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News – January 2012   (Les Makes/Réunion, February 5th, 2012)

 
Website statistics:   In January we were able to welcome 50'960 visitors who did 1'581'496 hits, according to 'Webalizer'.
                        'Google-Analytics' showed 59'955 Pageviews during the same period. The visitors come from ~189 countries!
                                          (December = 33'599 visitors – 1'156'854 Hits / November = 31'130 visitors – 1'075'525 Hits)
                                  ('Google-Analytics': December = 34'128 Pageviews / November = 32'205 Pageviews / 211 countries)
                                  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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A bit delayed a short overview: Something is always on, but nothing to set the world on fire – we're "simply" in Europe! Said this we've
already explored nearly the whole island, what almost equals a mad rush: Everyday fog is building up in the interior of the island, thus
the mountains disappear by 10am at the latest into the clouds. 9 hours later after sunset the sky is clearing up again. In other words,
getting up very early is a must! Our afternoon is spent mostly by updating our website: Madagascar is now finished – Réunion is
halfway through. Additionally we added  two new articles: from Switzerland Blick; from Germany Frau von Heute.
 
The expected rainy season still didn't set in; it is now delayed practically three months. However a cyclone is spooking around in the
region from time to time. With the exception of two near-hits (Rodrigues and Western Madagascar), fortunately they didn't play havoc.
 
 

                                                                Réunion: On the road from Saint-Louis to Cilaos

 
 
But our "milestone" anniversary days are closing in steadily: February 24 – 70th birthday of Emil; March 3 – 10'000th travel day;
begin of May – 30th anniversary of our LandCruiser. And what after Réunion? Most likely Africa, in doing so it'll be pretty sure 
transiting South Africa after landing in Cape Town; we are awaiting the last quotes. Because we traveled this Southern region
(South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Lesotho) extensively (18'000 miles) between October 30th, 1991,
and November 2nd, 1992, this time we lay stress on the new countries of Angola and Mozambique, which back then had civil war.
 
New Reports/Pictures
 
ASIA + PACIFIC:                                                              mouse over picture shows comments
                                                                                                              click a picture to see details
 
Réunion
2 Picture Galleries
 
(Dec. 2011- ....)
(Saint-Denis & surroundings-West Coast-Salazie-
La Paix-North Coast-Takamaka-Dos d'Âne)
Réunion part 2
(Les Makes-La Fenêtre-Saint Louis)
 
Réunion: View from Cap Noir/Dos d'Âne (near La Possession) into the Cirque de Mafate
Madagascar
4 Picture Galleries
 
(Sept.  - Dec. 2011)
 Madagascar/Morondava: 27 years 'on the road', here in the 'Allée des Baobabs'
Madagascar part 1
(Tamatave-Andasibe-Antananarivo-Miandrivazo)
Madagascar part 2
(Miandrivazo-Morondava-Antsirabe-Fianar-Ambalavao)
Madagascar part 3
(Ambalavao-Isalo N.P.-Tuléar-Ranomafana)
Madagascar part 4
(Antananarivo-Ankadibe-Manambato-Foulpointe-Tamatave)
Mauritius
2 Picture Galleries
 
(July - Sept. 2011)
Mauritius                   (with car)
 
Rodrigues Island    (without car)
Mauritius: Typical steep mountains rising from the sugar cane fields
Sri Lanka
3 Picture Galleries
 
(March - May 2011)
 Sri Lanka/Dambulla: Buddha in the Golden Temple resp. Cave Temple
Sri Lank part 1
Sri Lank part 2
Sri Lank part 3
United Arab Emirates
1 Picture Gallery:  (w/o car)
Feb. 19th, to 27th, 2011)
 
1 Picture Report (with car)
(February - May 1999)
U.A.E. 2nd Visit (Dubai-Sharjah)
(without car)
 
U.A.E. 1st Visit   (with car)
 United Arab Emirates: Souk of Sharjah
Yemen
3 Picture Reports (w/o car)
(Feb. 9th, to 19th, 2011)
 
1 Picture Galleriy  (with car)
(May-June 1996)
Dicksam Plateau/Socotra Island/Yemen: Forest of Dragon Blood Trees
Island of Socotra East      (w/o car)
Island of Socotra South    (w/o car)
Island of Socotra West     (w/o car)
 
Pictures from Yemen Trip (with car)
Papua New Guinea
2 Pict. Reports* +
3 Pict.Galleries
 
(Aug.  - Oct. 2010)
1)   Milne Bay - (Port Moresby)
                     - Mt. Hagen - Lae
2)* Mt. Hagen Cultural Show 8/13-15/2010
3)   Lae – Madang – Goroka
4)* Goroka Cultural Show 9/17-19/2010
5)   Goroka - Mt. Hagen - Kumul Pass                 - Mt. Hagen - Goroka - Lae
 Mount Hagen/Papua New Guinea: Huli Wigman from the Southern Highlands at the Mount Hagen Cultural Show 2010
Indonesia 2010
1 Picture Report +
2 Pict.Galleries
 
(March  - June 2010)
Medan/Sumatra/Indonesia: Indonesian Serenity
 
North Sumatra  Report  (March-April 2010)
West-Sumatra  Gallery    (May-June 2010)
Southern Sumatra  Gallery    (June 2010)
 
Tonga
Picture Report
 
(Nov. 2009 - Jan. 2010)
 Tongatapu Island Nuku'alofa/Tongatapu/Tonga: Royal Palace
French Polynesia
3 Picture Reports
 
(Aug. -Oct.  2009)
 Tahiti/French Polynesia: One type of Tahiti's main flower with many names - Frangipani, Plumeria, Tiare
Tahiti 1st part  Picture Report  (Aug.-Sept. 2009)
Tahiti 2nd part Picture Report  (Oct. 2009)
Moorea Picture Report   (Sept. 2009)
Cook Islands (without car)
Picture Gallery
 
(Aug. 2009)
 Rarotonga Island Cook Islands/Rarotonga: Beauty from the South Pacific
American Samoa
Picture Gallery
 
(July 2009)
 American Samoa: View from Pago Pago towards the 1'718ft. high Rainmaker Mountain (Pioa Mountain)
Samoa
4 Picture Reports:
 
(April-June 2009)
Island of Upolu: 1st part
Island of Upolu: 2nd part
Independence Day  June 1st, 2009
Island of Savaii
 Apia/Samoa: Coat of Arms of Samoa in front of the Government Office Building
Fiji
3 Picture Galleries:
 
(Jan.-March 2009)
Suva/Fiji: Guard at the Parliament House
1st part: Island of Viti Levu (Jan.+Febr. 2009)
2nd part: Island of Vanua Levu (March 2009)
3rd part: Island of Taveuni (March 2009)
Vanuatu
2 Picture Galleries:
 
(1st visit: July 2008)
(2nd visit: Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009)
Vanuatu 1st visit (without car)
 
Vanuatu 2nd visit (with car)
 Vanuatu: Boeing 737-800 of Air Vanuatu at the airport of Port Vila
New Caledonia
3 Picture Galleries:
 
(Aug.-Oct. 2008)
 New Caledonia: Nouméa and the St. Joseph Cathedral
1st part: Grand Terre: Nouméa + South (Aug.2008)
2nd part: Grand Terre: North #1 (Aug.+Sept. 2008)
3rd part: Grand Terre: North #2 (Sept.+Oct. 2008)
New Zealand
6 Picture Galleries:
 
(South Island: Febr.-May 2008)
(North Island: May-July 2008)
1st part: South Island (Febr.+March 2008)
2nd part: South Island (March 2008)
3rd part: South Island (April 2008)
4th part: South to North Island (May 2008)
5th part: North Island (May+June 2008)
6th part: North Island (June+July 2008)
New Zealand: South Island - typically
Philippines
4 Picture Galleries:
 
(1st visit: Febr. 2008)
(2nd visit: Nov. 2010-Jan. 2011)

Philippines: Ricefields near Sagada/Mountain Province/Northern Luzon
Philippines 1st visit (without car Febr. 2008)
 
Philippines 2nd visit (with car):
Luzon (South)-Mindoro-Panay  (Nov.-Dec. 2010)
Negros-Cebu  (Dec. 2010-Jan. 2011)
Bohol-Luzon (South)  (Jan. 2011)
Taiwan
3 Picture Reports:
 
(Oct.- Nov. 2007)
 
1st part: Kaohsiung-Kenting-Taitung
2nd part: Taitung-Southern Cross-
Island Hwy-Siraya NSA (Zengwun Reservoir)-Alishan-Sun Moon Lake -Taroko-Suao-
Hualien Hwy-Taipei
3rd part: Taipei-Taitung-Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung/Taiwan: God of War at Lotus Pond
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
2 Picture Reports:
 
(May 2007)

Oecussi/Timor-Leste: Landscape East of Oecussi-'Town'
 
 
Exclave of Oecussi
 
Mainland
Indonesia 2006/07
1 Report + 6 Picture Galleries:
(Sumatra-Java: Sept.-Dec. 2006)
(Bali: Jan.-March 2007)
(Lombok, Sumabawa, Flores: April 2007)
(Sumba, West Timor: May+June 2007)
(Sulawesi:June+July 2007)
(Tana Toraja (-Land): June+July 2007)
(Kalimantan: July 2007)
 
Sumatra-Java    (= Report)
Bali
Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores
Sumba, West Timor
Sulawesi
Tana Toraja (Toraja-Land)
Kalimantan
Ke'te Kesu near Rantepao/Sulawesi/Indonesia: Traditional Toraja village
Brunei
Picture Report
 
(Sept. 2006)
Brunei (Borneo): ’The 'Ali Saifuddien'-Mosque at sunset in Bandar Seri Begawan
 
Borneo
3 Picture Reports:
(Sarawak: 1st visit: June-Aug. 2006)
(Sabah: Oct. 2006)
(Sarawak: 2nd visit: Nov. 2006)
Picture Gallery:
(Borneo-Trip: Sept.-Nov. 2006)
 
Sarawak part 1 – Northeast (Miri)
Sabah
Sarawak part 2 – South (Kuching)
Borneo (Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Kalimantan)
 Sepilok near Sandakan/Sabah/East-Malaysia (Borneo): Orang Utan Rehabilitation Center
“Rejuvenation”
Picture Report
 
(Engine/Body: June-Aug. 2006)
(Transmission: Sept. 2007)

Miri/Sarawak/East-Malaysia (Borneo): Overhaul of our LandCruiser in 'Full Swing'
 
Report of the first overhaul of 
our LandCruiser in Miri/Sarawak
- the East Malaysian province
on the island of Borneo
Myanmar (South) (without car)
Picture Report
 
(May 2006)
 
Myanmar: Waiting for customers in Kawthoung
 
Thailand
2 Picture Galleries:
 
(1st visit: Nov. 1993 - Jan. 1994)
(2nd visit: Nov. - Dec. 2005)
(3rd visit: Febr. - April 2006)
Thailand: Ho Phra I-Suan Temple in Nakhon Si Thammarat
 Temples, Pagodas, Shrines

People, Beaches, Nature
Laos
Picture Report
 
(February 2006)

Laos: The ’Patuxai’, the Laotian replica of the French ’Arc de Triomphe’ in Paris
Vietnam
Picture Report
 
(January 2006)
 Vietnam: Two women cultivating a rice field
Cambodia
Picture Report
 
(December 2005)

Cambodia: The main temple of Angkor Wat with its five towers viewed from the hill of the ’Phnom Bakheng’ - Temple
Malaysia (West)
Picture Report
 
(Oct. - Nov. 2005)
(May 2006)
 Malaysia: The four minarets of the ’Sultan Salahuddin’ State Mosque in Shah Alam are visible already from far
Singapore
Picture Gallery
 
(September 2005)

Singapore: Merlion - the Land- and Trademark of the Lion City
Macao   (without car)
Picture Gallery
 
(September 2005)

Macao: The ’St. Paul’ ruin is an inspiring sight also at night
 
 
 
 
Hong Kong
2 Picture Galleries:
 
(1st visit: September 2005)
(2nd visit: Dec. 2007-Jan. 2008)

 
 
 
Hong Kong 1st visit (without car)
 
Hong Kong 2nd visit (with car)
 Hong Kong: From ’Hong Kong Peak’ we get an excellent view of the ’skyscraper jungle’
The visit of 14 Pacific Islands with and 1 without our LandCruiser

Pacific (Febr. 2008-Jan. 2010 + Aug.-Sept. 2010)
The visit of 13 Caribbean Islands with our LandCruiser

Caribbean (June 2003-Dec. 2004)
+ added from the United Arab Emirates:

Fairytale Wedding in Dubai   (March 1999)
+ added from a earlier visit to the USA:

Las Vegas  (Millennium change)
+ added from our Arabian Peninsula round trip:

Pictures from Yemen (May-June 1996)
+ Flashbacks of our Worldrecordtour:

Pictures from "all the continents" (Oct. 1984 - April 1997)
+ Follow-ups about Toyota-Experiences:
Encounters resp. "Ups + Downs" with
Toyota Companies since 1982
On July 7th, 2005, we were able to celebrate after a journey through 150 countries the car's
600'000th Kilometer - very prosaic in front of the post office in Cayenne/French Guiana.
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On June 10th, 2009, we were able to celebrate after a journey through 163 countries the car's
400'000th Mile - in a beautiful landscape in the West of the island of Savaii/Samoa.
Are you interested into the LandCruiser History, prepared by Toyota Motor Sales USA and taken over by
Toyota Motor United Kingdom? (after some loading-time please klick "IN LEGEND" and afterwards "HAIR TO MAGELLAN"

 

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