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A great look for smaller rooms, this Casa Habitat™ compact ceiling fan has an integrated light kit with white glass.More Details >
This hugger-style ceiling fan from Casa Vieja® features a trim and compact design, making it ideal for use in smaller rooms. This pull chain model has an oil-rubbed bronze motor finish with an integrated light kit with frosted glass. Matching blades offer a refreshing breeze.
|Energy Information (at high speed)
Cubic Feet
Per Minute
|Electricity Use
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|Airflow Efficiency
Cubic Feet Per Minute Per Watt
36" to 48" ceiling fans have airflow efficiencies ranging from approximately 71 to 86 cubic feet per minute per watt at high speed.
49" to 60" ceiling fans have airflow efficiencies ranging from approximately 51 to 176 cubic feet per minute per watt at high speed.
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|44" Casa Habitat Flushmount PC
|Casa Vieja
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|153 x 15
|Motor Housing
|Stamped Steel
|Blade Pitch
Very Good Airflow
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|Reverse Air Flow
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|Mounting System
Low Profile
|Light Kit
Great Value for Customer.
Creates a Designer Look
|Manufacturer's Warranty
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I installed this fan in a room with a low (~8 ft) ceiling. The low profile is nice. Installation was fairly easy. The instructions included are very poorly written and illustrated, and I am no DIY genius, but I figured it out with almost no problems. After the first attempt, there was a bit of noise, but after a partial disassembly and tightening the attachment of the motor to the bracket to the ceiling, the noise went away and the fan was whisper quiet. Seems to move air quite well. The light takes two standard candelabra 60W bulbs (incandescent bulbs included), for which replacement is very easy -- same as for a typical ceiling light fixture. So the complaints about some similar fans not being bright enough or bulb replacement being difficult do not apply here. It's only been a few days so we will see how it ages, but so far it seems like a well-built fixture that is both good looking and functional.
Very attractive fan, runs very quietly
Fans are in bedrooms. Very efficient.
It was pretty easy to assemble and install. My husband had already done the hard work of putting an electrical box in the ceiling through the attic, so we just had to connect it. We have dark finish on our furniture, so the bronze fixture works well with our decor. I like the simple way the pull-strings work, and it adds a ceiling light to our Master BR that wasn't there before, so all in all we are very satisfied with the fan.
Nice, simple fan. Easy to install. lighting is good, and it quiet. Great value!
We use this fan to circulate heat from the furnace in Winter and to cool the house in the Summer. It's quiet, efficient and so easy to use. Also, it is easy on the electricity usage. We have nothing but good things to say about these fans.
Works great, no vibration, no noise. Bright light, I changed the included bulbs for reg incandescent bulbs so i can use dimmer
Very quiet, no vibration, light is bright enough
This is a little more expensive than other fans and I really thought the quality would be impressive. It looks kind of blah, and it really, really is not bright enough (drives me crazy to have the light on, in fact). The air circulation is okay but not great. And there is a vibration / slight wobble, even though we installed it correctly and as securely as possible.
This fan is perfect for our lower, 1975-era ceilings. Moves air well and keeps our west-facing office/computer room cool (even when all three are running which heats up the space). We're considering getting two more of these for the long, narrow living room.
We bought two of these fans to replace an old fan that the motor burnt out on and a second fan of the same age. Install was simple and the fan works as expected.
I am really happy with this fan. It moves the air well - making the space much more comfortable and usable. I'm a bit disappointed with the light kit. While its very attractive, it's way too dim for my use - only taking 2 60 watt bulbs. I'm going to need to find alternate lighting for this area.
I purchased two of these items for use in 2 guest bedrooms as a light source and fan.
I have this fan in the Nickel, and now have bought two more in the oil-rubbed bronze. Like the Nickel version, this is quiet and attractive, and it works well in my 1930s Tudor Cottage. I hired an electrician to install this, and my only complaint is that he screwed on the finial at the bottom of the lamp kit too tightly and now I can't get it off to change the light bulb. I'm going to have to use some tools to unscrew it, which will take off the paint/finish. Lampsplus does sell a replacement finial for about $10.00, which I will buy, but be warned: screw on the finial at the bottom so that it's secure, but not so tight that you can't get it undone.
I purchased 3 of these for 3 small upstairs bedrooms that are very hot in the summertime. Needed an electrician to run a third wire from each fan/light fixture through the attic space to the new wall switch controls, as I didnt' want to use the pull chains to operate them. Took him all day to do the wiring and install the fans, but they are beautiful and work perfectly! He tied up the pull chains so that they are still present but no longer visible, and I just ordered some hole plugs online to plug up the little holes where the chains were supposed to hang through. Well worth the expense for the electrician!


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Associated Press | Last updated December 18, 2012
Mo Williams scored 19 points, Al Jefferson had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Utah Jazz beat the Brooklyn Nets 92-90 Tuesday night despite nearly throwing away the victory. Utah turned it over on two inbounds passes in the final 31 seconds, the last leading to a Nets steal. They pushed it up and got a potential go-ahead 3-pointer from Gerald Wallace that missed. The Jazz escaped when Reggie Evans' follow shot was no good as time expired. Derrick Favors added 13 points against his former franchise for the Jazz, who improved to just 5-10 on the road. Joe Johnson scored 21 points for the Nets, who led for most of the game and by as many as 13 points before dropping their second straight. Brook Lopez finished with 16 points and Deron Williams had 14 for the Nets, who will try to bounce back from this disappointment when they make the short trip to visit the Knicks on Wednesday. Utah trailed for nearly the entire game before finally going ahead when Mo Williams pulled up for a 3-pointer in transition, making it 82-80 with 5:43 remaining. Favors followed with a basket, and Utah kept either a two- or four-point lead the remainder of the way. The Jazz didn't make it easy on themselves at the end. Leading by four, they threw the ball in from the sideline, but Gordan Hayward's pass went untouched out of bounds on the other sideline, giving possession back to the Nets. Johnson followed with two free throws with 22 seconds left, and the Jazz then passed it in from the side again after a Nets foul. Hayward was replaced as the inbounder by DeMarre Carroll, but Carroll's pass was tipped and picked off, setting off the frantic final possession. Deron Williams created some controversy Monday when he expressed his preference for the offensive system he played in under Jerry Sloan in Utah, saying he hadn't been as comfortable in Nets coach Avery Johnson's system. Johnson said he wasn't bothered by the comments, saying he was aware of Williams' concerns and they frequently discussed ways to address them. Williams made the first basket of the game on a well-designed play, coming off a screen for a wide-open jumper. Wallace had eight points in the first quarter and Williams added seven, leading the Nets to a 24-20 lead. The Nets ran off 12 straight points midway through the second quarter, extending a one-point lead to 45-32 on a jumper by Lopez with 5:08 remaining. The Nets led 57-44 at the half when Wallace made a 3-poiner with 1.4 seconds left. Trailing by nine, the Jazz finally got themselves into the game in the third quarter with a 10-2 run, slicing the Nets' lead to 69-68 on a basket by Favors. Johnson hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left in the period, sending the Nets to the fourth with a 74-70 edge. NOTES: Deron Williams was the third pick of the 2005 draft by Utah and averaged 17.5 points and 9.2 assists there before his surprising trade to the Nets in February, 2011. Favors was part of that deal. ... The Jazz snapped a two-game losing streak.
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- Free RV, bus, truck parking
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- Number of floors - 6
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- Total number of rooms - 82
- Free breakfast
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- 24-hour fitness facilities
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- Multilingual staff
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- Indoor pool
- Long-term parking (surcharge)
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- Bathtub or shower
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- The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
- Alcohol is not served at this property.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
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Why was Becca wrong about Susan?
Chapter 2
This day was going so well until…Susan came through our brown mahogany door, her arms were wide oven. She was looking at me.
"Well aren't you going to hug your new Mummy?" She asked.
I stood so still I looked like a dusty concrete statue. My heart felt like dust too. Like it got swept up by the cold breeze in the room and went to Susan. It was like she had stolen my heart. How dare she say she was my new mummy?
I had a mum. She was dead, that's all. I turned round to dad, who was lingering behind me. He was just smiling at Susan.
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"Its true!" he said, running towards Susan then swinging her around, "Were getting married in July! Ding dong the bells are gonna chine!" My dad started to sing while spinning Susan round. Susan just giggled. I ran upstairs. Dad called after me.
I started getting together my stuff. When I found a letter in an envelope on my bed. I sat on my bed undoing it very slowly. In it there was keys and a letter stating;
Dear Rebecca,
You are will be reading this the day before your birthday. Well, you are wondering why I am writing to you? Then I shall tell you. Because I am most probably dead I thought it might be a good idea to write to you instead of writing it on my coffin. Well, you see when I was your age, the day before my 15th birthday, I was told by my dad that I would have to work at his secret agent company. H e said I had it in me to become a very good spy. And he was right. Only me, your dad, my dad and the spy company new I was a spy. And that is why I'm dead. A villain killed me because he found out that I was spying on him. His name is Thoma Dogleario (pronounced Tom-a Dog-lee-air-o) . That was the villains name no one new his real name. I want you to stop him Rebecca. I'm counting on you Becca. The spy company address is
D.P.S.A 53 Wallopeed Drive
The keys are to unlock doors and the blue key with the picture of you on is to unlock the chest to my most prized possessions. By the way, D.P.S.A stands for Delilah Potts Spy Association . But now it's Becca Potts Spy Association!
Good Luck Becca, Lots and lots and lots of love,
Your loving Mum! XOXOXOXO
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"Oi, don't move! Keep down!" It was a man who had a deep booming voice. I heard shuffling around. Some chairs were knocked down.
I bravely decided to sneak carefully down the stairs. I saw Susan and Dad tided up and gagged. A tall man wearing black with blonde hair was pointing an Uzi at Susan. Taking on my new role as a spy I spoke out solemnly,
"Untie them. Now!"
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"Rebecca? What got into you? You sounded so confident!" My Dad asked.
"I got a letter. From mum. She talked about me having to be a spy."
"Oh, yes that letter, she gave that to me the day before she died. She said to give it to you the day before your 15th birthday. Come on we need to phone the police." He answered.
"No Dad! No police please. Just let me work it out for myself ok?"
"Oh darling ok. You did save my life after all. But we really should--"
"No!" I cried. He looked at me gratefully.
That night I heard Dad on the phone to Susan,
"How dare you not say thank you to Rebecca for saving your – Yes I realize you were under a lot of pressure but you could at least say – No I won't forget about it Susan. No she doesn't want any police involved—Yes but it is her decision. She is the one who saved our lives. Look forget about the wedding Susan you ungrateful little cow." And he slammed the phone down, so hard I thought we were going to have an Earthquake.
I couldn't help laughing at his last remark. My Dad heard me but somehow didn't mind me:
- Listening to his phone call and
- Laughing at his last remark
I walked downstairs I my PJ's and Dad held his arms open.
"I'm so lucky to have you Becca." He said calmly.
I squeezed up to his chest and closed my eyes, "Yeah, you are."


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Get off me, Gabby.
Gabby throws me off the guy and we fall into the grassy verge on the road. The long grass tickles my face, but I'm detached from the sensation, and all I know is I'm holding the shiny knife pointed at Gabby, who is holding me down in almost the same position I was holding down the guy with the knives.
'Get off.' I snarl. 'Get off me right now.' I can see Marco picking himself up and I know my face contorts.
'No! You have to stop this, Alex!' she cries. Seeing Marco get up makes me really quite angry and though I'm supposed to be the full vampire here, Gabby is somehow able to keep me pinned down. Guess I'm pretty hungry, huh? I swear at her and try to catch her skin with the knife, but she grabs my arm, restraining me. I curse again and let myself go limp. I drop the knife at our sides and glare up at the sky. She looks down at our position and then into my eyes. 'Hello!' she chirps. I look up at her smiling and it doesn't look like she's copped my own somewhat stormier expression.
'Get off me, please, Gabby.' I say, trying to keep the desire to punch her out of my voice. She rolls off me and lies beside me in the grass looking up at the sky. I stay there for a few more seconds before pushing myself up. I ignore her watching me as I slowly stand, not making any sudden moves - I don't want to alarm her or anything. But once I've set myself to do something, I will bloody do it. And I am going to get that guy. At the very least drink from him. While Gabby relaxes a little, I tense and launch myself at the guy, who was just looking for his knife.
'It's just over there,' I inform him as I throw him to the ground again. I stand over him for a moment, my foot in the middle of his chest, my blood red eyes hungry and infuriated. He struggles and I hear Gabby shouting behind me. 'Shut up, Gabby.' I say quietly, crouching down and kneeling on the guy's stomach. He wheezes and swears at me, but I ignore that, too. I grab another of his knives and this time, I don't hesitate. The second his blood is in my mouth, I suddenly have the ability to keep Gabby from knocking me over and the guy's struggles feel like nothing.
As I drink, I do my best to keep my previous resolve in my head to make him like me, but as my strength grows and my hunger is put at bay once again, I find my resolve weakening. I blink, and suddenly I'm seeing the situation through slightly more human eyes. I scowl at him, but I don't stop drinking until he looks a little queasy. I go to stick my tongue in the wound and line it with the venom in my saliva, but Gabby whacks me over the head with the handle of my knife. I stop and pull away, turning to glower at her. I drop the guy's wrist, not particularly caring if it needs pressure to stop the bleeding and rise. I wipe the blood from my mouth as I stand with the sleeve of my hoodie and look down at the teen piercingly. I grab for my knife.


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Sascha Grabow
Interview with Sascha Grabow
For those well-versed in the traveler community, Sascha needs no introduction. One of the
highest ranked travelers, whose knowledge of Africa is second to none and who has even formed
his own club - which we thoroughly recommend - the author of
Traveling: 30 Years Around the Planet is certainly a very versatile, inspirational and daring adventurer!
Sascha, in 2016 you completed your last UN country in Somalia. Was this an aim for some time? Why?
How does it feel now? Did you celebrate?
Actually in the last nine years I visited only three new countries each year (with the exception
of my two-year Pacific stint), even though I was traveling eleven months of the year. I chose a
different approach, maybe also because I wasn't ready to look for a new goal after all those years
dedicated to this endeavor. Finally Jorge (Sanchez) encouraged me to get the last three under my
belt, and, spending longer than a month in two of those, I have had no regrets whatsoever since.
Somalia isn't the place where one could celebrate in a way we would think of the meaning of that
word .. you won't find any drinks there ...
You are a so-to-speak African expert. What fascinates you especially with this continent?
Africa .. see it to believe it! A French friend's father once told him not to visit Africa before he turned 40 ..
as otherwise he wouldn't want to look around anywhere else on the planet after that. When now almost
everywhere there are hordes of tourists roaming the streets, even nowadays you can be on your own and
feel thus special when in Africa. Just yesterday it struck me that one must finally uncover MTP as the joke
it is, sorry to have to say that but true, when it comes to Africa. Imagine if one can get 'travel points' equal
to 50% of what is Africa 'valued at', for driving around all the different cantons of Switzerland in a single day!
What an excuse to let the sissy traveler in through the back door! Ridiculous! And more so that folks still,
after almost ten years, don't seem to have taken any offence with this 'situation'! Unbelievable! Again, I'm sorry
to have to emphasize this so much, but it's just such a glaringly obvious unfair weighing of different regions of
the world, and I feel very strongly about it these days.
You have your own website at saschagrabow.com but we notice it isn't much updated.
Who is it aimed at? Do you consider yourself a blogger?
I try as much as I can to have things updated WHEN I get the chance to do it, but foremost I am a traveler and don't mind leaving the face of the earth for months on end if an upcoming adventure requires that. The mantra of having to blog regularly in order to blog successfully is definitely lost on me I must admit. As I am a Getty photographer as well, maintain a youtube channel, have just published my first book and teach tennis around the world at times, while in general believing that staying away from a laptop as much as you can is the healthiest way you could possibly live, what you get (my output is) is a compromise according to these very different components I like to mix up my life with in order to escape boredom (my biggest fear, almost like it's Asterix & Obelix' only fear that heaven will fall onto their heads) eternally.
You are also a founder of your own travel club. Tell us something about it.
At GreatestGlobetrotters.com I tried to find a way to balance the traveling styles of backpackers versus jet-setters, while at the same time not discrediting other clubs' (those existing then) divisions of the world. Of course flying saves time so overlanding will give you an extra point. But not only that: there is a huge difference between passing through a land border on your own, and landing somewhere on a flight where basically everything is taken care of for you, and you don't have to take a single traveling decision of your own, whereupon success or failure of the venture may depend on. One would have a point suggesting that I might have been more radical in my approach.
Tell us about some of the travel highlights that you will never forget.
I like situations when someone tells me it absolutely can't be done. It is right then when I start becoming excited about a project. Walking 250km through the jungle of Congo-Brazzaville from the border of the Central African Republic was such a trip, where the pygmees were delighted to exchange a single sachet of Nescafe against a delicious grilled monkey. I guess whatever a certain region provides in abundance! Walking a thousand kilometers through the other, larger, Congo-Kinshasa was equally memorable. Climbing Mont Blanc or Germany's highest mountain as the only one without any gear or even gloves was exciting also. Sitting and leaning against my backpack for 12 hours without moving while being watched by pairs of huge cat-eyes through one black night in the Costa Rican jungle. Being a day away from having my leg amputated in Samoa was another moment where calm, clear, sane and experienced decision-making was crucial for getting through to the other side of things.
What is the most important element of a place that your impression rests on?
It is always the people and their way of life that make a place most special. That is why one should ideally always bring one's whole life when setting out on a new expedition. Many tell you: Oh, I have to come back here next time, I have to go there again! No! A place is special in your memory because you met this extraordinary person there. Then next time you go there, you have an expectation to make a comparable experience there. But because of this expectation you won't .. leaving you disappointed of the place. The other location .. where you never had this personal encounter in the first place .. may actually hold charms like that for you .. but you will never know because you aren't inclined to go back there! These dynamics make it clear that if you are having a good time somewhere, then stay there as long as it continues to be so, and if that means for the rest of your life! Folks may think that always estimating the grass to be greener on the other side makes one a big traveler .. while the opposite is true: not missing a place but always enjoying the moment you are in right there and then rejuvenates your energy and keeps you thrilled and elated like on your very first journey.
You've obviously often got into trouble while travelling?
I was held a night in Guinea-Conakry when trying to cross into Sierra Leone overland. In Liberia a child soldier threatened to empty his Ak-47 into my belly unless I gave him 10$. In France four youngsters tried to rob my bag while night-hitching at a highway toll station. Their driver punched me a black eye while we both struggled for my bag, but the surprisingly present police still let them go. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, I promised the local hotel owner to be back before 5am so that he could open the place that was locked from the outside with a huge padlock, me holding the key. I honored my part of the deal, even though I had met some chaps that night who invited me to their luxury lodgings. But six hours later next morning my backpack inside the hotel room had been slashed open with a knife and 200$ cash stolen! I remember times in Africa when it seemed that every third night I had to resort to running at any one point in order to get out of a troublesome situation. It is absolutely incomprehensible to me how travelers here give interviews claiming they've managed to get to every country in the world without the slightest insalubrity ever happening to them! Oh .. and I forgot: one time my arm was broken with a gun while getting robbed hitchhiking in Gabon, Central Africa.
So, do you have a home base? If yes, where? If no, don't you miss such a concept?
Home is where the heart is, right?! ..though easy said, it is a more demanding task to fulfill.
Now that you have finished the countries of the world, what are your remaining travel aims?
UN+ is universally accepted I guess, while starting from the Travelers Century Club list with some entries you can be of divided opinion regarding their value. If I get a chance to reach overland one of those countries that I haven't so far, then I'm always up for it. Have more time to go back to Africa now, and slow down travels in a way so that a longer-time relation is possible if one then encounters one. Last but not least: buy a huge hot-water bottle, hopefully get through the visa hassle, and finally give Russia the appropriate travel attention it deserves as the largest country on earth :)
Finally, if you could be granted one superpower, what would you wish it to be?
Righting the world's justice systems while avoiding another world war. Granting those people who focus on love and honesty a financially decent life, as opposed to only those who focus on money.
In a normal country they ask: "How are you doing?"
. . . . . In the Congo a random passer-by may ask: "What is in your big bag?"
I arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on February 7th, 2009, from Zambia on a good road. A moslem border guard wanted 20$ extra from me, but after telling him I would go back to Lusaka to inquire there at the embassy about this treatment, he became polite and let me pass. Shortly afterwards I caught a ride in a Pajero jeep, and in two hours time, on an excellent road, we were already in Lubumbashi, the country's second city and capital of Katanga province, the policemen in their bright yellow-blue uniforms posing no problem at all on this road. In the city I managed to stay in the Don Bosco Christian Center, VERY friendly people! Meeting some German/Zimbabwean expatriate couple, I relaxed some six more days, getting more information and preparing myself for the trip inland. My plan was to travel overland to the upper Congo river, and from there on a boat all the way to Kisangani (with some overlanding around some rapids in between). It is about 500 km to Bukama on the river, but my plans to hitchhike there were annihilated by the sheer lack of traffic!! On average maybe one car every four days (!!) passed by (or was passed by me walking as a truck may be stuck in the mud or broken down, thus making walking faster then using the truck!), meaning I needed about 10 days to get there, my feet pretty ruined by that time. I had made friends on a short truck-ride the last twenty kilometer into town, and thus when a boat left the very next day, I decided to wait for OUR boat, one that we already knew the captain of, and that would leave the next morning...
"Nós não sabemos para onde os $3000 estão indo, e como realmente termina o interrogatório após sua noite na prisão na Libéria!" ??????
Finalmente em fevereiro de 2003, próximo à fronteira do congo entrando em Gabão, eu já tinha encontrado um local para passar a noite com uma família da região, eu ouço um carro se aproximando por volta das 8 p.m, salto da minha cama, e paro o carro na estrada. É uma pick-up nova com alguns homens dentro. Eles concordam em me levar um pouco mais a frente, eu corro, pego minha mochila, digo obrigado para a família, e pulo na traseira da pick-up. Ele dirige como um louco, e por três horas eu me sinto como andando de jetski através de grandes ondas, me segurando e fazendo contorcionismo (somersault) na grade de metal. Quando eles pararam no meio da floresta para um xixi, eu já tinha um sentimento estranho e fiquei por perto, para garantir que eles não iriam pular na caminhonete e partir com a minha mochila, mas sem mim. A 1 p.m finalmente eles param e me perguntam onde eu realmente queria ir. Eu disse a eles " Para a costa de Liberville, a capital". Eles me "convidaram" para sentar dentro do carro, enquanto outro dos cinco tinha que ir na traseira aberta. Quando olhei em volta, eu pude ver que esse cara tinha começado a abrir minha mochila que ainda estava localizada na área de carga. Eu disse a eles para pararem, e que eu preferia voltar para lá, e não precisava de um banco. A próxima coisa que todos eles fizeram foi puxar diferentes armas: uma pequena prateada, outra com um tambor duplo, outra um revolver preto, etc, etc ! Eu estou chocado.
Isso está realmente acontecendo: Eu estou sendo atacado por cinco caras armados, após viajar à boléia com eles centenas de km por metade da noite através da mata, eles me deram algumas coronhadas e também quebraram meu braço próximo ao pulso com um forte soco com uma das armas, então tiraram todas as coisas dos meus bolsos, minha mochila com 8 filmes Kodak, câmera, e o dinheiro que ainda restava após seis meses, por volta de $800. Eu tinha subido novamente ne traseira da pick-up deles com meu braço quebrado, quando eles tentaram partir, e o cara que estava na traseira pulou fora, provavelmente com medo que eu pudesse também estar armado, atirando com sua arma enquanto fazia isso.
Então eles pararam o carro novamente, e o líder apontou sua arma para minha coxa, e ameaçou atirar na minha perna se eu continuasse resistindo. Eu coloquei minhas mãos para o alto, e eles foram embora com tudo. Por um momento eu tinha considerado puxar minha mochila comigo por entre as valas e os arbustos, caindo cerca de 2 metros ao lado da estrada, mas eles provavelmente teriam esvaziado/ mandado todas suas balas no arbusto e em mim, tipo no filme "Mergulho Radical" (Jessica Alba/Paul Walker).Eu andei 5 Km de volta para a vilarejo, bati em todas as portas, e todos estavam tão assustados vendo meu rosto todo ensangüentado, que ninguém abria. Finalmente duas garotas abriram para mim e então me levaram para o centro e para a polícia. Eu queria persegui-los mas todo mundo estava muito assustados, parece que eles eram os mesmos caras que dois dias antes fizeram o hotel de um ministro refém, recepção e todos, por 2 horas e meia, e conseguiram cerca de $6000. Então eles mataram o motorista do taxi, e finalmente, domingo de noite no caminho para a capital e a costa, na floresta, eles me encontraram, me ameaçaram como parte de uma pilhagem/ dinheiro/ganho adicional.Eles eram iguais os típicos personagens dos filmes americanos: se há um bloqueio na estrada, eles irão acelerar, ou morrem ou seguem em frente de forma que ninguém os consigam deter; talvez muito jovens para serem capazes de avaliar suas próprias ações.Um cara de uma ONG franco-canadense, que naquele dia também tinha partido daquele vilarejo em direção a cidade, seu contrato tinha expirado, às 4 a .m pegou o trem e me pagou uma passagem também, a qual lhe paguei de volta quando recebi um adiantamento da embaixada quando chegamos em Liberville. Então minha mãe me mandou € 800 via Western Union para a passagem mais barata de ida para minha casa (para um aeroporto ao norte de Paris), €753, porque assim que o médico confirmou que meu "braço do tênis" estava quebrado, eu não quis arriscar a minha recuperação.
O coincidentemente presente médico da embaixada alemã tinha falhado em me dar esse diagnóstico anteriormente!! O seguro Axa mais tarde recusou em ver isso como uma emergência, eles não iam me reembolsar o valor da passagem, e de Paris eu tive que pegar uma carona num tempo de congelar, Fevereiro, com apenas um casaco de chuva, e ainda com aqueles curativos enormes na minha testa, de volta para minha cidade natal perto de Stuttgart, Alemanha.""O caminho de Deus é perfeito, e a palavra do Senhor refinada; e é o escudo de todos os que nEle confiam" - II Samuel 22:31 -
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When I arrived December 2002 at the border between Cameroon and the CAR, the christian missions had just finished evacuating their personnel since the security situation was rapidly deteriorating. I gave them some valuable films for safekeeping as they were being flown back to Germany. Next morning I crossed into the relatively unknown area, the one news I had was the CAR`s reputation for worst road blocks anywhere overlanding through Africa.
A combination of walking, hitchhiking, sitting on top of the load of some lorry, and mini buses got me through 25 army road blocks (of which I ended up paying `fees` fourteen times) and 600 kilometers in two days towards the Capital City Bangui. The place was in dire distress, every couple of months Libyan-sponsored troops tried to capture the christian-run Capital & Presidential Palace ...
Uma aventura de diamantes, mulheres,
perigo e suspense.
Serra Leoa, o país que registrou o mais baixo Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano, é onde Sascha Grabow se encontrava em abril do ano de 2002. Chegando de Guiné a Freetown, a cidade mais populosa e também capital do país com pouco mais de um milhão de pessoas, ele conheceu um dinamarquês encarregado do porto pelo governo de Serra Leoa. O país é muito bem conhecido por suas minas de diamantes e de exportação, principalmente após o filme Diamantes de Sangue. Depois de se tornar parceiros de tênis, começaram a andar juntos. Um dia em particular, seu anfitrião foi abordado por uma menina que tinha em sua posse uma caixa de fósforos cheia de diamantes. Sascha, sempre curioso, saiu para a varanda, na tentativa de observar aqueles raros itens, na esperança de pelo menos vê-los, e quem sabe tocar as jóias. Ela estava vendendo a caixa inteira por US$ 5.000 e em Antuérpia, os diamantes poderiam chegar facilmente a US$ 20.000 ...
Argentina: Train here is cheaper than the bus, but doesn't cover all destinations. Visa-freeentry for Europeans for 3 months. In the end of September, Buenos Aires, Megacity of up to15 million inhabitants, can be still quite cold.
Brazil: Things have become pretty expensive, Salvador & Rio have security problems, Visa not needed for Europeans, although Americans pay quite a lot for it! Hitchhiking almost impossible, buses expensive, distances huge!!
Cameroon: Currency Franc CFA, 656=1€. Visa easy, but costs 50.000; get a 3-months, as it is the same price! Douala can be a bit dangerous, people may follow you around on the street. Limbe, Bamenda, Yaounde and climbing Mt Cameroon are recommended. Hotels Limbe from 4.000 (Paradise), Yaounde 7.000 (roundabout Nlongkak).
Comores, Indian Ocean: The Visa costs an outrageous 60€, even if you stay only 1 day (max 45)! Bring € cash, huge losses with $, currency is fixed @ 492 comoro francs to the €, people on the street usually convert @ 5000 per 10€. People are VERY friendly! Consists of 3 islands, Grand Comore (Capital Moroni), Anjuan & Moheli, plus Mayotte, which but belongs to France. Three nice beaches around Grand Comore, in the North & East. Boats between the islands w/o schedule once or twice a week for 25-30€, flights more regularly @ 42-60€. Problems with water & electricity. In 2006 they had a one-month-'civil war' with 80 soldiers dead, separatist attempt by Anjuan. The president's wife supposedly has a company that produces the speedboats that refugees use oneway all the time to escape to 60-mile-away Mayotte/France(Mayotte receives already 50% of all illegal immigrants of France!). Great business but crazy to think of it: The worse her husband runs the country, the more she makes profit!! When the Yemen Airways plane crashed, OF COURSE they claimed it must have been a typhoon (even though totally out of season), and they had a new reason to ask donatios from Europe. The country is very moslem, but their 'brothers' don't bother too muchin terms of investment etc. The location is just too isolated. A boat to Tanzania may cost 150€, be postponed for 3 weeks, may take 5 days & make you awfully seasick.
Congo DRC: Best place for Visa: Kigoma (same day 3-months-multiple-entry 100$). Best road in the country: Kisangani to Beni, 750km, in 24hours or less, with buses leaving in either direction on Tuesdays 7 am, 45$, company 'Les Enfants D'Abord'.
Equatorial Guinea: Currency Franc CFA, 656=1€. Visa at the moment only available in Libreville, Gabon, for 75.000 CFA (115€), Copy Passport, Letter from your Embassy and 2 Photos, may take 8 days to issue. Overland Entry possible through Ebebeyin (Cameroon or Gabon). Ship Djibhulo connects Bata and Capital Malabo (Bioko Island) twice a week, takes about 30 hours total, costs 12 (deck class) or 15.000; a faster boat, San Valentin, gets repaired in the wharf, and then supposedly is able to cover the distance in 7 hours. Flights are 45.000, almost daily. Hotels in Ebebeyin from 10.000, Bata (Alegria) & Malabo (Chana) 15.000; Clubs Candy, Buddha Bar, Bahia (all free) & Luna (5.000 cover charge).Rio Muni (mainland): Ecofac (25 km South of Niefang) is by far the cheapest place worldwide to have a chance at seeing Gorillas in the wild. Problem here is the roadblock beyond the bridge just outside Niefang.Bioko: If you fancy a tour around the island, then do it clockwise. Road blocks are more lenient on the Riaba side, and by the time you get to Luba junction, you tell the soldiers there that you just want to get back into Malabo town. Sipopo has a nice beach & bridge-connected island, Moca is a cold/European-climate mountain village, 10 km North of Luba is Arena Blanca, a pretty palm-fringed beach cum local village. You can always try to obtain a permit for climbing the country's highest summit (about 3400 meters, supposedly a road goes up there), but considering that they half expect every traveler to be a spy or at least some kind of infiltrator, and their telecommunications system and heavy military presence being on that mountain, good luck with that …Annobon: Flights twice a week, Mo & Fri, 82.500 from Malabo, 67.000 from Bata; the ship Djibhulo arrives there every 2 months or so. Only one Hotel, behind the airport, 50.000 plus 15.000 for any meal !! …otherwise it's improvising. The main town Pale (or San Antonio del Norte) is connected by a path (starting just behind the hotel) to Santa Cruz village (about 2-3 hours of ups and downs), and another 40 minutes across a further pass to San Antonio del Sur, in the very South of the island, though that trail is a bit difficult to locate. Locals prefer using the Cayuca-one-tree-boats to get around.
France: Currency €. Paris, Cote d'Azur, the Alps, the Pyrenees, Corsica and Brittany are all very much advised to see. Skiing here is another unforgettable experience.
Gabon: Currency 656 CFA=1€. Get your Visa in Yaounde, 4 days, 50.000 one month, 70.000 multiple entry, 80.000 3 months, 120.000 3 month multiple. Libreville is safe, has nice beaches, Maison Liberman 10.000 per night. Take the boat across to St Denis. Franceville has an interesting Ebola-Institute where you might see a Gorilla!
Madagascar: Visa for 1 month now free until December in an attempt to lure tourists back into the country after the February '09 'Revolution'. 1€=2760 Malgache Ariary (meaning 5x) = 13800 Franc Malgache (the old currency). In Capital Tana Hotel Lac, 2 blocks NE from abandoned railway station, for 10.000 Ariary (4€). In my 12 days there in 2009 they had an attack on buses between Majinga and Tana, killing three, a bomb blast in the radio station, and the new 'President' is a 34-year-old DJ choosen & installed by the army. Policemen can often be seen close to beautiful girls, planning tourist scams to strip you off some cash, as it may be there only income whatsoever.
Mali: Currency Franc CFA, 656=1€. Visa at the border for 15.000, then you got 1 week to extend it for free in Bamako, opposite Ghaddafi administrative village (East bridge), for a further 3 months. Hotels Bamako starting 7.000, Segou 2.000 (Catholic Mission, spacious & safe), Djenne 3.000, Mopti 4.000 (Pas de Probleme, swimming pool). Highlights Bandiagara Dogon and Peul, Tombouktou. Clubs Bamako Jet7, Byblos, Le Diplomate, 'Hippodrome'.For 5.000€ some Arabs will drive you in the fastest-type fuel injection 4x4 clandestine all the way across the Sahara from Tombouktou to Tamanrasset, Algeria, for a couple of days, and then back. No Visa, nothing. IF there would be trouble encountered on the way though, you can be almost sure you'd be on your own then, so this definitely isn't for the fainthearted.
Mauretania: Currency Value about 400=1€. Get Visa in Rabat, Morocco, 32€ one month, 55€ two months, and note that it starts the day being issued. So if you fancy 3 more weeks to explore beautiful Southern Morocco, then plan ahead. Nouadhibou: the world's longest train (iron ore), 2300meters long, starts from here every afternoon 3 pm, getting you into the interior. It's about 12 hours to Oyoum (no lights on the train!), from where pick-ups go to Afar & Chinguetti. The Capital Nouakchott is about 2-3 hours from Rosso, at the Senegal River & border, where you may try your luck for the night at the Catholic Church.
Mauritius: It's a really beautiful place, you can stay up to three months without a visa, but they want to see your onward or return ticket, and your exact address plus tel number. They called me the day after my arrival to check if I was there & fine. You can find apartments here from 50-100 Euro per month!! If you state that you're selfemployed, the chance that you will be allowed to reside here is actually pretty good too. Grand Bay is the place to be on Friday & Saturday nights, especially Buddha Club.
Mexico: Currency 16 Peso=1€. Westerners are allowed in 3 months without a Visa. Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, Baja Peninsula, Yucatan Pensinsula, Puerto Escondido, Zippolite, Oaxaca, Mayan Ruins, Chichicastenango and from there onwards to Antigua in Guatemala.
Morocco: Currency 12 Dirham=1€. Westerners enter without Visa for 3 months. Interesting entry points: Ceuta, Melilla or Tanger. Ferries can be taken from Algeciras, Malaga, Gibraltar or Almeria. The prices vary only slightly, around 30+€, and it is easier to hitch to Almeria (only 300km away from the Alicante highway), and then take an overnight ferry, in order to arrive your first day in Morocco/Africa in the morning rather than late evening. To see & do: Rabat, Casablanca, Fes, Meknes, Dunes of Merzouga (Beginning of the Sahara), Marrakech, Agadir, Essaouira, Atlas Mountains, Surfing at Dakhla.
Namibia: Chameleon Backpackers is the best place to stay in Windhoek, cosy dormbeds @ 8€ incl. nice buffet-breakfast, swimming pool, plasma DSTV, billiard.
La Réunion, Indian Ocean: The hike 'L'Ilet A Guillaume' has great views, though not for the fainthearted, as there's a sheer drop of about 500m just left of the path. You start @ km15 on the La Montagne Rd from St Denis, Village St Bernard, Rd curves right, you take a left into the woods. Going and back takes about 3-4 hours.
Rwanda: Entry Visa-free for Germans up to 3 months stay! In Kigali you can stay in the city centre @ Hotel Bellevill, at 10$ for a double room.
Spain: Currency €. Madrid, Barcelona, Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Sevilla, Pilgrim Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela, ferries to Africa. Ryanair can get you there cheaply.
Tanzania: Visa 50$ OR 50€ for 3 months; if you go to Kenya OR Uganda in between, you can use the same visa again, it remains valid when re-entering Tanzania! A new road goes diagonally all the way from Dar Es Salaam to Rwanda! In Dar Es Salam the YWCA has dorms for 6$ including breakfast, open to men as well!
Uganda: Visa 50$ for 2 months single entry, stay can be extended (up to 6 months maximum, preferably at a smaller-town-office) for free! In Kampala, one of those capital cities where one doesn't mind spending a couple of weeks (people walking around at night, in a whole month I have never heard of a single incident), stay at Backpackers, Namirembe road; it's safe, green, spacious, dorm beds @ 4$, and you'll have ample communication opportunities!
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I buy a train ticket in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, for the ´Death Train´ (according to the Lonely Planet guidebook) to the border with Brazil, run back to my hotel to catch my bag, all the while pouring with rain. When I arrive 5 to 12 back at the train station, totally soaked, the doors are already closed, the train starts moving, everybody is like: SOOORRY!! I take the underpath, on the other side is a 2-meter fence, and it would cause me too much attention to try climbing that thing with big backpack and all. I think feverishly, walk alongside the train, finally the fence has a hole, I sprint after the train into the track, shouts everywhere, a soldier stands on the rear platform. Nevertheless I hang on to it, pull myself up, though he tries to shove me back down. Finally I´m in, bleeding on my shin bone, and after explaining that I was with picture on the frontpage of their newspaper in 1995 for winning a tennismatch 7:6 in the third, they relax and provide me with a seat next to the most beautiful passenger they can find ... :-)
As there is another checkpoint just outside the city, I had to leave Bangui, the Capital of the Central African Republic, on the fourtheenth of January, just one day before the expiry of my Visa. I'd had a great time with barbeque for christmas at the french ambassador's residence, new year's celebrated with rounds of gunshots from real kalashnikovs - about six to ten people each year don't make it through that party!!
I really didn't want to leave! See, I was staying in one compound with the prime minister, we had tennis court, swimming pool and our own cook in livery, waking us up and serving us with fresh coffee and omeletts in the morning; but the idea was to get past that checkpoint, and then speculate on the real border guards in the boarder triangle Cameroon - Congo - CAR not being able to read sufficiently to maintain any claim towards my passport Visa indeed being expired ...
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Voyageur, aventurier, citoyen du monde…
Authentique passionné de voyages, Sascha Grabow, le plus jeune détenteur du titre de "Plus Grand Voyageur du Monde", est actuellement à Maurice pour quelques semaines. À ce jour, il a visité 181 pays et il ne lui en reste que 13 à parcourir et s'élever sur le classement du site worldtravelers.com où se concurrencent une centaine d'autres voyageurs.
In April 2002 I live in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, with a Dane who was commisioned by the government in order to excavate the harbor. Some day a girl turns up with a matchbox full of diamonds. She is talking to my Danish host on the balcony, and when I come by, anxious to catch a glimpse of such precious stones or perhaps even to touch them, she tells us that they are on sale at the price of 5000 US$ - in Antwerp they would easily fetch a price of 20000 $.
End of June I turn up once again at the Liberian Embassy, a tiny room with a couple of bunk beds and a rice cooker. The ambassador declares time and again that there is no danger at all in travelling to Monrovia overland. After all he must say that because that´s what he is earning his living on: selling visas to tourists - a job which is not very profitable at the time being. So I ask him if it´s ok me giving him 35 $ for the visa which normally costs 50. "You can´t do that, bargaining & haggling with me like that", he says, but in the long run he agrees - what else is there to do for him ...
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Ultra-Travelers Aim to Conquer the World
By Moises Mendoza
Fancy a trip to Antarctica? How about a vacation on Nauru? Or is North Korea more your idea of a dream holiday? For those travel fanatics competing for the title of "world's most traveled person," such inaccessible places are must-see destinations, as part of the ever-growing list of the world's countries and territories.
Some people collect stamps; some collect countries.
320 countries and territories are listed by the Travelers' Century Club, an organization for people who have visited 100 or more countries. Membership costs 100 $ annually.
"Part of the traveling is bragging rights," says their chairman, who is based in California. "Part of it is just the love of travel. It's a thrilling thing."
But who is the world's most traveled person? It's impossible to know -- but that doesn't keep some travelers from laying claim to the title.
Differing definitions of the word "country" certainly don't help. The United Nations has 192 member states. The Travelers' Century Club, in contrast, includes 320 "countries" on its list. While the organization admits that some places are not actually independent countries in the conventional sense, it insists that all are "politically, ethnologically or geographically different." The list includes disputed territories such as Trans-Dniester in Moldova or Western Sahara in Africa, classifies dependent territories such as the US's Pacific island of Guam as separate "entities" and also regards Alaska as counting separately from the continental United States.
Meanwhile another organization considers the world to be made up of 872 places, including countries, territories and major states and provinces, among other locations. That list breaks things down even further. It has, for example, 18 separate places to check off in Germany, including the country's 16 states, the North Sea archipelago of Heligoland and the tiny exclave of Busingen in Switzerland.
Ultra-travelers (about 30 of whom are from Germany) who spend much of their time trying to get to far-flung lands like Nauru or Bhutan are loathe to say they're in a competition to visit the most countries.
But there's no doubt that their ranks are increasing. The Travelers' Century Club has seen a rapid increase in popularity over the last few years.
Expensive Hobby
It takes gumption, dedication and lots of hard work to be an ultra-traveler. But the biggest and most obvious challenge to visiting every single country is simple: money.
Others are lucky enough to have jobs that take them the world over. Work as an international tour guide helps to visit a lot of the Travelers' Century Club's countries.
Why does one keep doing it, despite being 70 years old and hearing regular complaints from one's wife? "It's in my blood," one traveler told SPIEGEL as he was getting ready to leave to escort a tour group through China and North Korea. "I get home, stay a few weeks and need to start traveling again."
The Thrill of the Unknown
Yet other travelers, like Spain's Jorge Sanchez -- who has a claim to being Europe's most traveled man -- need to find more creative ways to fund their adventures.
Sanchez, 53, spends about half the year washing dishes or working in hotels in touristy parts of his country. The rest of the time he's on the road. He's now planning his fifth round-the-world journey and a trip to obscure South Pacific Islands he hasn't seen yet.
Of course, there's an element of danger involved in ultra-traveling: Sascha Grabow, a former professional tennis player from Heilbronn in southwestern Germany, has been briefly detained by suspicious authorities in Congo and Liberia. On his website, he writes interesting anekdotes about his travel adventures. He also has had to talk his way past angry soldiers in Guinea and Kazakhstan.
But there's also the thrill of the unknown: the idea that the world is so vast and complex that there's always just one more place to visit.
'Many More Ways of Living'
For some, traveling becomes a passion -- some would say addiction -- that changes their entire outlook on the world and life itself.
Sascha says he's seen so many places over the years (about 606 of the 872) that his very concept of what it means to be German has changed.
"When you've lived in so many countries, it can be hard to see the German way. You see that there are many more ways of living your life," Grabow, 43, said in a telephone interview from Morocco, as he prepared for an excursion into Mauritania.
Rather than seeing it as a numbers game, Grabow stresses the philosophical aspects of traveling. "For me, it's not about collecting the most countries. It's about living life to the fullest and seeing and experiencing the whole world."
I had an appointment with Shirley that day at 2pm, but when that morning the sun came out for the first time, I HAD to make a go for it!! I hope she understands, and please let her know my apologies.
Ps - Additional information:
Normally by now a 4-day-80-km Inka Trail trip costs 420 Dollars US, and for every tourist an average of 4 porters (for food, water, cooking/fire woods and tents) plus a guide trample the path!
After more than eight years I'm finally back in Gabon, the country where I suffered my worst attack ever. Five armed gangsters caused me severe headwounds and a broken left tennis arm, while relieving me of all my belongings. Kaname Saito, Japan's mosttraveled person, told me, "into such a country, where this kind of things had happened to me, I would never ever return back to!" But maybe this is exactly the way to go in order to combat and conquer one's demons ...
After arriving in the Capital Libreville, I hear that those guys had been infamous bandits that have long since been apprehended and put behind bars; and now peace has reigned for quite a time in the country! ... which would actually make sense for such a small state of only 1,5 million inhabitants.
I will try to get face-to-face with those guys once again, if a visit inside the prison will be granted to me. Who know, maybe I can even get some info on the whereabouts of my bag then including the treasured Kodak-films.
Please ANYBODY challenge this personal philosophy
& have yours published & debated thoroughly here !!
Is there still anybody left out there in Germany (or in any of the Western Countries
for that matter) willing to risk their lives & be vulnerable in order to Gain Life?
- If you rely on the system, you can't really expect to be much happier than the
bulk of people in it.
- Do not allow extended periods of physical neglect: Your body is your temple!
- Nothing in Life compares to the satisfaction of being allowed to be an original
thinker & actor!
- Big companies are breeding corporate robots. Do a job you don't necessarily
want do only if pay is good, it's for a limited period of time and you can stop
any time you'd want to.
Everything else is ultimately destructive to your health. Trying to get you
into debt early in your life is the surest way they have to milk you to the point where
it's impossible to get anything else out of you.
My experience getting last minute deals to Antarctica:
Rank Name Home Base Year Born Visited 1 Bill Altaffer (Carmel Valley, California, USA) 1943 8151 Charles A Veley (San Francisco, California, USA) 1965 8153 Jorge Sanchez (Hospitalet/Barcelona, Spain) 1957 7664 Bart Hackley (Newport Beach, California, USA) 1945 7125 Veikko Huhtala (Helsinki, Finland) 1946 7056 Larry Leventhal (Brooklyn, New York, USA) 1935 7017 Robert Bonifas (Aurora, Illinois, USA) 1936 6888 Alan K Hogenauer (Los Angeles, California, USA) 1941 6769 Wolfgang Stoephasius (München, Germany) 1941 67210 Oili Liutu (Helsinki, Finland) 1940 66311 Donald M Parrish Jr (Downers Grove, Illinois, USA) 1944 64512 Roman Brühwiler (Zuzwil, Switzerland) 1959 63813 Daniel Walker (San Jose, Costa Rica) 1941 62714 Nuno Lobito (Caparica, Portugal) 1965 61815 Sascha Grabow (Talheim, Germany) 1968 60616 Herbert Goebels (Aachen, Germany) 1938 60017 Kari-Matti Valtari (Lahti, Finland) 1953 60018 Veryan Allen (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA) 1947 59919 Lee Abbamonte (New York, New York, USA) 1978 59120 Stewart Sheppard (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 1939 58821 Bjarne Lund-Jensen (Odense N, Denmark) 1948 58122 Paul G Hurwood (Hereford, UK) 1958 57823 Christine Kloner (New York, New York, USA) 1941 57824 Carolyn Broadwell (Napa, California, USA) 1931 57725 Hans Thulin (Taberg, Sweden) 1938 572
Middle of March 2011 finally the time has come. First I head North to Muenster for a couple of days, and giving an interview there for a local newspaper .
Next is France where Im meeting Tatiana in the Pyrenees, climbing mountains, bathing naked in hot springs and learning about planting your own veggies.
In the Barcelona area the police (4 guys) at 3.30 am break into a toilet where I am trying to catch some sleep, later wanting to charge me 20 € for the broken lock.
In Almeria I catch the ferry to Africa (Melilla), and the moment I arrive in Maroc (Nador) I start to relax, hitchhiking becomes much easier. I opt for a small detour towards Oujda and the Algerian border. Following morning I already reach the Mauretanian Embassy in Rabat where Visas can be had for 30€, pick-up next day.
I meet Cody, a young Canadian with rent-a-car and neglectable knowledge of french. He gives me a ride towards Agadir, and through the night I hitchhike the last 380 km, arriving at my friend Mohamed's place in Tan-Tan 5 am. It becomes really difficult to leave, but after two weeks, when the visa I just obtained is already halfway expired, by chance Paul, a German from Munich traveling on his own 4x4-Hilux-Camper equipped with two large beds, kitchen etc, stops over in town, and this is the sign for me to get moving again.
So we travel down through Western Sahara together, stop in Dakhla en route, and, entering Mauretania on the 18th of April, I take advantage of the fact that hitchhiking alone I could have never made it to the national park of Banc d'Arguin, and join him there for some days in complete peace and nature, the beach full of turtles.
Then I manage a lift with another camp guest, reach the Capital Nouakchott, concert in the Centre Culturel Francaise the very first night, and head back to Nouadhibou, 450 km North (riding with British/Malagan overlanders Adam & Sophie), to catch the world's longest train (~140 wagons of iron ore, 2300m long) through the night into the desert. The train doesn't have any light or electricity in its passenger compartment, and of the seats remain mostly only the hard plastic parts if at all. Thank god thievery isn't a problem n the train (yet?).
I spend some time in Atar and Chinguetti, the 7th most holy city of Islam, a place that recently has been declared inside the red zone by France (supposed to mean higher risk of being kidnapped by Al Quaida forces), then need to reach Rosso border as my visa is about to expire. Clement, the Nigerian priest there, is a princely host for a night, and, crossing the Senegal river I reach the country with the same name on the other side of the Sahara and its former capital Saint-Louis, a town that has seen better days but still located idyllic on an island behind a great sand bar.
Before arriving in Senegal's capital Dakar I spent two fantastic days in a +/- 30 people Fullah (Peul, Fulfulbe) family compound in Thies, 60 km to the East. The Peul are one of the largest tribes present in most of the Sahel zone countries, while Dakar itself is predominantly Wolof, another tribe known for their size and commercial skills.
On 3rd of May I am exactly 10 minutes in Dakar, headed for the supermarket to get myself the first cold drink in days, when Markus, ex-handball pro, fellow-German and based here to oversee construction of a fish factory, addresses me in front of the casher and invites me to simply stay with him!
To be continued ...
June 15: Portugal
May 30: Sao Tome
May 15: Gabon
April 30: Gabon
April 15: Gabon
March 30: Congo
March 15: Cabinda
February 29: Angola
February 15: Angola
January 30: Angola
January 15: Angola
December 30: Sao Tome
December 15: Sao Tome
November 30: Sao Tome
November 15: Sao Tome
October 30: Principe
October 15: Annobon
September 30: Bioko
September 15: Rio Muni
August 30: Gabon
August 15: Cameroon
July 30: Nigeria
July 15: Niger
June 30: Mali
June 15: Mali
May 30: Mali
May 15: Mali
April 30: Senegal
April 15: Mauretania
December 30: Hungary
December 15: Mexico
November 30: China
November 15: Qatar
October 30: Arab Emirates
October 15: Bahrain
September30: Kuwait
September15: France
August 30: Western Sahara
July 30: Melilla
June 30: Czech Republic
May 30: Austria
April 30: Helgoland
April 15: Italy
March 30: Spain
March 20: Gibraltar
March 10: Morocco
February 28: Cape Verde
February 20: Paraguay
February 10: Antarctica
January 30: Falkland
January 20: Land of Fire
January 10: Galapagos
December 30: Venezuela
December 15: Colombia
November 30: Amazon
November 15: Machu Picchu
October 30: Brazil
October 15: Bolivia
September30: Argentina
September15: South Africa
August 30 : Rodrigues
August 15 : Mauritius
July 30 : La Réunion
July 15 : Madagascar
June 30 : Mayotte
June 15 : Comores
May 30 : Rwanda
May 15 : DRC (Zaire)
April 30 : Uganda
April 15 : South Sudan
March 30 : DRC (Zaire)
March 15 : DRC (Zaire)
February 28 : DRC (Zaire)
February 15 : DRC (Zaire)
January 30 : Namibia
January 15 : Namibia
December 30 : Namibia
December 15 : Namibia
November 30 : Zambia
November 15 : Burundi
October 30 : Tanzania
October 15 : Switzerland
September 30: Holland
September 15: Belgium
August 30: Channel Islands
August 15: England
July 30: Shetland Islands
July 15: Norway
June 30: Faroer Islands
June 15: Iceland
May 30: Canada
May 15: USA
April 30: Puerto Rico
April 15: Grenada
March 30: Barbados
March 15: St Lucia
February 29: Martinique
February 15: Dominica
January 30: Guadeloupe
January 15: Antigua
December 30: Jamaica
December 15: Madeira
November 30: Maldives
November 15: Malta
October 30: Scotland
October 15: Ireland
Aland Islands
North Korea
Andaman Islands
El Salvador
Sri Lanka
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Dear friends,
paying tribute to my readers longing for an update on my travel stories, here we go! ENJOY:
Finally I am back in Africa! You can feel it instantly! Hitchhiking 300 km in Spain from Alicante to Almeria, after visiting Ibiza for a couple of days, there tenniscoaching and physically preparing a friend for an upcoming grasscourt tournament, it takes me full two days!! Then a ferry takes you across to Melilla, only meters away from Morocco. The moment you get into the first town, Nador, people are curious, friendly, engaging, it never takes more than 15 minutes to catch a ride, I am being invited to stay with Ibrahim in Casablanca, the one who gave me the last, very long ride down South from the northern coast. I meet his wife and his one-year-old son, we eat heartily at two a.m. what has been prepared for his return as it is Ramadan, meaning daytime fasting for 30 days is in accordance with the religion, with the rare exception valid for travelers (e.g. on foot), as well as pregnant women.
Next evening I continue South towards Agadir. You won't believe what happened to me:
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The darkness had consumed him whole. Trapped in a sea of lonly and a land of hellish darkness. Slowly tring to crawl away to God know where. With every aganizing moment he felt a small bit of relife. Atleast he didn't survive. He would have bean up to his balls in shit head first. A small flame appered at the end. When he saw this light he felt a suden strangth enter him. He strugled to his feat and begain to hobble to the scarlite light. A slime begain to fill under his feat. As he grew closer to the flame he saw that this flame was a pool of blood. Dark scarlit blood begain to go from the walls onto his body. He was being trapped by this gore and was drowning. As he fell the light vanished. As he sat collapsied on the ground he saw a door like object infront of him. He went up and looked thrue a crack which lit the room. He saw a rose. A dark rose; he opened the door to grab this butiful object but just as he clapsed his hand around it a curved light of silver slit him open.
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Still here.
Sound check, we're a group of twenty something musicians. Each of us has done this process so many times before, check our equipment, ensure we all come through loud and clear, make sure we're ready for what will happen next.
The crowd below, the usual murmur, wondering what will these fools bring to the stage? I'm always the most nervous at this point, with all eyes on me, just because I sing. I would love to just hide in the background, let my guitar be my voice. The instrument feels warm in my hands as I begin to go through the process.
I wonder, how did I go from a skinny 16 year old runt to this? Where are all those who should be with me tonight? My mind wanders back to the garage, where a group of budding musicians were trying to become something grand. One of my closest friends, our merry crews roady, had helped us move our equipment in for the first time, he decided to relax and listen to our particular brand of music for awhile, the girl sat beside him. She was the quiet one of our little party, but she probably spoke the loudest to me. She just eagerly watched, drinking in the music we created. This content smile on her face, little did I realize what role she would play.
Fast forward, three years later. Our first gig, I tuned my old guitar and stared at the crowd, these were people I saw daily, who barely know who I am. Are now paying money to hear me, the first song starts. Mainline, I open my mouth, nothing, I'm totally frozen on stage. She's watching me from the crowd, she's frightened for us. The others on stage dont' know what to do, finally the quiet girl took action. She clambered to the stage, running to my side, and plants the longest kiss I've ever experienced. I feel fire, it's running through my veins. She tells me the words I've clung to with all my might.
"You can't be a spectator all your life," I grabbed the microphone once more, and that night, I poured every ounce of energy, spirit and blood into my music. At the end of the night, the crowd was electric, the sound was deafening, but the only sound I heard was from her.
One year later, we're yelling at each other, things happen. An angry young man is now kneeling at her grave, he doesn't understand why, or what was so wrong she never came to him? In some ways, that man's still waiting on his answers.
Back in reality, the new band, we're all here for one reason or another. Bound by our love for music, we still start with the same song as before. I search the crowd, looking for the same sad girl and hoping one night I'll hear her applause one last time. I drop the guitar and walk off stage, these people annoy me. I'd still trade the world for one more never ending chess game, rehearsal at the garage, or one more night out doing nothing more then staring at the stars.


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The Slice: C'mon guys; step up to fridge duty
Thu., Jan. 31, 2013, midnight
Please don't cancel your subscription.
But in the interest of transparency, this needs to come out.
The males in the S-R newsroom have not been signing up to take turns cleaning out the communal refrigerator.
Of course, some of us hunter-gatherers skirt guilt by not using the fridge. But still.
In the matter of who has the most self-impressed Facebook presence: Several readers submitted nominations. The thing that annoyed my correspondents was a staggering number of self-photos coupled with a relentless glorification of one's own super-busy lifestyle.
All invited me to check out these pages and decide for myself, but I'm not sure how easy that would be as I am not on Facebook.
Slice answer: "I would describe the content of my character with one word – humble," wrote Dan Rosey of North Idaho. "I'm very humble. I'm the most humble person I know. If there was ever a contest for humblest, surely I'd win. It's a gift, I can't take credit for it."
Evolving age-group labels: Here's how a Pullman friend's 6-year-old daughter refers to the population subset comprised of females just a bit older than herself: "Girls with phones."
Speaking of telling phrases: Spokane prides itself on being friendly. And it could be argued that there is some truth to that. But apparently not everyone's arms are wide open.
A reader who sent an email about something else noted in passing that he has lived in Spokane for a couple of years. "And have not been able to break into the circled wagons."
Slice answer: Richard Palmer has encountered the mindset among certain younger people that someone who is, say, 50 or 60, is essentially the same as someone 80 or 90.
Sometimes, though, their eyes are opened when he drops them at the 150-mile mark of the Seattle to Portland bike ride.
Today's Slice question: When encountering someone you have not seen in years, it's natural to form an impression about how he or she looks. But, upon parting, how long does it take to turn that around and wonder what he or she is thinking about you?


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An exploding oxygen cylinder may have ripped open the fuselage of a Qantas jumbo jet that had to make an emergency landing, investigators said yesterday.
Such a blast would have major implications for 747 aircraft around the world, said the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
It has sent experts to Manila in the Philippines to inspect the aircraft. Today Qantas Chief executive Geoff Dixon said that whatever caused the incident was probably mechanical rather than human error, and beyond the control of the Australian airline.
Gaping: The plane was forced to drop 19,000ft after this huge hole caused a sudden decrease in cabin pressure
The Boeing 747-400 from London to Melbourne , carrying 346 passengers and 19 crew, was over the South China Sea when it was forced to plunge 20,000ft and make an emergency landing in Manila. Terrified Britons on board described a loud bang and debris swirling in the cabin.
The blast ripped a 10ft hole in the fuselage. Today Mr Dixon appeared to dismiss safety concerns expressed in April. The US Federal Aviation Administration had warned airlines to inspect oxygen cylinders on planes.
The directive followed a report that supports for the cylinders may not have been heat-treated properly, which could cause the tanks to become loose, leak and create a fire hazard.
But Mr Dixon said the US warning "was not anything to do" with Friday's incident. Australian investigators are said to be focusing on an oxygen bottle missing from the cargo hold.
Debris believed to be from the tank has been found scattered through the cargo hold. Officials have ruled out a bomb.
Of added concern is why a cyclinder, which provides emergency oxygen for the flight deck, would have exploded - a worry that has resulted in maintenance staff checking every cylinder on every one of the fleet of Qantas's 30 747 aircraft.
A separate problem emerged yesterday as passengers told how, as the drama unfolded and the jet dived 20,000 ft, some oxygen masks did not drop down and travellers had to share masks between three people because of faulty or broken emergency equipment.
'Ours didn't come down and my husband just about passed out because he didn't have any oxygen for about three minutes,' said Beverley Doors.
David Saunders said one man in front of him had to smash the ceiling panel in order to force his mask to come down.
In other parts of the plane, children were screaming and flailing, he said.
'Their cheeks and lips were turning blue from lack of oxygen,' he said.
The flight crew put the aircraft, with 346 passengers on board, into a dive an hour after taking off from Hong Kong after a stop-over from London to Melbourne, when an explosion was heard and the cabin became de-pressurised.
The probe into the cause of the terrifying incident on QF 30 continued yesterday with investigators examining several reasons for the explosion which caused a mini-van-sized jagged hole in the belly of the aircraft near the right wing.
The jumbo made an emergency landing in Manila, Malaysia, after the drama on Friday.
Although a Civil Aviation Safety Authority official discounted a report that corrosion was to blame, the issue of corrosion will still be investigated.
It is understood that among the checks being made is whether there was any weakness in the fuselage caused by corrosion and whether there was sufficient resistance to keep that part of the aircraft intact if an oxygen cylinder had exploded.
The inspections are expected to be finished within a few days and if an oxygen cyclinder was to blame, warnings will be sent out worldwide, officials said.
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Mark Miller created SOLR-4059: --------------------------------- Summary: Custom Sharding Key: SOLR-4059 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-4059 Project: Solr Issue Type: New Feature Components: SolrCloud Reporter: Mark Miller Had not fully thought through this one yet, but Yonik caught me up at ApacheCon. We need to be able to skip hashing and let the client choose the shard, but still send to replicas. Ideas for the interface? hash=false? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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I was wondering what license you think should be given to mods. Something that has bothered me with the way KSP does mods (at least as I understand it) is that if the original mod license says that you cannot make modifications then that is what is enforced. This leads to problems where a mods is released but is no longer supported and when it eventually becomes incompatible several releases later no one can do anything about it except create a clone from scratch. How annoying and pointless.
Personally, I think that if you are going to create a mod anyone should be able to modify your mod and release it. Credit should be clearly given for the original mod though. I realize this may lead to multiple forks of a possibly active mod but maybe there is a hybrid solution where forks can be controlled but abandoned mods can be supported by someone new.
Has this already been discussed somewhere and I just haven't seen it?