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DURATION OF TRIP
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7‘082:01:31.9 HOURS (as of 14.05.10)
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Fotos taken so far |
7‘900 ... cannot wait to show them all to you!!!
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Webpage visitors |
9‘694 (as of 12.05.10)
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Cost of trip |
stay tuned!
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Nights slept at hotels |
stay tuned!
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Nights slept on a vessel |
149
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Nights slept at Backpackers |
19
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Desert Camp |
16
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Youth Hostel |
1
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Homestay
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1
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Vacation house
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6
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Nights slept in guest houses
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19
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Nights slept camping
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8 (incl. tropical nights in Asian bungalows)
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Nights slept housesitting
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34
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Nights slept at friends
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25
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Nights slept couch surfing
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15
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Nights slept on an airplane
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1
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Dinners eaten in restaurant
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146
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Dinners eaten on vessel
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18 (one of which was a BBQ on Easter Sunday)
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Dinners eaten at friends
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34
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Dinners eaten at strangers
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8 (Couchsurfers or Homestays)
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Dinners cooked by us
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84
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Burgers eaten
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138 (4 for XMAS dinner!)
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Eggsandwich eaten
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81
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Countries visited
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16: England, USA, Canada, Cook Island, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan (only the harbor), Indien, Oman, Egypt |
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Number of fish fished
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166 (one by the tail and one flunder with the net), 13 crabs, 4 kg squid, 50 small bait fish spin fishing, 1 bird which released itself from the hook but took the fish! 40 large squids (35 of which from deck of Anke Ritscher off Karatchi & Mumbai and 5 off the boat in Halong Bay) |
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Sunsets worth a picture
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68 (one in Borneo that would count for 10 at least!)
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Rainy days
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18 (one of which in OMAN!!!! Aren‘t we the lucky ones!)
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Snowstorm
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1 (in Banff Canada)
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Sandstorm
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1 (in Whaiba Sands, Oman)
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Braders on TV
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2 (both times in Canada)
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Braders in the Papers
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AZ Online, BBZ, Globetrotter (fall 2010)
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Items found
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2 melons (left by the previous client at the check out desk) |
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Money found
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US$ 4.12, Can$ 9.71, NZ$ 2.21, AUS$ 2.55, ThaiBath 2.-- |
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Items lost
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1 key chain, picture and letter from Animal, wallet with old ID (Ro), 1 wallet (A) but found again by Air New Zealand! 1 set of passport pictures (E), 2 jackets (Re+Ro), 1 fishing gear (Ro) |
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Items stolen
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1 video camera bag with equipment, 1 Adidas shower gel
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Teeth lost
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5 by Roman; No 1 while driving through Ontario, No 2 in Backpacker in Sydeny, No 3 & 4 in Chumphon, Thailand, No 5 in Muscat, Oman |
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Injuries
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Reto = accident exiting the boat in Malaysia, Meniskus in his right knee and broken toe on his right foot, Roman = heat rush, Andrin = burnt his leg on the Animal trike, Evelyne = bad heat rash and infection after a pedicure, Roman = hurt his arm at a tennis match, E = Dirhea |
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Doctor visits
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0
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Hair dresser visits
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20 (Re 7, Ro 7, E 3, A 3) 3 cut by Evelyne, 1 cut by Reto
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Pools we swam in
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39
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Dives we took
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12 (per person)
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Waters we sailed
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Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sean (both parts of the Indian Ocean), Andaman Sea, Malakka Strait, Halong Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Ärmelkanal and lots of lakes and rivers! |
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Waters we swam in
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Gulf of Oman, Celebes Sea (Sulawesi), Brunei Bay, Halong Bay, South China Sea, Gulf of Siam, Andaman Sea, Great Barrier Reef, Laguna Bay, Bay of Plenty, Atlantic, Lake Muskoka, Pacific Ocean |
| Flights taken | 29 (per person) |
| Buses driven | 24 (driving time approx 48 hours) |
| Trains ridden | 2 (1 hour delay for a 4 hour ride) |
| Mopeds we rented | 2 days |
| Ships sailed | 32 (including QM2 and Anke Ritscher) |
| (Sea) Sick days | 2 on boats (by Reto), 1 on the bus (by Andrin), 1 Evelyne on Anke Ritscher (after these experiences we purchased 100 travel sickness tabs!) |
| KM driven in rental cars | 18‘500 km |
| Animals sat or looked after | 28 chickens, 1 duck, 1 fish, 3 dogs, 2 cats |
| Animals visited | 21 dogs, 7 cats |
| Coldest day on trip | -19℃, October 9, 2009 - Banff Alberta, Canada |
| Warmest days on trip | +38℃, August 13, 2009 - Leesburg Virginia, USA |
| +43°C, April 18, 2010 - Aurangabad, India | |
| +45°C, May 5, 2010 - Nizwa, Oman | |
| Warmest seas we swam | +30°C, January 11, 2010 - Gulf of Siam, Thailand |
| +30°C, May 2, 2010 - Gulf of Oman, Oman | |
| Books parents read |
The world is flat by Thomas L. Friedman |
| Books boys read | James Bond, Hurrican Gold Sceleton Key by Antonio Horowitz The Sleepwalker by Robert Muchamore ************ The Fall by Robert Muchamore ***** James Bond, Nur der Tot kommt zurück **** Man vs Beast by Robert Muchamore **** Die Sekte by Robert Muchamore ***** Mad Dogs by Robert Muchamore ***** James Bond, Stille Wasser sind tödlich von Ch. Higson **** Dark Day in the Deep Sea by Mary Pope Osborne * The Afternoon in the Amazon by Mary Pope Osborne * Die drei ??? und die Silbermine von Alfred Hitchcock *** Das Drachentor von Jenny-Mai Nuyen **** Rating * - ***** (five being highly recommended) |