Waterlily

Stories about life in Amsterdam and travel in Asia. Verhalen over reizen in Azie en leven in Amsterdam.
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De #Augurkenkoning gaat op reis. Naar #India. Op bezoek in een augurkenfabriek. Het is een tegenbezoek. lees hier hoe het 20 jaar geleden allemaal begon: https://t.co/SHBynsFuPc

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@Connexxion Giedemorgen, rijdt op 20 augustus, tijdens de intocht Sail, bus 382 de normale dienstregeling?

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@salingergregor @seatsixtyone We do use the word "hoge snelheids trein" but really we never ever use HST. The term HSL is taking over and i think younger people use it more than TGV.

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@salingergregor @seatsixtyone No, we never say HST. HSL (Hoge Snelheids Lijn) is sometimes used nowadays, though technically that refers to the track rather than the train.

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@salingergregor @seatsixtyone In the Netherlands (we speak Dutch) and Belgium TGV is also used as the generic name for high speed trains. Since we were talking Liège (or Luik, as we call it) TGV seems a valid word. I am sorry if my explaining that annoys you.

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@salingergregor @seatsixtyone TGV stands for Train a Grande Vitesse, french for High Speed Train. So eg Thalys was, and Eurostar is a TGV.

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@salingergregor @seatsixtyone Yes, there are.

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Oos #Kesbeke was nog geen Bekende Nederlander toen ik hem leerde kennen.
Een anekdote met een #India-connectie.

#Augurkenkoning
https://t.co/SHBynsFuPc

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@SimonCauston Peaceful, quiet, but with some beautiful gems if you wander around a bit.

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Jazzy #piano sounds in a #Bangkok soi...
A somewhat hidden underground bar...
This is a show by singer Lookpad Limthai, with piano, at the Philtration bar in Bangkok.
#Poppy Jazz. #Jazzy pop.
https://t.co/LSdC1uiviH

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@ThaiTrainGuide I was at this Hua Hin railway "library" yesterday and the inside is a mess. Doesn't seem to be any work going on, alas.

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Interceptor 19 is having a day off, maybe because of expected high water? Here it is having a well deserved break underneath Rama IX bridge, Chao Praya river, #Bangkok.
Still it was nice to see it. My second sighting after Klang in Malaysia.
@BoyanSlat @TheOceanCleanup

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@deeteedee @bangkok_pat Thanks dtd, I was afraid of that, I was hoping I was wrong. At least now I know 🙂

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@bangkok_pat @RichardBarrow @ThaiTrainGuide Then I must've been confused by "The distant canal bridge in the pic also helped" in your earlier tweet. I assumed you referred to the album cover pic, and that i couldn't see it because all online pics are compressed. Apparently that's where i got on the wrong track, so to say.

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@bangkok_pat @RichardBarrow @ThaiTrainGuide Ha ha, no, on the contrary, i admire your detective work so much that i want to stand there in awe. But e.g. you mentioned that the railway bridge is visible on the cover - i couldn't see more than a group of pixels. And i was curious to look closer at the hospital.

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@KoenOlie @bangkok_pat Except they didn't find it...

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@bangkok_pat Awesome. I cannot wait to go and see for myself next month. So I understand correctly you were standing about 100 meters east of that footbridge, facing west?

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@WiebeWkkr * I always enjoy, that should say 🙂🙂

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@WiebeWkkr "Going on a last minute holiday" and your first tip is "First things first: book your tickets early."
Inaleays enjoy your posts and now you added humour to it 🙂