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News – August 2012 (Miri/Sarawak/Malaysia, August 31st, 2012)
- Website statistics: In August we were able to welcome 41'303 visitors who did 1'464'298 hits, according to 'Webalizer'.
- 'Google-Analytics' showed 52'939 Pageviews during the same period. The visitors come from ~194 countries!
- (July = 38'381 visitors – 1'214'770 Hits / June = 36'007 visitors – 1'070'924 Hits)
- ('Google-Analytics': July = 40'616 Pageviews / June = 32'465 Pageviews / 214 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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- Another month has gone and we are in the middle of the second "Rejuvenation". The latest can be read and seen with the corresponding
- pictures on our website. Two items didn't go according to our plan: Firstly there was much more hidden rust underneath the visible outer layer,
- and secondly we had to fly in a rebuilt steering gear from the USA, because the necessary parts inside couldn't be found within a reasonable
- period of time. Hence a repair classified as "small" suddenly became a major issue, which finally could jeopardize also our plans for North-
- Sulawesi and the Moluccas in the neighboring country of Indonesia. As there is not much more to say, we exceptionally still leave the last
- "News July" from July 31st, 2012, for your information.
- Finally time has come: We made a start on our second major car overhaul – at the same place where we carried out our first
- "rejuvenation" back in 2006. It's a Chinese workshop in Miri in Sarawak in the East Malaysian part of the island of Borneo – about
- 22 miles South of the border to Brunei.
- On July 26th, 2012, we received considerably delayed our LandCruiser in Bintulu, the port city that is lying about 125 miles more in
- the South, where the 8-week long sea journey from Réunion ended. It was the longest shipment ever. We arrived a few days earlier
- from Kuala Lumpur, where we spent nearly four weeks.
- The renovation consists mainly of body work, i.e. rust removing and treatment. The corrosion within the past six years was heavily
- supported by saltier conditions on the visited 36 islands in Southeast Asia, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. In addition our
- "new-born" classic car, which 10 days ago, on July 21st, became 30 years old, gets a new clutch. It will appreciate also some other
- minor repairs – may be we welcome them even more! We hope to handle everything within one month, thus we are able to
- concentrate afterwards fully on Indonesia – actually on Central and North Sulawesi and the Moluccas.
Pacific (Febr. 2008-Jan. 2010 + Aug.-Sept. 2010) Caribbean (June 2003-Dec. 2004) Fairytale Wedding in Dubai (March
1999) Las Vegas (Millennium change) Pictures from Yemen (May-June 1996) Pictures from "all the continents" (Oct. 1984 - April 1997)
New Reports/Pictures
Sri Lank part 1
Sri Lank part 2
Tongatapu Island
Rarotonga Island
Indonesia 2006/07
Temples,
Pagodas, Shrines
The visit of 14 Pacific
Islands with and 1 without our LandCruiser
The visit of 13 Caribbean
Islands with our LandCruiser
+ added from the United
Arab Emirates:
+ added
from a earlier visit to the USA:
+ added
from our Arabian Peninsula round trip:
+ Flashbacks
of our Worldrecordtour:
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IN LEGEND" and afterwards "HAIR TO MAGELLAN"
