GUSMEN » Jean-Christophe Van Waes http://www.gusmen.com Lifestyle Magazine for the Liberated Man. Thu, 23 May 2013 19:14:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Into the Wild: A Journey to Lapland http://www.gusmen.com/2013/03/15/into-the-wild http://www.gusmen.com/2013/03/15/into-the-wild#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:40:36 +0000 Jean-Christophe Van Waes http://www.gusmen.com/?p=25364 Image source: Images JCVW, Text RB JCVW

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]]> http://www.gusmen.com/2013/01/19/i-believe-i-can-fly/feed 0 The Medal Hunters http://www.gusmen.com/2012/12/02/the-medal-hunters http://www.gusmen.com/2012/12/02/the-medal-hunters#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2012 07:32:19 +0000 Jean-Christophe Van Waes http://www.gusmen.com/?p=20863 As I was in the forest, I just saw a very weird spectacle! Guys chasing each other on cross-country skis, with a rifle on their back. They seem to be very fired up....

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]]> http://www.gusmen.com/2012/12/02/the-medal-hunters/feed 0 In the Footsteps of Marco Polo http://www.gusmen.com/2012/09/28/in-the-footsteps-of-marco-polo http://www.gusmen.com/2012/09/28/in-the-footsteps-of-marco-polo#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:03:12 +0000 Jean-Christophe Van Waes http://www.gusmen.com/?p=18241 « Insha’Allah we shall land at Islamabad international airport in twenty minutes… », the captain informs us. Looking out of the window we can see the minaret of the Faysal mosque, the largest...

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]]> http://www.gusmen.com/2012/09/28/in-the-footsteps-of-marco-polo/feed 0 Queen of the day http://www.gusmen.com/2012/07/02/queen-of-the-day http://www.gusmen.com/2012/07/02/queen-of-the-day#comments Mon, 02 Jul 2012 09:17:16 +0000 Jean-Christophe Van Waes http://www.gusmen.com/?p=16417 The crowd holds its breath. We are in the Roman amphitheatre in Martigny, Switzerland to watch “Le Combat des Reines”. The queens in question are cows, all of the Hérens breed, dark in colour and powerfully built.

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]]> http://www.gusmen.com/2012/05/14/rock-dancers/feed 0 Doors of Oman http://www.gusmen.com/2012/04/05/doors-of-oman http://www.gusmen.com/2012/04/05/doors-of-oman#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:15:20 +0000 Jean-Christophe Van Waes http://www.gusmen.com/?p=14384 “There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” Aldous Huxley Imagine driving a 4×4 in an oven, the seemingly interminable desert track ahead shimmering...

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]]> http://www.gusmen.com/2012/04/05/doors-of-oman/feed 2 He could disappear soon! http://www.gusmen.com/2012/03/14/he-could-disappear-soon http://www.gusmen.com/2012/03/14/he-could-disappear-soon#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:10:00 +0000 Jean-Christophe Van Waes http://www.gusmen.com/?p=13125 One of the consequences of global warming is that the polar ice caps are melting. Melting to such an extent that they are now forecast to disappear forever in the near future. The...

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