Archive for the 'Travel' Category

Travel: Sign Posts long before the Rugby championship

A sign post seen in New Zealand before the Rugby championship had commenced in France… Be assured, we all feel “very” sorry about the outcome… we have seen similar signs for Penguins and Kangaroos but this one we liked most… so do stay alert at night


Travel: Sign Posts on the Road

A sign post seen in the South Pacific reminding travelers of things to do (and don’t)… It is notable that some of the small island states ( not the place where this picture was taken are already starting to fight their bare survival due to global warming … talk to some people in Kiribas – [...]


Earthrace – the last run on its 2007 record attempt (Part 1)

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There was a lot of press coverage lately on the “Earthrace” attempt to break the world record of circumnavigation for power boats with a bio-diesel boat.

It happens to be that we have (together with another company) sponsored their last leg on their attempt to break the world record. And we have just learn that “Richard Branson” now is considering to “sponsor another attempt” for the world record next year, so we thought we might still share some of our impressions and images of our time on-board during the run from Egypt to Spain…

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Hello, we are back !

Hello again and we are back after more than 4 months browsing this planet. We’ve been to the East, the South and to the West and the North – we have spend weeks with mother nature and also weeks in some of the most pulsing cities and places of this planet. And we are back [...]


Time: Babelfish explained

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To our readers that prefer English as the sole language of communication we would like to point you to “Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy” and a tool within that movie / book called the “Babelfish”

Actually recent research has shown that it is also available in colors other than yellow…
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Quote of the day: Sailing and life

The Gods do not deduct from man’s alloted span those hours spent in sailing. Ancient Phoenician Proverb getting ready to travel far-far away and all around this planet…