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November 13, 2016
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Day 1
Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 1:34 AM
⛅ 0 °C
Altitude: 426 m
Austria Elsbethen 47.75492, 13.0877247°45’18” N 13°5’16” E
the last austrian beer..
November 13, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
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Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 10:30 AM
⛅ 1 °C
Altitude: 429 m
Austria Salzburg Airport 47.79253, 12.9957547°47’33” N 12°59’45” E
Salzburg Flughafen
November 13, 2016 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Leaving Austria...
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Day 1
Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 12:37 PM
⛅ 3 °C
Altitude: 96 m
Germany Flughafen Frankfurt am Main 50.04181, 8.5579250°2’31” N 8°33’29” E
Frankfurt
November 13, 2016 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Stopover
TravelerAh cool, gehts los? Voll geil, wünsch Dir viel Spaß!
11/13/16Reply
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Day 4
Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 12:47 PM
⛅ 7 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Italy Canale Industriale Nord 45.47365, 12.241845°28’25” N 12°14’30” E
Preparing the ship
November 16, 2016 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
The "Encore" is an entirelly new ship, which is still in the make. Some parts are finished, some not. So the Crew currently spents most of the time with loading stuff.
At the moment the ship is in a dry dock.. Amazing scenery - especially since there are other ships are being built next to us!Read more
TravelerWow, fertig seit März! Cool, what's your job?
11/16/16Reply
Richard M.Seit März? Bis März dauert der Spaß ;-)
11/16/16Reply
TravelerDas Schiff ist fertig seit März diesen Jahres!
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Day 6
Friday, November 18, 2016 at 12:32 AM
⛅ 7 °C
Altitude: 3 m
Italy Giardino Papadopoli 45.44093, 12.3157145°26’27” N 12°18’57” E
Venice
November 18, 2016 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Being close to venice, it started to get necessary to visit venice. So we did - tonight.. Maybe a relatively good time of the year - Momentarely are not too many tourists.
And yes, it is a really pretty town!Read more
TravelerNice pics!
11/18/16Reply
Richard M.Thx!
11/20/16Reply
Machst halt tolle Fotos! Und Venedig hat schon viele Fotografen gesehen... Gruß, Karl
12/3/16Reply
Richard M.Danke Karl! 😊
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Day 9
Monday, November 21, 2016 at 11:00 AM
⛅ 15 °C
Altitude: 371 m
Italy Tellaro 44.07354, 9.9379344°4’25” N 9°56’17” E
Don't call a doctor..
November 21, 2016 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Since I had to approach on the ship within 5 days, I couldn't find time to do my necessary, medical exam for the ship between working in Salzburg and preparing other stuff for being abroad for 4 months. So Seabourn arranged the medical exam for us in Genova - with a driver and a night in a relatively nice hotel - the "Star president".
Unfortunately we had not much time to see Genova, but we did not bother because it was pooring rain!Read more
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Day 18
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
⛅ 5 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Italy Canale Industriale Nord 45.47489, 12.2421745°28’30” N 12°14’32” E
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Impressions from a dry dock
November 30, 2016 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
die Romantik eines Industriehafens ))
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Day 20
Friday, December 2, 2016 at 9:51 AM
☀️ 4 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Adriatic Sea 41.46888, 17.3260841°28’8” N 17°19’34” E
Sail away...
December 2, 2016, Adriatic Sea ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Finally, we're on the move! We carried and prepared loads of stuff...

To celebrate our departure, we've had a small breakfast in the Main dining room.
Now we have left venice and are moving to Athens, where the first official guests will arrive.Read more
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Day 22
Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 10:35 AM
⛅ 14 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Greece Paláska Órmos 37.93513, 23.6247937°56’6” N 23°37’29” E
My first greek beer...
December 4, 2016 in Greece ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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Day 25
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
☀️ 17 °C
Altitude: 260 m
Israel Ramat H̱adar 32.79409, 34.9895732°47’39” N 34°59’22” E
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Haifa, Israel
December 7, 2016 in Israel ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Israel! - The holy country.. Didn't feel such, but - who cares. It was interesting to be there anyway!

I had a very nice "kind of a gyros" for lunch.. Afterwards, trolling around town I got a similar feeling like in Southafrica - somehow insecure, but very alive!Read more
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12/9/16Reply
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12/9/16Reply
Richard M.Thx!
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Day 27
Friday, December 9, 2016 at 11:46 PM
☀️ 15 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Egypt El-Saiyid Abu Hatab 30.06018, 32.5717730°3’37” N 32°34’18” E
Suezcanal
December 9, 2016 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
One of the most interesting places ever!
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Day 29
Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 11:54 AM
⛅ 18 °C
Altitude: 8 m
Jordan Aqaba Castle 29.52148, 35.0017829°31’17” N 35°0’6” E
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Warm welcome in Jordan
December 11, 2016 in Jordan ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Entirelly different - and really nice! When was the last time a stranger welcomed you to his country on the street?
That happened to me twice, within 2 hours!

Another interesting an great thing is the coffee: Brewed in a small pot in the middle of a bowl with hot sand - and very tasty!Read more
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Day 32
Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 12:23 PM
☀️ 15 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Red Sea 13.33345, 42.8651313°20’0” N 42°51’54” E
Seadays..
December 14, 2016, Red Sea ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
6 seadays mean - a comfortable life on board. Everybody is relaxed. Nobody needs to hurry anywhere!

But its windy! Windspeed 23mph + 17knots
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Day 36
Sunday, December 18, 2016
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 4 m
Oman Ra’s Kūtrah 23.62862, 58.5706823°37’43” N 58°34’14” E
Oman
December 18, 2016 in Oman ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
The first time in an arabic country.. Very different, but very enjoyable!
This people pay a lot of attention to their culture, which is a good thing. Well - akward was that these folks have as many tailors for female clothing than we have hairsaloons in Europe!

By the way.. The local market is georgeous - and huge! Got almost lost.. But I'm done with most christmas presents! :-)Read more
cool - endlich ein Update! Greez aus Sbg, bigBro ))
12/21/16Reply
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Day 45
Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 6:20 PM
🌫 27 °C
Altitude: 9 m
India Bombay Airport 19.07794, 72.8792119°4’41” N 72°52’45” E
First steps in india..
December 27, 2016 in India ⋅ 🌫 27 °C
India..
Many people, car Horns constantly and pollution gets a new meaning.. And still - amazing! Different!

Begars and barber, shoemaker working in the street.
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Day 49
Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 1:08 AM
🌙 23 °C
Altitude: 3 m
India Chinese Fishing Nets 9.96416, 76.243849°57’51” N 76°14’38” E
India II
December 31, 2016 in India ⋅ 🌙 23 °C
Finally, we've made it.. Well it still was a challenge to convince the tuk tuk driver that we don't want to see everything. But finally we arrived in fort Kochi which was amazing. Not - basically it was a relatively nice place and a bit smelly - I wouldn't choose it for a vacation at least!

But it was interesting to see that the fisherman lift huge wooden constructions into the water to catch some fish..Read more
Birgit Schuster-FuchsHi Richi! Wir verfolgen mit großer Freude und Interesse Ihre tolle Reise und freuen uns auf die weiteren Kurzberichte inkl. Fotos. An Kerala haben wir die besten Erinnerungen inkl. schöner Fotos. Wir sind mit einem Hausboot durch die Wasserstraßen gefahren. Das Fischefangen und Kochen mit der 3-Mann-Crew hatte uns großen Spaß gemacht. Liebe Grüße von den Schusterfüchsen
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Day 53
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 2 m
Malaysia Tanjung Malai 6.25959, 99.735826°15’35” N 99°44’9” E
Malaysia!
January 4, 2017 in Malaysia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Apparently Emergency drills are our main concern in ports..
Means, instead of exploring the World, I spent another 3 hours on the ship instead of being in Malaysia.

Dear unknown friend, if you consider to work on a cruise ship - no, you wont see the Planet, but you'll have enough time for some selfies outside the ship..
Even tough, I managed to eat some malaysian food and get a short feeling for Malaysia - much nicer, more enjoyable than India.

Akward - Islandhopping is a big business - I've never seen so many small boats with 200 HP engines before! #theBeautyofMotoringRead more
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Day 59
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
☀️ 31 °C
Altitude: 7 m
Indonesia Bandarharjo -6.96803, 110.426326°58’5” S 110°25’35” E
Semarang
January 10, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
The middle of the contract! Another 70 days to go!
The first glimpse of Indonesia? Omg, these people are really poor. Despite this, humans tend to be very friendly, and creative! When did u see a sewing machine mounted on a Motor - trycycle? Or a grocery store? Or somebody cleaning the street with a broom?Read more
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Day 62
Friday, January 13, 2017
☀️ 24 °C
Altitude: 18 m
Indonesia Tukad Tingatinga -8.19889, 114.85238°11’56” S 114°51’8” E
Closer to the paradise!
January 13, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Beautiful.
Stunning.
And the friendliest people ever!
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Day 66
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 5 m
Indonesia Pelabuhan Benoa -8.74501, 115.206768°44’42” S 115°12’24” E
Kuta Selatan, Indonesien
January 17, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Fishingboats in Benoa - loads of them. Not all of them look trustful.. Still - its interesting to see them, since it is a very uncommon way to earn money for central europeans.
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Day 69
Friday, January 20, 2017
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: 111 m
Indonesia Gunung Batuprahu -8.7535, 116.067778°45’13” S 116°4’4” E
Lembar Lombok
January 20, 2017 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Well..
Sometimes you gain experiences which you don't want. Let me explain:
After I managed to get rid of a couple of taxidrivers who desperately tried to convince me to use their cab to see the island.. I realized by while walking, that I don't want to see their island. This was by far the dirtiest place I've seen in my life. Garbage disposal - never heard of, not available..

So the garbage is next to the street, next to the houses - literally everywhere!Read more
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Day 71
Sunday, January 22, 2017
⛅ 32 °C
Altitude: 28 m
Australia Civic Square -12.46338, 130.8456412°27’48” S 130°50’44” E
Darwin, Australien
January 22, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
If you want to explore - take the hop on/off Bus, otherwise you wont see much of interest.
But there is a nice lagoon to swim, also a wavepool!

It is interesting how many, very serious offroad cars are around - equipped with winches, offroadtires, sparetires, shovels, auxiliary headlamps, etc...Read more
schon mit "stinger suits" in kontakt gekommen? Greez, BigBro
1/23/17Reply
Richard M.Noo.. Die Aussies wissen inzwischen wie man ohne suits schwimmen gehen kann.. Sehr erfreut! :-)
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Day 75
Thursday, January 26, 2017
🌧 27 °C
Altitude: 1 m
Australia Stafford Point -16.92488, 145.7807116°55’30” S 145°46’51” E
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Cairns..
January 26, 2017 in Australia ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
Finally we've reached a very nice place!
Ship - close to the City Center, weather - fantastic, City - pretty..
Had my first Australian burger - was good.
TravelerDu hast den umrechnenkurs verwechselt. 3,80 AUD sind 2,70€! Puh 🙈
1/27/17Reply
Richard M.@Tobias - Danke für den Hinweis: 2,70 sind aber immer noch viel für einen Espresso..
1/27/17Reply
TravelerWohl wahr!
1/28/17Reply
Hab mir gleich gedacht, dass du auf die Karren stehst ;-)
1/29/17Reply
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Day 82
Thursday, February 2, 2017
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 22 m
Australia Royal Theatre -33.86877, 151.209333°52’8” S 151°12’33” E
Sydney, Australien
February 2, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The reason, why I haven't posted anything in the last week is - the connectors of my phone start to dissolve.. But since I own this phone since more than 4 years know - its entirelly ok, especially since I figured out, how to load the phone anyway... ;-) A slightly russian style - but it works!
By the way.. In Sydney I tried to buy a new phone, but for some reasons my bankcard didn't work in any of the countries I've visited so far.. (Maybe you should not consider an Account at the "Sparkasse")
However, I did not even find a shop for phones - but I saw the botanical garden - what a nice place in this huge town!Read more
TravelerNice
2/18/17Reply
Richard M.Thx! :-)
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Day 85
Sunday, February 5, 2017
☁️ 27 °C
Altitude: 30 m
Australia Melbourne -37.81358, 144.9630637°48’49” S 144°57’47” E
Melbourne, Australien
February 5, 2017 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Lucky man!!! I've had quite some time off, so I went to town, to realize that I don't like towns. So I went back - to the beach and had a great time there! Melbourne is a huge town, but really relaxed compared to Sydney..Read more
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