Cycling to Hoek Van Holland - 40km today!

Another sunday spend cycling somewhere...hehe

Well, initially I really wanted to cycle to Gouda, after reading a little on the town from my Lonely Planet....BUT I cant find the website that gives you the cycling routes?! Anyone know?

So...I remembered that Mark was telling me that he cycled to Hoek van Holland, which is about 20km away from the Hague, was a pretty nice place to go according to him...hmm..I am trying to think of a word to describ the place...perhaps I can conclude that the process justifies the end. haha...because basically there is nothing at Hoek van Holland!!?? I got to a little port town near the sea, after maybe about 2hrs? Nothing much there actually...haha.....seems like a good exercise day though..

With a little disappointment, I headed back to Den Haag and spotted a different sign that points to Den Haag, in a totally different direction which I came from? Being a curious me, I naturally decided that I got to live dangerously and take this new route back home, afterall, its also just another 20km back. And, I am glad I did!! The path winded away from the main roads and after 30mins, I was cycling on a hill path! I wished I started earlier the day because then, the skies were darkening with the sunset....it was almost unbeliveable how/why there is this bike path, along the coast, winding on some low hillies, with no cars and just some people walking...with a few sheep here and there! hehe...really nice

About 12km on this hill/coast path, it felt like hardcore cycling..haha....especially with the strong winds...at this point of time, I though of Weijie! hehe...I remember we did the round islands cycling in Singapore, 2 or 3 times? (I hope you are reading this weijie..hehe)

Anyway.....check out some of the photos I took along the way,...I must find the bike route to Gouda!! Till next weekend..:)



The street which I live on



On the way - came across this windmill in the Hague! wow...seems to be a real working windmill.





Some sheeps along the way...



Plenty of greenhouses too! With 2 sheep onlooking as I took this photo.



I think sheeps are curious creatures. :)



The hilly path! Nice workout for cycling here...





A Beach nearby

Spongebob Square Pants party or Halloween Party?

ZUT ALORS!

BOB L'SPONGE!

One might mistaken us for a group of 10yr olds celebrating Spongebob's birthday party! BUT, these photos were actually taken during our Halloween party last week! hehe....*good times*



SquareBox Sponge Pants?



You might recognise some of us...



A Father and his two daugters



Happily drinking



Too much drinks? The doctor from Scotland is called in. :)









Cookie Monster also came to our party!!

The world is in an oyster?

Cycling trip to Delft!

Hiyo...

Today was a cycling day! Finally, my tyre was OK and my chain didn't die on me! So...all things well, I survived my first "long" trip to delft! Actually the distance to delft is only about 10km...but...of course, somehow.....my journey there was quite ok, got most of the route correct but when I was cycling back, I missed a few turns and ended up a little lost in Rijswijk!! So, now, I know that Centrum = Den Haag! haha...oh well, it was good fun too. :)

Check out some of the photos that I took along the way and also in Delft. Pretty much a nice and cosy town I think. Spotted some really nice traditional deflt blue holland souvenirs.



Cycling in Autumn is a pretty sight - with all the leaves falling and nice cool weather.



First shot taken in Delft! That's my bike in the foreground!



This is the city centrum. Like a city square where people hang out and chill by the square.

















And so the sun set...

Back from Geneva and a new plant!

Home again...:)

Had good meetings in WHO, that paid off...so things are looking good for us.

Managed to sneak a shot during one of the sessions which I attended in the forum.



This is the WHO Executive Boardroom.

Okay, today, I finally got some time to do some plants shopping! hehe...

Check out the new life in my room...haha, so now there are two living things in my flat...



Sometimes, I cannot help but feel amused at my blog. The reason is because I write about such trivial stuffs in my life here..haha...I wonder who else would want to read about them...and this photo of my plant is the 500th photo on this site! Can you believe I actually put together all these? hehe...small things in life i guess. :)

Tomorrow we are having a Halloween party at the IPSF apartment and next week, Kok Wee is bunking in my apartment for 3 nights!...another 4 day 3 nights affair...haha

I am really looking forward to Liza coming to the Netherlands next month too!

3 days Geneva

Off to Geneva in 3 hours time!

Need to be at the tram stop to catch the 0556H Tram number 2....

So that I can catch the 0626H Train from Den Haag Central station to Schipol Airport, ETA 0711H. Flight leaving at 0835H!

Ok, ...maybe I should catch some winks instead...hehe

*yawn*