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News – June/July 2010 (Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia, July 14th, 2010)
- Website statistics: In June we were able to welcome 43'959 visitors who did 2'383'207 hits, according to 'Webalizer'.
- 'Google-Analytics' showed 77'857 Pageviews during the same period. The visitors are from ~174 countries!
- (May = 43'023 visitors – 1'635'886 Hits / April = 40'378 visitors – 1'461'319 Hits)
- ('Google-Analytics': May = 45'790 Pageviews / April = 41'468 Pageviews)
- Record day since 12/17/1998 = the birthday of our website: on 11/5/2007 = 13'407 visitors and 787'456 hits
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- On July 8th, 2010, we closed the chapter of our 3rd Indonesian visit – but not without a hectic rush! While the entry procedures for
- cars on arrival at the port of Belawan near Medan have been simplified, an exit in Jakarta is still a huge bureaucracy undertaking,
- often generated by overzealous brokers, who try to "justify" their inflated fees. Even if the Southern part of Sumatra's Westcoast
- had to offer a few beautiful landscapes, we are now pleased to look forward for future adventures in a new country.
- Thus our LandCruiser sits in its 19th container in a container yard in Jakarta and is waiting to sail on July 22nd, 2010, with the
- freighter "Pacific Resolution" of the Swire Shipping Line back to the Pacific, exactly to Lae in Papua New Guinea. After
- innumerable emails we managed finally to get the necessary permits from Port Moresby, which failed back in January 2008 when
- we tried to ship the Toyota for the first time from Hong Kong.
- We flew from Jakarta once more with AirAsia to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, where we continue now with the "dental maintenance"
- – unfortunately a long time neglected – that we started during our last visit, hence we can board Air Niugini on July 26th, without
- too many worries.
- On June 25th, in the Indonesian town of Bandar Lampung, we enjoyed visitors from Singapore. It was a TV crew from the
- German channel ARD, who shot an interview at a local beach for the program "Nachtmagazin" within the News; it will be
- broadcasted soon. Obviously, the Germans lately show a big interest in our journey. Not only can we see this on our website
- statistic, but also in the media: The FAZ, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, published an extensive article, while the TV SWR for
- its "Nachtcafé" and Günther Jauch from Stern TV at RTL made contact to invite us to Germany – but obviously we are too far
- away! Who knows however: Suddenly they show up in the jungle of PNG's Highlands? To be fair we would like to mention also
- Swiss TV SF1 with Aeschbacher's Talk Show "Comeback" – but are we considering a "Return"? – hardly!
- From 13th to 15th August 2010, the famous Mount Hagen Show takes place – a "Sing-Sing" (meeting) initiated by about 50
- Highland tribes, wearing their traditional, wild looking costumes. This should become our first highlight in Papua New Guinea – IF
- everything runs smoothly at the car's release and IF no incidents occur during our ride from Lae to Mount Hagen.
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| The visit of 14 Pacific Islands with and 1 without our LandCruiser | Pacific (Febr. 2008-Jan. 2010 + Aug.-Sept. 2010) |
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| The visit of 13 Caribbean Islands with our LandCruiser | Caribbean (June 2003-Dec. 2004) |
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| + added from the United Arab Emirates: | Fairytale Wedding in Dubai (March 1999) |
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| + added from a earlier visit to the USA: | Las Vegas (Millennium change) |
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| + added from our Arabian Peninsula round trip: | Pictures from Yemen (May-June 1996) |
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| + Flashbacks of our Worldrecordtour: | Pictures from "all the continents" (Oct. 1984 - April 1997) |
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