{"id":224,"date":"2005-04-24T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-24T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boerenroem.nl\/wordpress\/?p=224"},"modified":"2005-04-24T21:57:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-24T19:57:00","slug":"hitch-hiking-himalaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boerenroem.nl\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/24\/hitch-hiking-himalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitch-hiking Himalaya"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watched my favourite real-life show tonight, Peking Express<\/a>. Like last year, this is probably the only show that I might stay home for (in fact I dont’t, but I might<\/span>…). It is a hitch-hiking race from Beijing to Bombay.
The thing I like about it is the mix of competition and culture in a pretty authentic style. Often, real life shows are not so real life as they pretend. Peking Express is of course not ‘real life’ in a sense that you and I experience this kind of thing, but the way the show is set up, gives a surprisingly realistic insight in for example life in China or India.
The only thing I find a pity is that there is quite an emphasis this time on religious events, where the couples partake in different rituals and ceremonies that I think are occult. There seems to be no sense of discernment of what is right or wrong in this respect.
O, and about my favourite couples: from the four that are left over, I’d call it even between Karla and Sophie<\/a> and Just and Bregje<\/a>.
The Belgian ladies are very charming, and although they might not seem the most competitive, I give them a fair chance to win. The Dutch twins are very sympathetic and sincere. I really value them for the way they treat the people they meet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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