Wooden shoe-making in Netherlands

PhotoHunt 98: Wooden
These are some of the photos I took in Netherlands during our trip last October. These are in the countryside where life still rolls with the wooden shoes and windmills. The wooden shoe factories gained it’s reputation across the world and gathered display collection as far as Korea and Japan. One thing with wooden shoes is that they warm the feet when its cold and cool the feet down when its hot.

Netherlands shoe factory

A wooden shoe-maker showing us the traditional shoe making using the same tools as old as the use of clogs themselves.

wooden shoe maker

These are the finished products. Colorful and Imeldific shoes.

wooden shoes

One more. This is what the unpainted old shoes look like:

wooden shoes of the Netherlands

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Celebrity cruises

cruise to famous places as the Caribbean or Alaska aboard Canada Cruises or where the cruise line sails.

cruise destinations

Let’s sail and travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing! I love to travel and see many new places and culture and enjoy all the experience! Hubby and I have talked about it and one of the things we have planned is to take a vacation, on cruise to famous places as the Caribbean or Alaska aboard Canada Cruises or where the cruise line sails. We have been preparing for that. It will be a very rich experience, and can be expensive too. But we know better. Direct Line Cruises is a cruise-only travel agency that offers discount cruise rates for various cruise lines such as Carnival Cruise Line and Celebrity Cruises to great cruise destinations such as Alaska, Bermuda, Canada, Caribbean, Europe, Hawaii and more, with travel insurance at no extra cost as one of their promos!

cruise shipsOnce in a while we deserve to be pampered; and this fleet of cruise ships, celebrity cruises and Carnival Cruises open all the fun and luxury in festive-yet-casual atmosphere while on board, providing some of the highest quality food, service and entertainment in the entire cruise industry, with activity options to suit almost any interest. Do you know that Celebrity Cruises ensures that there is at least one staff member onboard for every two guests, so when you have a need, there’s always someone there to help you enjoy your vacation? cruise ships Feel like a celebrity in this unforgettable experience. That is why they are so popular in the world. No one helps us experience more incredible destinations than these direct line cruises. So wherever our destinations are, we can always enrich the experience with these top of the line cruise ships! Be pampered while you saved!

Cool cat friendship meme

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“Friends, you and me… you brought another friend… and then there were three… we started our group… our circle of friends… and like that circle… there is no beginning or end.” Eleanor Roosevelt quotes.So now, let’s see how many circles of friends we can make by simply adding your link on this Friendship Meme!

1.Catsy Carpe Diem 2-Catsy Downloads 3-Out of the Blue 4-A Day to Savor and Relish 5-A Piece of Idea 6-Write Shy 7-Stupid Wise 8-http://onlinememorylane.blogspot.com/ 9-http://www.jk-nocargo.blogspot.com/ 10-Pinay Mommy Online 11-Momhood Moments 12-My Life 13-Jean’s My So-called Life 14-Alpha’s Blog 15-Because Life Is Fun 16-Bits and Pieces 17-Whats up Caryl 18-Simply Me 19-A Mothers Horizon 20-BLOGSILOG 21-Cherry’s Comfort Zone 22-DigiScrapz:Captured Memories 23-Wishing and Hoping 24-Thinking Out Loud 25-Blessings in Life 26-NiervaDotCom 27-Davao Food Trip 28-Charles Terrence 29-Tere’s World 30-Journey in Life 31- Denz Techtronics 32-Denz Recreational 33-endless frontier 34- posh lifestyle 35- and the legend lives 36- butterfly chewables 37- You’re next here!

Got this tag from Denz. Circle of friends meme. Passing this to Avee, Cjay and debbieanddana.

Yen has also been so nice giving me this award. Thank you gwaps.
cool cat award

Winter forced air heater

We just have had a construction work finished around the house. This season is so cold for me. I cannot go out and watch how they are working and progressing without wrappings all around my body. Well, those men were still efficient despite the freezing cold weather. What if the air is just right? They must be more productive. Do you know that one way to make it is by forced air heaters? They are a great alternative to electricity-powered heaters, both in the home and commercially. It works by pushing cold air through a hot flame by way of a fan behind it powered by propane, kerosene, diesel fuel, or natural gas. It is ideal for outdoor and other open spaces like construction sites and in large warehouse areas. If you have a crew of employees, or you yourself have to work during even the coldest winter months, a forced air heater will be a wise investment.

$500,000 award for quicker airport security check

Airport security prize announced

Verified Identity Pass, of New York, US – a firm that already offers quicker checkpoint services at airports for a fee, has announced on 13 February that an award of $500,000 for any solution that will make airport security checks quicker and simpler for passengers. The cash prize will go to any individual, company or institution that can get customers through airport security 15% faster, at a cost of less than 25 cents per passenger, using technology or processes that will be approved by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Passengers must not need to remove their clothes or shoes, something that slows down processing significantly. Company spokesman Jason Slibeck said that over 150 individuals, start-ups, defence contractors and universities have shown an interest in the prize. One promising procedure is mass spectroscopy, which involves analysing the mass-charge ratio of ions on a swab sample taken from a passenger’s clothing or air collected from around them. The method can quickly spot traces of substances including explosives or drugs. The Pre-Registration Package Information Sheet is available online.”

In India now

I am glad I finally heard from hubby and that they landed safe in Mumbai this morning. He has been traveling trans-atlantic since yesterday, and now I am peaceful. I know. He has been traveling a lot for so many years now. It is just good to know all is okay. Much okay because he will be gone for just three weeks. He is flying the Houston-Netherlands-India route.
USA-Netherlands-India flight

Juhu Beach Hotels

Mumbai hotels

This was the hotel we stayed in Mumbai in 2006. Situated on Juhu beach, this was taken one afternoon along the shore where thousands of Indian passed their time. A silhouette of the hotel gave obscure view of the building painting.

Juhu beach, an indispensable part of the city of Mumbai, is one of the largest and frequently visited beaches in India on the shores of the Arabian Sea. Not exactly an ideal place for a quiet swim and a sunbath, the beach has a charm of its own, attracting legions of Mumbaikars every day.

juhu beach view from the hotel

How to get there:
Juhu is 20-25km north of the city centre; by air, it is not far from Mumbai airport, and which is also well connected by rail and roads, 15 Kms From Dadar Bus Stand.

For accomodations along the Juhu Beach, check here.