calidris

About me

Male (55) living in The Netherlands (=Holland); likes to visit many different countries and hopes to visit much more in the nearby future. Biologist. Main interest: people, politics, nature, birds and other wildlife, e.g.


Countries visited inside Europe: Belgium, Luxemburg, West-Germany, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Russia, France, UK (including Gibraltar), Spain, Italy, Malta, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Greece and Turkey.


Asia: Russia (Siberia), Turkey, Israel, Indonesia, China (including Tibet), Hongkong, Nepal, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Yemen, Singapore (airport), Bahrein (airport). Also visited Westbank (now Palestina) and Sinai (now Egypt) when it was occupied by Israel.


Africa: The Gambia, Cape Verde Islands, Morocco, Tunisia, Lybia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Canary Islands, Namibia and South-Africa (only airport).


America: Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize.

Recent activity

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Who has been to Africa? in the Gay & Lesbian Travellers Branch

    hi, i also have visited several african countries. also have travelled by myself. but no experience in eastern africa. feel free to ask me...
    over 1 year ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Life in Hadramaut in the Middle East Branch

    OP, towards my own experience in October 2009, over 95% of the local human males in the Hadramout wear a sarong. I did some random counts...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Changing money in the Middle East Branch

    i had no problems to change notes of 20 euro, and this was the same with other people in our group. even exchanging notes of 10 euro was...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called US Dollar versus Euro in the Africa Branch

    hi Erik, during a trip to Ghana in Feb / March 2007, I encountered no problems to exchange euro into cedi's. All over Ghana, euro is a...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Where to go in Africa? in the Africa Branch

    hi Mike,...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Yemenia´s flight Sanaa – Seiyun in the Middle East Branch

    hi namethatLPaccepted,...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Yemen at Christmas in the Middle East Branch

    hi Travelheinz,...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Cost of Living in the Middle East Branch

    During my recent visit in Yemen (October / November) I met some non- Yemeni people who had temporarly moved to Yemen, mainly to study Arab....
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Open and closed areas in Yemen in the Middle East Branch

    #6, you wrote: I guess there are shared taxis from Sayun/Shibam to Al Mukalla, and from Al Mukalla to either Sanaa or Aden. Local transport...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Yemenia´s flight Sanaa – Seiyun in the Middle East Branch

    hi, as far as I know, Felix Airways is flying this stretch, see http://www.felixairways.com/...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Hitchhiking in the Middle East Branch

    hi oceansurf, thanks for your detailed reply. ...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Basic food and its price in the Middle East Branch

    Bread. how do they call their bread No idea. What is its normal price (i.e. as for locals, and not “tourist price”). No idea, but I have...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Travelling in Yemen over New Year Period in the Middle East Branch

    hi Luke,...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Looking for a sit in a tour car. in the Middle East Branch

    OP, thanks for your nice reply. Excuse me that my recent answers are abit spread over several threads. ...
    about 2 years ago

  • replied to a Thorn Tree thread called EURO or US Dollar in the Middle East Branch

    1 euro = 300 rial or even abit more. easy to exchange euro. the rate on the airport is not so very well.
    about 2 years ago

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  • Country Netherlands
  • Gender Male
  • Languages Dutch (native speaker), English (and some German and French)
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