South-Korea
August 22 until November 12 2008

Two living estafet-batons
We meet eight members in a dilapidated but very popular fish restaurant in the centre of town. The slightly sour tasting macoli (rice wine), served in large bowls from a big pan, accompanies the deliciously fried fish and everybody tells about his or her cycling adventures somewhere in the world. The Netherlands proudly owns the "Society The Worldcyclist". Other than that this... READ ON>>

Make me happy with a Korean
For thirty years she cries for the loss of her children every day… In the year of 1995 she marries Mr Kim. He can't bear her sadness and grief, immediately starts to search for the children, to reunite them with their mother. In the year 2006 he... READ ON>>

Life sometimes hurts
which of course needs to be photographed. Thanks to the strong zoom lens of his camera he doesn’t have to come too near to the dangerous huge stinging wasps, but one of the aggressive soldiers has another opinion about the matter of distance. Like a rocket he takes off into Peter’s direction, Peter has no chance of warding off... READ ON>>

Good Samaritans
A luxurious, black Opirus sedan drives by, makes a u-turn and passes us a second time.
We go into the shop to buy a cold drink and sit down on the shop’s terrace, where the car’s passengers... READ ON>>

The delights of rice
In ancient times soju was considered to be a luxurious and high quality drink, mainly because relatively much rice is needed to produce a litre of it. Therefore the end product was often used as medicine. The medicinal effects attributed to the drink were improvement of blood circulation, improvement of appetite and lessening of tiredness. Peter doesn't need any of these to take... READ ON>>

Funny penises
U sing a tree, sotdae or jangseung, good spirits from higher levels are able to travel to earth to let people profit from their positive powers. The most special jangseung have the shape of a penis. The next tale is connected to those:
In a small fishing village at the sea a young virgin...READ ON>>

The Korean tragedy
America’s gift to Russia might well be the greatest tragedy that ever happened to the Korean people. Just like in East and West Germany, from one moment to the other families were divided, a wall was erected, literally and metaphorically, between people who loved each other, between brothers and sisters, children and parents, the...READ ON>>

What is justice?
In order to get clarity about our negative feelings concerning the global economical crisis we peddle to the next town: Jangheung.
Together we go into an internet cafe to check our stocks and bonds account.
And get the shock of our lives.
Completely devastated we see...READ ON>>