Richard Hou: Laos

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2014-05-20

Brice Goatcheese - mon bon ami français

Email to ICRT, Taipei TAIWAN

A birthday song for my French good friend Brice

Dear Joseph,

Last time I appreciated your time to reply my previous email even it was too rush to arrange the calling out for my Dutch friend Jacob in May 1st.

As my french good friend Brice's birthday coming soon in May 24, I would like to order one french song called " Road" from Chris Mann. It's also good chance for me because my birthday will be two days later

on May 26, we are both Gemini.

Brice come from Tours, a city in central France. It's interesting that he is my another "cheese" friend because Brice is performing on the music band called "Goat Cheese" and his country France is the kingdom of tasty cheeses.

I met Brice on my last journey in Laos, on the way from Vang Vieng bus station to the capital city Vientiane. In beginning we only have few talk on the bus, later we met again in the tourist information office of Vientiane, so we traveled together and sharing a lot of funny topics between France & Taiwan.

When he showed me the music video of "Live Tour" in France and Montreal for his band "Goat Cheese" , let met think about another British band called "Transition". I hope in the future they have the chance to show their great french music in Taiwan,

(ENGLISH)

Hello Brice,

It's nice experience to meet you on the travel in Laos, we have a great laugh and pleasant time while we were on the roads in city center of Vientiane. I am definitely sure to come back to France soon, probably use another way of biking on the "Tour de France", stay longer in your city- Tours, meet your cool buddy of "Goat Cheese".

As I know that you will have another new travel plan soon in India & Nepal, I hope and would like to invite you visit my country Taiwan because Taiwan will touch your heart, my home is always welcome you at any time.

(FRENCH)

Coucou Brice,

C'est une expérience très bonne de te faire la reconnaissance sur notre voyage au Laos, nous avons un grand éclat de rire et du temps agréable alors que nous étions sur les routes dans le centre-ville de Vientiane. Je suis sûr de revenir en France bientôt, possible d'utiliser une autre façon de faire du vélo sur la "Tour de France", reste plus longtemps dans ton ville-Tours, rencontre tes copains de "Goat Cheese".

Je sais que tu auras un nouveau projet de voyage prochainement en Inde et au Népal, je souhaite et voudrais t'inviter à visiter mon pays Taiwan parce que Taiwan va toucher ton coeur, ma maison est toujours à ouvrir de te bienvenu en tout temps.

Happy Birthday - Joyeux Anniversaire (French) - 生日快樂

Here is the link of Brice's music band "Goat Cheese".

Goat Cheese

https://www.facebook.com/goatcheeese37/photos_stream

GoatCheese37

M. Pokora - " On est là" (English means "We are here")

Lyrics to " On est là"

http://www.lyricsmania.com/on_est_la_lyrics_m_pokora.html

Thanks and best regards,

Richard Hou

Tours, France

Tours tourism

http://www.tours-tourisme.fr/

http://www.loire-valley-tours.com/

Tours (pronounced: [tuʁ]) is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.

It stands on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection (as perceived by some speakers) of its local spoken French, and the Battle of Tours in 732. It is also the site of the Paris–Tours road bicycle race. Tours is the largest city in the Centre region of France, although it is not the regional capital, which is the region's second-largest city, Orléans. In 2006, the city itself had 138,268 inhabitants and the metropolitan area had 546,105 .

Tours (prononcé [t u ʁ ] ^Écouter) est une commune française du centre-ouest de la France, sur les rives de la Loire, préfecture du département d'Indre-et-Loire. La ville, comptant 134 633 habitants en 2011 (population municipale stricto sensu, opposée au nombre d’habitants de la ville, à savoir 138 268)^[2], est au centre d'une unité urbaine de 347 600 habitants (2011)^[1], elle-même noyau d'une aire urbaine de 480 400 habitants^[1]. Elle est ainsi, selon ces chiffres, la plus grande commune, la plus grande unité urbaine et la plus grande aire urbaine de la région Centre, ainsi que la 18^e aire urbaine de France^[3].

Tours est classée Ville d'Art et d'Histoire et est au cœur du site de la Loire, inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO au titre de paysage culturel. Ses habitants sont appelés les Tourangeaux/Tourangelles^{[Note 1]}.

你可知道位於法國西北部的杜爾 Tours，曾經是法國的首都？

有著眾多迷人古城堡建築的羅亞爾河谷地，被公認為法國最浪漫、最富有的文化氣息的地區，自古以來有“法國庭園”的雅稱。

而當中的靈魂杜爾 Tours 不僅是整個羅亞爾河流域最大的城市，更在路易 11 在位時被選為法國的首都。⋯⋯

雖然杜爾市區的城堡已成廢墟，但城裡充滿懷古分為的建築，仍在幾世紀之後，不留情地謀殺來自世界各地的底片。

著名的景點如聖卡西安大教堂 Cathédrale Saint-Gatien de Tours、精采的美術館、許多古老的街道、毫宅及廣場的舊城區。還有著名的布呂門霍廣場 Place Plumereau、古安豪宅 Hotel Gouin、大教堂附近。再者松年路 Rue Briconnet 更是絕對不能錯過的小街，整條街上都是從羅馬到 18 世紀的建築，彷彿訴說杜爾城的歷史，從羅馬式到哥德式到文藝復興到古典風格。

想一一走訪？沒有問題，市內旅遊局的對面就有一輛觀光小火車，載你細細地瀏覽此城。

(圖) 布呂門霍廣場 Place Plumereau 前悠閒喝咖啡的人群

杜爾 Tours 怎麼去？從巴黎 Paris 坐火車只要 2 小時！

2013-11-26

Laos to Cambodia 寮國前往柬埔寨的交通方式

11262013 (Tue)

Don Det, Laos to Cambodia

Let met summarize this long journey to arrive Cambodia.

1. 08:10 take boat to leave 4000 island

2. 09:00 take minivan to border (I see your tall Dutch friend Sven Nijssen
took direct bus to Phnom Penh)

3. 09:30 arrive on border between Laos and Cambodia

4. 09:50 paid US$2 to leave Laos

5. 10:00 paid US$1 for health check on body temperature

6. 10:10 paid US$25 for Cambodia visa (I have it, so I did not pay)

Most people gave passport to tour guide $30 for all arrangement

7. 11:30 wait next fxxk bus coming and pick up all people

8. 12:00-15:00 very bad road near the boarder, so much dust everywhere

9. 16:30 take a break, most people took simple but expensive rice EU$2.

10. 20:00 arrive my city Kapongchan (original time 15:00pm, delay 5 hours)

11. 22:30 expect to arrive Phnom Penh (original time 17:00pm, delay 5.5hs)

12. 02:00am expect to arrive in Siem Reap (original time 19:00pm, delay 6 hours)

2013-11-25

Mr. Cheese Man - Jacob from Netherlands and dutch good friends 起司先生傑克斯和荷蘭好友

It's was awesome to meet these Dutch tall friends on my journey in Laos and Cambodia. They are both coming from Cheese kingdom - Netherlands.

很榮幸在寮國及柬埔寨旅行時, 認識這幾位來自起司故鄉的荷蘭長人朋友. 多吃起司, 多騎單車, 頭好壯壯, 身體健康.

Nov 24, 2013

Jacob - Mr. Cheese Man

Don Det, Laos

How do I call Jacob?

LOL, Jacob is interesting dutch friend from Alkmaar, famous cheese city in Netherlands. In end May 2011 I was beeen to Amsterdam for five days. Unfortunately, this popular cheese city listed on my travel schedule but I was lazy MIT boy and missed chance to visit weekly Friday cheese market in Alkmaar. I assume that in future I will be come back Holland soon.

I met Jacob on the way of bus from Pakse to Don Det (or called 4 thousand islands). In beginning we have total four people looking for available bungalow in Don Det. Unfortunately the owner of Mr. B bungalow said they have only 3 rooms available, so Jacob was decided to find another place, alonely to say good bye to us.

After few hours we met again in this small island, we hang out for dinner and next morning took the bike tour to disvoer the beauty of Don Det.

Note: the first time I met Peter at one Indian restaurant in Pakse, later I invited him to meet my another Dutch friend Sander (my CS host) at his "2B Travel Bar". After two days while I was in Don Det, I saw Peter again as he appeared at same mama cuisine restaurant. very interesting.

11252013 (Mon)

Don Det, Laos

寮國、噹代

Hoe gaat het? mijn Nederlandse goede vrienden.

How are you? my Dutch good friends.

These few days in Pakse and 4000 islands, Laos I am lucky to meet these two nice Dutch friends (Peter & Jacob), both from same famous cheese city called Alkmaar, Holland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkmaar

12022013 (Mon)

Sihanouville, Cambodia

柬埔寨、西哈努克市

Very nice and traditional Japanese restaurant, the chef Mr. Fujitsu Toshio offered the excellent and immediate service, always smile to guests. We still remember our fresh yummy food.⋯⋯

Our dinner:
One set of sushi - $6
One pot of Shizoka green tea $2

Cafe Sushi
http://www.cafesushizen.com/menu.php?p=01

Note: on Dec 02, 2013 my final date in Sihanouville, Jacob and I met Sven again at same pub. haha

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Gelukkige Verjaardag (Dutch) - 生日快樂
MAY 1ST, 2014

I wrote one email request to Taiwan English radio called ICRT for DJ Joseph Lin for below birthday calling
http://www.icrt.com.tw

Dear Joseph,

Two weeks ago (April 15th) I have been calling out to your program for 35th Anniversary Giveaway Round 4, thanks so much for ICRT.

I would like to order one good song called “Roads” from Chris Mann, to celebrate my Dutch good friend Jacob Wagenaar’s upcoming birthday on May 1st.

Jacob come from Alkmaar (famous cheese city), Netherlands. so I gave him one nickname directly “ Cheese Man”, met him on my last journey in Laos and travelling together to Phnom Penh and Sihanouville in end Nov, 2013.

I would like to say these words for Jacob:

Hello Mr. Cheese man,

it is awesome experience to meet you on my travel in south east Asia. We have a great laugh and pleasant time while we were on the roads in Laos and Cambodia. Hope your next travel in Asia will choose this beautiful island of Formosa Taiwan to be one of your new destination because Taiwan will touch your heart and I owe you for Taiwan beer & betel nut. (lol).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Gelukkige Verjaardag (Dutch) - 生日快樂

Chris Mann - Roads

"Roads"

There are roads in this life that we all travel
There are scars and there are battles where we roam
When we are lost or wherever we may go
They will always lead you home

There are roads that have lead me to another
To a friend or to a lover I have known
For every turn is a year that I have grown
As I walk along these roads

Some are long and some are weathered
Some will lead you through a storm
When you've gone astray you will find you way
As you walk along these roads

There were times when I stumbled and I wondered
But every choice and every step I don't regret
Cause I have lived and I have loved like no other
I won't fear what lies ahead

Some are long and some are weathered
Some will lead you through a storm
When you've gone astray you will find you way
As you walk along these roads

There are roads in this life that I have traveled
There are scars and there are battles, this I know
Cause I'd be lost, but no matter where I go
They will one day lead me home
They will one day lead me home