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News – October 2011 (Antsirabe/Madagascar, October 30th, 2011)
- Website statistics: In September we were able to welcome 31'891 visitors who did 1'148'425 hits, according to 'Webalizer'.
- 'Google-Analytics' showed 30'487 Pageviews during the same period. The visitors are from ~186 countries!
- (August = 28'838 visitors – 1'046'997 Hits / July = 29'535 visitors – 953'371 Hits)
- ('Google-Analytics': August = 29'775 Pageviews / July = 29'025 Pageviews / 210 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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- On October 3rd, 2011, we finally could leave Tamatave (Toamasina) lying on the East coast of Madagascar. The inconveniences
- mentioned in our previous "News" could be put aside and came to an end. We approached in good spirits Andasibe, the first target,
- where we expected to see our first lemurs. And we really weren't disappointed – neither from the cute creatures, nor from the people,
- the landscapes and the experiences. Only the huge poverty and the continuous deforesting damped down our enthusiasm somehow.
- Due to the big distances and the relatively slow driving (curves and steep grades), a lot of time is needed besides the usual sightseeing.
- Hence in the past four weeks we drove during 100 driving hours only 2'000 miles (= Ø 20miles/h). That it was interesting and beautiful
- show the 1'800+ pictures we already shot. We plan to put some online as soon as possible. A small input – originating from our start in
- Tamatave – is launched today simultaneously with this 'News October'.
- What have we already seen? From the first lemurs we continued to the very lively capital Antananarivo and onwards via Antsirabe to
- the Baobabs on the West coast near Morondava. After backtracking to Antsirabe, the second biggest city of Fianarantsoa followed. On
- our second trip to the West coast to the port city of Tuléar (Toliara), we visited the National Park of Isalo that ressembles undoubtedly
- the West of America, particularly its rock formations. The small Anja reserve near Ambalavao with its ringtail lemurs was a lovely add-on.
- On October 18th, 2011, we celebrated our 27th anniversary of "being on the road" in this pleasant region.
- Unfortunately most roads in Madagascar have to been driven twice in a round-trip due to missing or broken cross-country routes. After
- reaching Fianarantsoa for the second time, we headed to the Ranomafana National Park – close to the East coast – where we spotted
- our third lemurs. Currently we are for the third time in Antsirabe and try to update our website that went somewhat short. The reason of
- this neglect lies in the lack of time as in about half a month the big rainy season is supposed to start. Neither the roads nor the sceneries
- won't be that nice again. We already had some pretty heavy thunderstorms and the mistiness is considerably on the increase.
- And this is our planned program for the following two weeks: Another small reserve of lemurs West of the capital Antananarivo; the
- Northwestern port city of Majunga (Mahajanga) – 300 miles, as well as the most Northerly town of Diégo Suarez (Antsiranana) – a
- further 600 miles that include the parks of Ampijoroa and Ankarana lying in between. The successive return of almost 1'000 miles on
- the same way to the harbor city of Tamatave is still ahead of us too. What's next is not yet clear, with the exception that it'll be our
- LandCruiser's 24th container to anywhere. Madagascar is big – but it's well worth the visit.
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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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