Munt Thee » canals http://www.muntthee.com Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 I’m on a boat! http://www.muntthee.com/2011/08/09/im-on-a-boat/ http://www.muntthee.com/2011/08/09/im-on-a-boat/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:32:53 +0000 admin http://www.muntthee.com/?p=2897 YEAH DATS RIGHT. I’m living it up Dutch style on a houseboat underneath a windmill. Definitely moved on up from my old shipping container home.

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Here is another beautiful photograph taken today by Jon K.
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The BBC also has video coverage of this story.

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Drowning Bike 2

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