Hot News - February 2006 (February 1st, 2006)
- Website statistics: In January we were able to welcome on our website about (the counter was partly
- failing) 32'928 visitors (= record) from 108 different countries who did 555'152 hits
- (= record). (December 2005 = 30'241 visitors - 108 countries - 484'103 hits)
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- On January 24th, we entered again a new country, this time the 153rd - Laos. It was a completely painless,
- fast and uncomplicated border at Cau Treo/Nam Phao. The only unpleasantness was the thick fog and
- the bitterly cold on the pass, which made it easier to say good-bye to the mostly overcast and rainy Vietnam.
- On the Laotian side, the sun welcomed us already after a few miles and is shining ever since.
- Coming from Vietnam it is evident that the density of population is much smaller in Laos - statistically 10 times
- less per square mile. Having visited already India and Nepal, Laos remembers us very much to the latter one,
- while Vietnam shows a big similarity in many respect with India.
- Before leaving Vietnam we had the "pleasure" to experience the feedback of the press conference in front of
- the Opera in Hanoi, organized by the Swiss Embassy. So far we found 15 newspapers, which felt that our
- presence is "important" enough to write about it extensively (corresponding links are listed on our media page).
- In Laos, however, we try to travel again anonymously.
- Due to Liliana's leg fracture on December 25th in Cambodia, we are still "confined" to hotels and
- guesthouses. The new x-ray on January 17th in Hanoi unfortunately showed a still pretty clearly
- visible crack. Thus a new check will make sense only in about a week's time again. But we are confident that
- this unpleasant cast will be removed at the time of our entry to Myanmar on February 24th. As soon as we
- know more about this unique attempt - we haven't received the written permit yet - we shall write an update.
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from Yemen (May-June 1996) Pictures
from "all the continents" (Oct. 84 - April
97) Encounters resp. "Ups + Downs" with Toyota Companies
since 1982
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