febr 1991 : London (United Kingdom)

July 1991 : Istria peninsula (Croatia, Slovenia)
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March 1992 : Caracas, Merida, Gran Sabana, Amazonas (Venezuela)

May 1992 : Paris (France)

July 1992 : Tunis, Sfax, Tataouine, Tozeur, El Jem, Kairouan, Tabarka (Tunesia)

Sept. 1992 : Bask Country (Spain)

In the snow of Antarctica . . . . .

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June 1993 : Elzas (France) + Black Forest (Germany)

Aug. 1993 : Budapest (Hungary)

Nov. 1993 : Rajasthan, Kashmir, Ladakh, Varanasi (India)
Kathmandu, Annapurna circuit (Nepal)
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Jan. 1994 : Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Abu Simbel (Egypt)

Sept. 1994 : The Gambia
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April 1995 : Istanbul, Cappadoccia (Turkey)

May 1995 : Barcelona (Spain)

July 1995 : Sofia, Plovdiv, Veliko Tarnovo, Varna (Bulgaria)

Oct. 1995 : Scotland

Nov 1995 : Ireland
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Febr. 1996 : Fez, Marrakech (Morocco)

April 1996 : Mombasa and surroundings (Kenia)

Aug. 1996 : Warsaw, Gdansk (Poland), Talinn (Estonia), Riga (Latvia), Kaunas, Vilnius (Lithuania)

In the sand of the Sahara . . . . .

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Jan. 1997 : Bangkok, Chang Mai, Chang Rai, Udon Thani, Krabi (Thailand)

April 1997 : Dakar (Senegal), Bamako, Djenne, Timbuktu (Mali)

May 1997 : Berlin (Germany)

June 1997 : Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Bodo (Norway)
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Febr. 1998 : Vienna (Austria) , Venice ,Florence (Italy)

April 1998 : Java, Bali + Lombok (Indonesia)

Nov. 1998 : Cape Town, garden route, Durban, Santa Lucia, Soweto (South Africa)
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Jan. 1999 : Jeruzalem, Eilat (Israel), Petra (Jordan)

April 1999 : Mexico City, Palenque, Chitzen Itza (Mexico)

May 1999 : Hamburg (Germany)

June 1999 : London, Oxford, Cambridge (United Kingdom)

Nov. 1999 : Santiago, San Pedro de Atacama (Chili), Salar de Uyuni, La Paz, Titicaca Lake (Bolivia), Cuzco, Macchu Picchu, Manu National Parque (Peru)
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March 2000 : Costa Rica

June 2000 : Vancouver Island, Banff, Calgary (Canada)

Oct. 2000 : New Zealand (both islands) + Seoul (South Korea)

On top of mountains . . . .

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Febr. 2001 : Goa (India)
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June 2002 : Hammerfest, Narvik, Trondheim, Oslo (Norway), Malmo, Stockholm (Sweden), Rovaniemi, Inari (Finland)

Sept. 2002 : Teheran, Qom, Esfehan, Shiraz, Bam, Yazd, Kerman, Mashhad (Iran)
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Febr. 2003 : Addis Abeba, Lalibela, Gondar (Ethiopia). Nkhotakota, Monkey Bay, Lilongwe (Malawi)

May 2003 : Wales (northern part)

Oct. 2003 : Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Lhasa, Yunnan, Yangshuo, Hong Kong (China)

Nov. 2003 : Buenos Aires, Ushuaia (Argentina) + Antarctic Peninsula
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Febr. 2004 : Sydney, Alice Springs, Kakadu, Cairns (Australia)
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Jan. 2005 : Rome (Italy)

Febr. 2005 : New York City (USA)

Apr. 2005 : Rio de Janeiro, Foz de Iguassu, Pantanal, Porto Velho, Manaus, Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)

July 2005 : Samarkand, Khiva, Bukhara, Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

Oct. 2005 : California, Nevada, Yellowstone, Utah + Arizona (USA)

Nov. 2005 : climbing Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Ngorongoro (Tanzania) Nairobi (Kenia)

Trying new food . . . .

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Jan. 2006 : Sanaa, Taizz (Yemen), Damascus, Palmyra, Aleppo (Syria)

March 2006 : Galapagos Islands, Quito, Guayaquil, Riobamba, Banos (Ecuador)

May 2006 : Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan (Burma), Angkor Wat, Phom Penh (Cambodia) , Bangkok (Thailand)

June 2006 : Prague (Czech Republic)

July 2006 : Bretagne + Normandy (France)

Sept. 2006 : Azrbdjan, Georgia, Armenia, Moscow + St. Petersburg (Russia)

Oct. 2006 : Niamey, Agadez, Tenere desert (Niger), Leptis Magna (Libya)

Dec. 2006 : Easter Island, Torres del Paine (Chile), Perito Moreno (Argentina)
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Jan. 2007 : Cape Town, Namibia, Botswana, Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)

Apr. 2007 : Peshawar, Karakorum Highway (Pakistan), Muscat, Nizwa (Oman)

June 2007 : around Mongolia, Irkutsk, Ulan Ude, Lake Bajkal (Russia)

July 2007 : Madrid, Toledo, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Porto (Portugal)

Aug 2007 : Spitsbergen (Norway), ringroad (Iceland)

Oct. 2007 : Thessaloniki, Meteora, Athens (Greece)

Nov 2007 : Milan, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, San Marino

Nov. 2007 : Bucharest, Brasov (Romania), Chisinau (Moldova), Kiev (Ukraine)

Experiencing strange discoveries ...

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Mar 2008 : Cameroon

July 2008: Pamir Highway (Tajikistan), Osh, Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)

Nov 2008: Havana, Trinidad, Vinales (Cuba)
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Jan 2009 : Suriname

Mar 2009 : Accra, Kumasi, Elmina (Ghana), Lome (Togo)

June 2009: Ilulissat area (Greenland)

July 2009 : Hawaii + Alaska (USA)

Sept 2009 : Madagascar

Oct 2009: Kyoto, Nara, Tokyo (Japan)

And making new friends.

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Jan 2010: Kuala Lumpur, Cameron Highlands, Malacca (Malaysia),
Vientiane, Luang Prabang (Laos), Hanoi, Ha Long Bay (Vietnam)

May 2010: Sarajevo, Mostar (Bosnia - H), Dubrovnik (Croatia), Kotor (Montenegro), Shkodra, Tirana (Albania)

July 2010: Almaty area , Shymkent, Turkestan (Kazachstan)

Oct 2010: Bratislava (Slowakia) , Vienna, Salzburg (Austria), Munich (Germany)
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Jan 2011: Bogota, Cartagena (Colombia)

Mar 2011: Manilla, Donsol, Sabang (Philipines)

June 2011: Kampala, Murchison Falls, Bwindi National Park (Uganda)

Sept 2011 : Derry, Giant Causeway (United Kingdom)

Nov 2011: Montreal, Quebec City (Canada)
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Jan 2012: Kerala, Tamil Nadu (India)

May 2012: Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Nurnberg, Dresen, Berlin (Germany)

Oct 2012 : SEvilla, Cordoba, Granada, Malaga (Spain)

Nov 2012 : Lisboa (Portugal)

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Jan 2013 : Colombo, Galle, Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Mar 2013 : Antigua, Panajchel, Flores, Tikal (Guatemala)

may 2013 : Ohrid (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia)

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SexyRedLips Apr 27, 2013 at 3:17 PM

Great list of travels! awesome pics too, hope u had a good time in my home country Ecuador!
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Usctwin Aug 15, 2012 at 10:34 AM

Have a great birthday!
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pieter_jan_v Aug 15, 2012 at 12:43 AM

Gefeliciteerd! PJ
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ynzel May 31, 2012 at 9:55 AM

Natuurlijk laat ik het weten wat mijn ervaringen in Albanië en Macedonië zijn? En jij? Wat zijn jouw plannen? Eerst Nederland "even" afmaken?
Groeten van Harm.
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Odinnthor Feb 22, 2010 at 3:06 PM

Hey Tobias, Great to hear tht you are going to Palau and Yap! Keep me posted when you go, - I'd like to hear your views.......cheers.....Erik
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tana-jacaranda Jan 12, 2010 at 11:12 AM

Warm greetings and happy 2010 from tana-jacaranda, a guesthouse so far away you have been in Antananarivo!
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mikehanneman Aug 14, 2008 at 7:42 PM

Have a great birthday! Mike in Iowa.
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sim1 Apr 19, 2008 at 9:12 AM

Wow, it is amazing how much you have travelled! Been thinking of doing your jan 2007 trip Cape Town, Namibia, Botswana + Victoria Falls, but that probably is going to be another time. Seeing your travel list makes me so eager to travel more and more!!!