Sad news: Flower is dead. Bitten by a snake, and she couldn’t get over it. It’s sad to see her leave – though no one in my real live really cares (because no one watches pay TV?). The online community thinks differently… The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen …
Just a list of links related to travelling, so that I don’t forget them… Specific regions Morocco – FAQ (also on other African countries): TrioTours.com Botswana – UnchartedAfrica Southeast Asia – Mekong Experience (China to Sea on Mekong): Journeys-within.com South America – Atacama & Patagonia, beautiful but expensive: Explora.com Madagascar: …
Ever heard of the King Kong pangolin? Check out yourself… Link
The East Coast Meerkat Society does not only visit meerkats in zoos. They also support meerkats where they can! Check out their meerkatsrule.org page – with a growing list of links to meerkat resources, as well as info on the Staten Island Zoo Meerkat Enclosure project. Great even if you …
Haven’t been there for ages, well, this must have been during my PhD or so, in my previous life about hundred years ago. But Vectorpark is still the same. I still don’t know whether what you do there is playing, relaxing, watching or what else, or what it is for. …
The BillNighy.com forum for Meerkat Manor closed down – but the meerkat addicts moved burrow, and I with them. So if you want to share your thoughts about Meerkat Manor, the Whiskers, and meerkats in general, register at Mel’s Mob – it’s a great mob, notably consisting of mostly grown-ups, …
The question had been on since months: Did Shakespeare survive the battle in which he saved the pups from being killed by archrivals Lazuli??? And where did Tosca go? No clue what I’m talking about? Well, you haven’t met the dearest movie stars ever: the meerkats of Meerkat Manor. They …
Seti@home paved the way for volunteer computing, searching for extraterrestrial life signals. Thanks to Ben’s comment on my Stardust@home entry, my good old iBook does now scientific research on malaria while I sleep… The malariacontrol.net project is an application that makes use of network computing for stochastic modelling of the …
PollyGlotto is the ultimate help with homework for the Chinese class I recently started. Enter a phrase in English, and friendly Polly will translate and pronounce it in Chinese within seconds… Good to hear what things should sound like, really.
I started to write my travel diary because I liked reading similar pages. But now I like it because I get in contact with complete strangers who share similar passions – like travelling. Dori Caspi is one of them. Being a passionate photographer AND being in love with a Himba …