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Holland - and especially Amsterdam - has been known for some time as a gay-friendly place.
And now it’s going to a whole new level.
Apparently, an Amsterdam park has put up signs designating areas where gay cruising tends to happen and where guys are getting it on… after the city council received complaints about the sexual [...]

In Afghanistan, soldiers see a lot of stuff that they wouldn’t normally see - poverty and pain and sadness in a population already devastated by decades of war. And sometimes you don’t even have to leave the base to see it - Afghan kids hang around the outer edges of Kandahar airfield
Lieutenant Rene, one of [...]

Life on the base is a little more relaxed on Sundays - soldiers get to sleep in, breakfast goes on a little longer (actually it’s technically brunch… and it’s pretty good!), there’s an Afghan market on the base, and there’s even a service in the chapel.
I spoke to the priest about what it’s like talking [...]

While we were still in Afghanistan, we posted a video of the inside of the Afghan bakery on the base (you can see that here).
Now that we’re back, we finally found the time to edit the interview we did with one of the bakers (I won’t even attempt to spell his name). You can listen [...]

If you’ve come here via the Radio Netherlands website, you’ve probably already heard about the disaster today.
But in case you haven’t, basically, a car was driven through a crowd of people watching the Queen visit the city of Apeldoorn. Four people were killed and 13 injured. The driver, a native Dutchman, was arrested but sent [...]

I know, you’ve already seen a lot of my photos of spring time in Holland… don’t worry, this isn’t more floral photos… it’s a video!!
Last week I went to Heemstede, a suburb of Haarlem, to meet Jan Brouwer and Chris Cornet, two members of “Groei en Bloei” (”Grow and Bloom”), the Royal Dutch Horticultural Society. [...]

Continuing with the theme of spring… Seddiq Mossadeq sent this photo to our Dutch “Wereldnet” bloggers… who then passed it on to us - the perfect combination of where we’ve been and were we are now!
Seddiq says, “For two years I’ve grown these tulips in my garden in Kabul. Whether they could also grow in [...]

So. We’re back in Holland… but we’ve barely begun to share all the stories we heard while we were there.
So, while Michel and I have a little R&R and spend a little time with loved ones, here’s a quick entry to entertain you (hopefully you find it as funny as you’ll hear I did!!).
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One of [...]

As I mentioned in a previous post, we took a helicopter out to Patrol Base Mirwais.
This was my first ever helicopter ride and Michel had only ever gone as a tourist so we were pretty excited.
Looking back, I think the craziest part was actually just as the helicopter arrived - because anything light enough would [...]

One of the sites we visited here on Kamp Holland was the Afghan bakery.
It was pretty incredible to see - so we thought we’d post this video so you could see it too… sorry we can’t let you taste the bread via video… it was delicious!

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