the last austrian beer..

Salzburg Flughafen

Leaving Austria...
Frankfurt

Stopover
Preparing the ship

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 aLue lisää
Venice

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 reallyLue lisää
Don't call a doctor..

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 4Lue lisää
Impressions from a dry dock

Sail away...

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 toLue lisää
My first greek beer...

Haifa, Israel

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 similarLue lisää
Suezcanal

One of the most interesting places ever!
Warm welcome in Jordan

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 isLue lisää
Seadays..

6 seadays mean - a comfortable life on board. Everybody is relaxed. Nobody needs to hurry anywhere!
But its windy! Windspeed 23mph + 17knots
Oman

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 manyLue lisää
First steps in india..

India..
Many people, car Horns constantly and pollution gets a new meaning.. And still - amazing! Different!
Begars and barber, shoemaker working in the street.
India II

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 itLue lisää
Malaysia!

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 youLue lisää
Semarang

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 aLue lisää
Closer to the paradise!

Beautiful.
Stunning.
And the friendliest people ever!
Kuta Selatan, Indonesien

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.
Lembar Lombok

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 theLue lisää
Darwin, Australien

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 carsLue lisää
Cairns..

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.
Sydney, Australien

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, especiallyLue lisää
Melbourne, Australien

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 relaxedLue lisää