• India

    Return to the Golden Temple

    We slept in late after the horrific drive to Amritsar. Even when we woke up, the stress from last night was still there. But we knew a place to get rid of it all; the golden temple. Yes, we have…

  • India

    30.000 meals

    Today we have planned a relaxed day in Amritsar at the Golden temple. We are so very much impressed by this temple that we don’t mind to go back there day after day. We have heard that they are providing…

  • Pakistan

    Mister Daniels

    We arrive at the SOS-Lahore village in the afternoon after crossing the border with Pakistan. We are immediately greeted by the children and the staff. All are very delighted to see us again and we must say it felt great…

  • Pakistan

    A Pakistani press conference

    One of the many reasons why we went back to the SOS-Village in Lahore was the fact that we could have a pressconference. We have had quite some publicity around this trip already but never a real press conference. Several…

  • Pakistan

    A Pakistani wedding part 1

    We are invited for a real Pakistani wedding. One of the girls of the SOS-Children’s village in Lahore will get married soon. A very special occasion since this the girl will go to the husbands house with her new family…

  • Pakistan

    Mister Daniels Part two

    Early in the morning we arrived at Mister Daniels workshop. Lots needed to be done and as Elles and I couldn’t do much, Elles returned to the SOS-Village. Mister Daniels and I went into town to hunt down spare parts.…

  • Pakistan

    A Pakistani wedding part 2

    Yesterday was the big day. The day of the actual wedding ceremony. We are also invited. Michel tries to look at his best in his travel outfit, elles is wearing her Pakistani dress, a present she got earlier. We are…

  • Pakistan

    Kasur!

    SOS-Children’s Villages doesn’t just look after orphan children. To make sure children have better opportunities they help rural areas to become self sufficient. SOS hopes to create a better environment for the children and their families. We wanted to see…

  • Pakistan

    Leaving Lahore

    We thought we were ready with the car but unfortunately we were not. Fortunately Mister Daniels reminded us that the wheels needed to be balanced. So at nine in the morning Mister Daniels and I drove to a garage where…

  • Pakistan

    Return to the tribal area’s

    On arrival at the Chinese Embassy we see the notice sign immediately. Embassy is closed untill the 7th of October due to National Holiday. This is something we had not expected as it will cut our trip to the Karakoram…