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- News – November/December 2013 (São Filipe/Fogo//Cape Verde, 12/18/2013)
- Website statistics: Unfortunately 'Webalizer' has been shut down definitively in February. 'Logaholic' is the current counter.
- 'Logaholic' shows now the following figures in November: 21'881 visits / 77'193 pages
- 'Google-Analytics' showed 26'999 pageviews during November. The visitors come from ~221 countries!
- ('Logaholic' O tober: 21'405 visits / 73'672 pages; September 19'134 visits / 77'628 pages)
- ('Google-Analytics': October = 25'353 pageviews / September = 23'938 pageviews)
- Record day since 12/17/1998 = the birthday of our website: on 11/5/2007 = 13'407 visitors and 787'456 hits ('Webalizer')
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- It was a very arduous take off in Cape Verde, the African archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. Firstly we waited 18 days in the
- capital Praia for the visa for São Tomé & Príncipe, where we wanted to spend a side trip until our container arrived, but which in the end failed.
- When the vessel finally turned up with our container from the Ukraine on October 26th, a 26 day long never experienced red tape started. On
- November 21st, we were ultimately allowed to leave the port of Praia, because the Ministry of Tourism took over the responsibility that we would
- re-export our LandCruiser. This guarantee or a bond of US$ 17'000 (!) – the amount that our 31-year old car was valued – were the
- conditions from the Customs Authorities to sign the release. As a service in return they intended to arrange a kind of "promotion action". Of course
- we agreed immediately. However, when on December 12th, still no concept was in sight despite of six visits at the ministry, we boarded on "Friday
- the 13th" the "fast ferry" from the Island of Santiago to the volcanic sister island of Fogo. We didn't like to spend all of our Cape Verdean stay in the
- hotel in Praia. In so doing we were able at least to visit the impressive volcano (see our homepage) – but are unfortunately "tied down" again, as the
- harmattan sand wind started blowing from the Sahara. This caused a sort of "haze" that was replaced by a very unusual and surprisingly heavy rain.
- Unfortunately the security situation in Cape Verde isn't a hundred percent so that "wild camping" is out of the question. This in turn means that we
- have to find an "affordable" hotel, which offers even secured parking – and those are very scarce. Either they charge US$ 150+ per night while
- having watchmen, or about half the rate with the vehicle to be left on the unlit street. Currently we stay at a German run guesthouse in São Filipe,
- which has fortunately an own inner yard but unfortunately is booked out over the coming festivities. Hence we don't know yet where we'll spend
- Christmas and New Year – probably on the most westerly and smallest island of Brava, where we might park our LandCruiser at the only petrol
- station – clarification is on the way.
- Certainly we won't land somewhere in Africa at the turn of the year as mentioned in our News - September/October 2013, but will remain in
- Cape Verde at least until end of January 2014 due to the two-month long initial difficulties. But it allows us also to spread somewhat the huge entry
- costs – never expected in such a scale. When and whereto we shall ship afterwards is still "written in the stars"; it might be climatically already too
- late to cross West Africa, because as port of destination only Tangier in Morocco can be chosen – both pricewise and for the bureaucracy.
- We wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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| The visit of 6 countries with and 1 island without our LandCruiser | Middle East | |
| The visit of 10 countries with and 1 without our LandCruiser | Southeast Asia | |
| The visit of 4 countries with and 1 islandl without our LandCruiser | Indian Ocean | |
| The visit of 4 countries with and 1 without our LandCruiser | Far East | |
| 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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