the last austrian beer..
13. november 2016, Østerrike ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Salzburg Flughafen
13. november 2016, Østerrike ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
Leaving Austria...
Frankfurt
13. november 2016, Tyskland ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Stopover
Preparing the ship
16. november 2016, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 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 aLes mer
Venice
18. november 2016, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 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 reallyLes mer
Don't call a doctor..
21. november 2016, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 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 4Les mer
Impressions from a dry dock
30. november 2016, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Sail away...
2. desember 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 toLes mer
My first greek beer...
4. desember 2016, Hellas ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Haifa, Israel
7. desember 2016, 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 similarLes mer
Suezcanal
9. desember 2016, Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
One of the most interesting places ever!
Warm welcome in Jordan
11. desember 2016, 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 isLes mer
Seadays..
14. desember 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
Oman
18. desember 2016, 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 manyLes mer
First steps in india..
27. desember 2016, 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.
India II
31. desember 2016, 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 itLes mer
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
Malaysia!
4. januar 2017, 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 youLes mer
Semarang
10. januar 2017, 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 aLes mer
Closer to the paradise!
13. januar 2017, Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Beautiful.
Stunning.
And the friendliest people ever!
Kuta Selatan, Indonesien
17. januar 2017, 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.
Lembar Lombok
20. januar 2017, 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 theLes mer
Darwin, Australien
22. januar 2017, 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 carsLes mer
Richard M.Noo.. Die Aussies wissen inzwischen wie man ohne suits schwimmen gehen kann.. Sehr erfreut! :-)
Cairns..
26. januar 2017, 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.
Sydney, Australien
2. februar 2017, 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, especiallyLes mer
Melbourne, Australien
5. februar 2017, 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 relaxedLes mer