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News – October 2012 (Miri/Sarawak/Malaysia, October 31st, 2012)
- Website statistics: In October we were able to welcome 35'707 visitors who did 1'226'553 hits, according to 'Webalizer'.
- 'Google-Analytics' showed 41'163 Pageviews during the same period. The visitors come from ~194 countries!
- (September = 36'958 visitors – 1'255'733 Hits / August = 41'303 visitors – 1'464'298 Hits)
- ('Google-Analytics': September = 41'495 Pageviews / August = 52'939 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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- For our LandCruiser this is not only the ending of the Malaysian chapter with its second "Rejuvenation"; it was at the same time also the third
- visit on the island of Borneo. The 26th container voyage with Evergreen Marine will ship it within about 22 days to the port of Jebel Ali outside
- of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. After 1994, 1996 and 1999 it will be our fourth visit to this country and its neighboring Oman. Already
- back in June the freight with PIL-Line from Réunion to Sarawak did cost the same US$ 850 like today with Evergreen Marine to Dubai. The
- port fees of US$ 320 each at Bintulu were within the Southeast Asian frame.
- Although we were not able to repair everything, we are very happy with the overall result. But we need to have made soon a rear main spring
- leaf and to find suitable shock absorbers for our heavy car. Six years passed since our first "Rejuvenation". At that time we invested into the
- bodywork US$ 4'160, the engine overhaul US$ 1'450 and for the transmission/gearbox renovation US$ 800, totally about US$ 6'400. Today,
- the expenses for the work amounted to US$ 2'870 and another US$ 3'160 for the spare parts, e.g. steering gear (~US$ 1'730), clutch, etc.,
- totally a bit more than US$ 6'000. While last time we could do "house-sitting" in Miri, now we had to take a room in the Park City Everly
- Hotel for US$ 36/day, based on a monthly rate. However, the workshop owner offered us an older replacement car for free for the whole
- period.
- In the Middle East we should now experience the climatically good season. On November 16th, after 112 days, we will leave Miri by flying
- with Malaysian Airlines to Singapore, where we shall stay for two days before driving with a bus to Kuala Lumpur for another two days. This
- is our 15th visit to this city. In the morning of November 20th, we shall proceed with Air Asia to Sri Lanka, to continue late evening with
- Air Arabia – a similar budget line like Air Asia – from Colombo to Sharjah. Provided that the vessel arrives in time, the day of 11/21/2012
- will be filled out completely with the procedure of the car release. Afterwards the real camping life will restart since a long time again!
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"
