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Welcome - Bienvenue - Wilkommen!
 This Webpage kept you up-to-date on the trip around the world of Brigit and Patrick aka "The Globetrotters" from October 2002 to September 2003. You will find the best stories on this main page. Furthermore, there is a
Picture gallery.
We hope you enjoy the website and let us know what you think about it with your personal comments, which can be added at the very end of each article!
Bigitte & Patrick
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Tip: Around the World with Brigitte and Patrick!
Saturday, January 03 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (414 reads) |   So you CAN'T take a trip around the world? What a shame! But at least you COULD Download the Calendar 2004.
It will take you right to hottest spots we have experienced during this year - without even leaving your chair!
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Film: Whalerider - he´s a she ?!
Tuesday, November 25 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (381 reads) |  
There are no real Maoris left. And those that are keep asking for more and more money for repairs. And most of them are drunk anyway. And why can’t they just ....
STOP!
Whalerider comes just in time to change the often one-sided view many New Zealanders we encountered have about the original inhabitants. No, they where not peaceful, no they are not innocent YES, they have deserved respect! The film takes a very unorthodox approach to the Kiwi "Maori-Situation" and breaks with all kinds of taboos: The old Packa should accept a small girl as his successor? Never! Never. Never?
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Oddities: Revenge of the Toucan Tyson!
Tuesday, November 25 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (461 reads) |   (REU/Rure) "They have cropped my
wings - I can only hop around like a moron - and worse I
am surrounded by all those stupid gringos
(sic!)"
Toucan Tyson (5) in Rure is outraged. Unable
to change his situation (remember the cropped wings!) he
takes every opportunity to pay back.
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Tip: Flamingos at minus 20C and other natural oddities....
Tuesday, November 25 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (2100 reads) | 
Our trip to the salar the Uyuni was definitely one of our golbal highlights. Here are some of the highlights, tips and pictures.
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Trekking: CHOQEKIRAW on your own!
Tuesday, November 25 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (1695 reads) |  The hike to CHOQEKIRAW
(60km, 3000m height difference in 5 nights & 5
days is (depending on how you do it!) a challenge
but in my opinion definitely better than the Inca
Trail. Read on for a hands on instruction on how
to get to this great site all by yourself!
Top view of main complex and
agricultural terraces of CHOQEKIRAW.
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Oddities: Sick of traveling - or missing a sloth?
Saturday, June 21 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (411 reads) |  
One of the most stupid questions (at least in our mind!) we heard so far was if it was not BORING to travel for such a long time and if we were not getting sick of it all. Well in fact we don't for most of the time :) - but we do get homesick from time to time. For example seeing the green mountains of New Zealand made Brigitte very, very, very homesick. And I do feel homesick when ...
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Tip: Sounds and Sights PURA VIDA Rainforest.
Tuesday, June 17 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (390 reads) | 
Costa Rica is really a great place to experience unspoiled nature... rainforest, coralsnakes, toads, agoutis, colibris, quezales .... you can choose you favorit way to explore the rainforest - via suspension briges, which bring you eye to eye to ...
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Tip: Relax and Explore - Playa Volcan
Saturday, June 14 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (494 reads) |  
Visitors arriving to Ometepe are likely to be dragged away by touts to one of the gringo hangouts in Merida. But if you happen not to be a gringo and appreciate a rustical atmosphere with hammocks, good kitchen, then playa vulcan is the place ...
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Diving: Wahlesharks, freefloating Regulators & Jummy Read Snappers
Monday, June 09 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (423 reads) | 
Upon arrival in Utila you are flooded with leaflets from dive schools and hotels. When we arrived, 24h electricity was a novum for less then a week – and the impact could directly be felt when shopping around for a room. Some raised their rates from 75 Lmps to 125 Lmps to mention the most extreme case. We were happy to find quite clean rooms in “Hotel Tropical” for 50 Lmps per person. To choose a dive school involves whole lot different things to pay attention to in general. Here are some hints:
Ask how long the school has been operating, how many people ...
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Tip: Free camping at its best: Southern WA
Sunday, June 08 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (535 reads) | 
Western Australia is a paradise for people who like to be independent, far away from civilization and on fabulously low budget. There are Free Camper bibles available which will precisely indicate the whereabouts of bush camps, their surrounding and possible activities as well as facilities at the bush camp like toilets, freshwater, BBQ gas cookers. These priceless (11 AUD or 5 EUR) booklets are available ...
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Info: Silent Night in Yangshou
Sunday, June 08 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (405 reads) |  
Chinese love to celebrate. Almost any occasion is welcome and when they do, they most probably will use their rich arsenal of crackers normally used for New Year celebrations in the so-called free world. So in case you are bound to spend Christmas in China – take earplugs with you, as this might as well be your loudest silent night of your life! The Streets are filled with many layers of read wrapping of the crackers and dogs are desperately jelling their way through this nightmare night for them. And once in the restaurant or bar you are not safe from ambitious English teachers with their teachers forcefully enriching the air with chinglisch Christmas carols. The more alcohol is consumed the more the night gets funny and sometimes even a bit out of hand.
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Tip: Longis in Mac Donalds free Myanmar
Saturday, June 07 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (582 reads) |  
Myanmar is maybe the most archaic country left on this planet. Handsome men (just a little bit small) with a complexion between Indian and Thai wear longis – a kind of skirt they tow around their wrist with a simple and effective knot. Beautiful Myanmar women use dust from candlewood to serve as both, makeup and sun protection for their face. You will neither find McDonalds nor
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Tip: Thousand of temples in Bagan
Saturday, June 07 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (420 reads) | 
Imagine you are standing on a 150m Buddhist Temple at sunset and all that you can see around you are brick-red temples and deep green trees. Thousands of them but each of them similar in style and appearance but slightly different when you do compare them in detail. On the horizon are mountains ...
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Countryreporting: from Thailand to Guatemala
Wednesday, May 28 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (408 reads) |  
Brigitte alias Minister of RTW-Finace has kept track of all our expenses so far and compiled them in a table for all of you who are curious if they already have enough money to do a World trip themselves or how much you spend on transport, housing etc. in which country ?
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fellow Travellers: ¡Hola Amigos!
Monday, May 26 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (496 reads) |  
That is Didis favourit cryout. Perferably after to concluded a spanish class. Didi is an austriaco we bumped into first of all in Auckland / New Zealand when they where giving back their car and we where just checking out several places to compare price and services of the different companies. Didis favourit chicka to pick up his huge veraity of vocabulary is....
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Info: ¡Quattro gagne! ... ¿oda wia hast des ?
Monday, May 26 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (386 reads) | 
Connect four ("Vier gewinnt" in german) is one of Patrick's favorite pastimes. It is as simple as fascinating: Try to get four in a row, diagonal, horizontal or vertical and you have won. While in China, he even received this broad game as a X-mas present - and ever since annoyed poor brigitte by beating her ten times in a row. So it came very much of a relief for Brigitte, that our host family in San Pedro had never heard about this game and was curious to find out how it worked out and who was the best. They where so excited that they managed to play three at a time and seemingly all of them won the very game :)
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Tip: Spectacular Tribes & Landscapes in the Copper Canyon
Tuesday, April 22 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (449 reads) |  
We left Los Mochis with the appraised train to Creel, --- only to discover that the scenery was far less spectacular than we had expected. But Creel itself had plenty to offer so we headed out with a group of french exchange students to explore the pine Forrest's, the valley of mushrooms (they looked like the famous Wackelsteine in northern austria!) and almost took a swim in the nearby lake Arareko. But the weather was to loco, changing constantly from windless, dry hot to ....
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Tip: Great Greywhale watching in Baja California
Monday, April 14 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (451 reads) | 
We are still very much touched by our greatest experience so far in Mexico: Seeing and touching gray whales near Guerrero Negro on the Baja California!
We arrived in Guerrero negro on the 10th of April - this meant that the main whale season was over and only some - if any - whale remained in the bay before Guerro Negro. So we where scared that we would pay quite a bit (45 USD per person) and not see whales. A fear that was further added to by all - but one tour operater having closed the season and the only one remained refusing to offer a refund if we were not to see whales...
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Photo Gallery: Yet another peaceful protest in New Zealand.
Monday, April 07 @ Westeuropäische Sommerzeit by root (411 reads) | 
Even Sheep are not that stupid when compared to the likes of W. Bush.
"The Best of" New Zealand Pictures are available in the
KIWI Picture gallery ... have a look at them & post you comments to the pictures right underneath them!
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Tip: A rough guide to buying and selling cars in Oz
Monday, March 03 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (3713 reads) |  Buying & Selling a car in Australia can be a hassle but also a wonderful experience and an oppertunity to make even money!
This article tells you the 10 golden rules of buying and selling cars in Australia. There is also a multiple choice test to find out what works out best for you: BUY OR RENT ?!?!
And finally there are some examples how it REALLY worked out for other poeople we met recently! Enjoy & post your experience - we would love to hear about them!
Read more in this article (click below)
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Tip: Macau - Europe meets Asia at its best
Sunday, December 15 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (506 reads) | 
Macau definitely is the strangest colony I have ever visited: In the early days of colonization, Portuguese traders had to mediate between Chinese and Japanese businessmen – who apparently did not get along; during the occupation of mainland Portugal by the Spanish under Philip II (1580 to 1640) Macau continued hissing the Portuguese flag instead of seeking independence. And in our century, Beijing turned down Portugal twice (1967 and 1974) when Lisbon tried to hand back Macau, although some of the Macau population would have wanted to join China.
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Tip: Wat Po Traditional Massage Course
Monday, December 09 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (796 reads) |  
Our first Destination on our trip around the world was Thailand. One of the reasons, why we decided to return there was the wonderful massage we had had two years earlier at Wat Po Traditional Massage School. So, whenever we had a stiff neck or hurting legs we dreamt of the wonderfully realaxing massage we had had there. So we returned this time to take part in the 5-day 30 hours traditional massage course. After three days we couldn't feel a thing in our body any more and then ... on the fifth day we succeded our final exams :) If you want to read more about Wat Po's traditional school, just click MORE!
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Job: We are English teachers in China!
Friday, November 29 @ Westeuropäische Normalzeit by root (903 reads) | 
We have just entered China - and there we are - English teachers with free accommodation, internet access and some pocket money. If you would like to become an English teacher too, just drop us a note at awart@gmx.at. For us things are working out great - and our pupils seem to like our teaching as well - we have extended our stay to another week - possibly a month.
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