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Hi, I'm Jan Boonstra, born 20 February 1949 in Groningen, The Netherlands My snail mail address: Jan Boonstra c/o Boskalis Baggermaatschappij P.O.Box 43, 3350 AA Papendrecht The Netherlands My home address: Busan City, Yeonje-gu, Yeonsan 2 dong 1587-9 beonji Yonje Height Villa, no. 305 Republic of Korea, 611-082 Tel.: +82 51 852 4778 My e-mail address: My mobile phone in Korea: +82 11 9915 7046 in Cameroon: +237 7496 2375

what I like best: cycling (here in New Zealand)

Hobbies:

• Bicycle touring (long distance cycling)
• Language studies (test me on 6 languages)
• Maps
• Flight Simulation

• Hydrographic surveyor with a dredging company

• Landsurveying (BSc)

• Korean history and culture

• Check my calendar for my whereabouts and my plans for the foreseeable future.
• Check my resumé for my professional record.

Publications on the internet by myself, related to Korea: In search of traces of a group of Dutch sailors (Hamel e.o.) who forcibly stayed in Korea for 13 years in the 17th century. An attempt to find the location of Hamel's shipwreck on the island of Jeju-do. A retrace of the route Hamel e.o. followed when they had to appear before the king in Seoul. Investigation of the exact location of the historic Japanese trade mission in Busan. article about culture shock, which was published in the Korea Times on June 14th 1997. A very detailed historic map of Jeju-do in the 18th century. Bicycling in Korea, with general information, essays, maps, photographs, travelogues. Beautiful Korea, a collection of scenery photographs.

Latest update: May, 2008