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Diving in Dahab

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:25:00 +0000

Just finished the upload of my Scuba Diving pictures in Dahab, Egypt.

Enjoy!

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:12:00 +0000

That was quick: Going to Saudia Arabia this weekend already... surprise surprise...

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:02:00 +0000

Testing @pingfm iGoogle plugin 2 update Twitter :-)

NAGA - Boardernight DELUXE

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:12:00 +0000

u missed something!

Flo in Action: Alles nur getürkt oder was?

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:55:00 +0000

Killed my skier...

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:14:00 +0000

If you're to strong the material might be to weak...

Yesterday in Berwang, Austria on the black slope the Völkl Bridge capitulated. See pictures.
Snief...and this in the main season! Cannot believe it.

Needs improvement guys!

TRND - I'm testing the new Henkel brand!

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:57:00 +0000

Terra Activ

Wanted book 2 read: Africa Rising

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:53:00 +0000

Africa Rising

How 900 Million African Consumers Offer More Than You Think

Synopsis
Profit from the World's Largest Untapped Market: Africa's MORE THAN 900 MILLION Consumers! "This book lays out a powerful portrait of the growing opportunities in Africa. It is clear to us that any global firm interested in growth must see Africa as an essential part of its portfolio." --E. Neville Isdell, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Coca-Cola Company, USA "While we consider Africa one of our most important markets, we are very aware that it is often overlooked as a place to conduct sustainable business. This book shows that Africa offers opportunities equal to other developing regions that receive more attention. Through the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards, we have committed to promoting high-quality coverage of the business environment in Africa. This book makes an important contribution in providing a vivid picture of the African market opportunity." --Paul Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Diageo, UK "This book presents a compelling argument for waking up to the potential of a continent with a population of over 900 million and a high rate of growth.The African continent is rich in natural resources and presents opportunities across a wide cross-section of industrial and commercial areas for companies with appropriate business strategies and a genuine commitment to improving the quality of life of the local population.
" --Ratan N. Tata, Chairman, Tata Group, India "Unilever has invested in Africa for over a century and is committed to building strong market positions in the region by meeting the needs of African consumers. As this book highlights, the opportunities for consumer goods companies are considerable and the potential to do business in Africa is much greater than many companies realize." --Patrick Cescau, Global CEO, Unilever, UK "Bravo. The timing of this book is perfect. It will be much quoted. I especially like how Professor Mahajan uses the voices of Africans to bring it to life, alongside the research." --Barbara James, former Managing Director of the African Venture Capital Association and founder of the Henshaw Funds, the first independent pan-African private equity Fund of Funds, Nigeria/UK With more than 900 million consumers, the continent of Africa is one of the world's fastest growing markets.In Africa Rising, renowned global business consultant Vijay Mahajan reveals this remarkable marketplace as a continent with massive needs and surprising buying power.

Crossing thousands of miles across the continent, he shares the lessons that Africa's businesses have learned about succeeding on the continent...shows how global companies are succeeding despite Africa's unique political, economic, and resource challenges...introduces local entrepreneurs and foreign investors who are building a remarkable spectrum of profitable and sustainable business opportunities even in the most challenging locations...reveals how India and China are staking out huge positions throughout Africa...and shows the power of the diaspora in driving investment and development. *Recognize that Africa is richer than you think Africa is richer than India on the basis of gross national income (GNI) per capita, and a dozen African countries have a higher GNI per capita than China.*Aim for Africa Two Opportunities exist in all parts of the market, particularly the 400 million people in the middle of the market.*Find opportunities to organize the market From retailing to cell phones to banking, companies are succeeding by building infrastructure.

*Develop strategies for the most youthful market in the world Companies are recognizing opportunities from diapers to music to medicine in a market growing younger every day.*Understand that Africa is not a "media dark" continent From Nollywood to satellite to broadband, media is exploding on the continent.*Recognize the hidden strength of the African diaspora The African diaspora brings resources and knowledge to African development and expands the African opportunity beyond the continent.*Build Ubuntu markets Create profitable businesses, sustainable growth, and social organizations by meeting basic human needs.

trnd Projekt: print24.de

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:13:00 +0000

So sieht dann mal der erste Visitenkartenentwurf aus:
Achja, soweit rulez print24.de, denn ist easy, verträgt alle gänigen Bildformate (auch .png), hat eine "remember" Funktion für die Textbausteine (also Fromat und Größe vom Vorgänger werden auto. übernommen) und auch sonst pretty straight forward.

Kritik gib's natürlich auch, die steht aber im trnd Blog :-)

Ca-na-da picture upload

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:39:00 +0000

...in progress! (Greg's pictures still missing, will follow next week!)

Find all pictures in my Picasa album, here a preview:

Banff

Vancouver

Victoria

Seattle

Victoria > Seaplane > Vancouver

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:19:00 +0000

After we finished the stressful Victoria life (see example) and celebrated the intl. 'Talk like a Pirate Day' on Sept. 19th...

Typical Victoria day:
08:30 Get-up with hangover
09:00 Kellogg's massacre
10:00 12km beach run (<1h)
13:00 Pitcher beer and snack
15:00 Kayaking (2h)
17:00 2nd Pitcher beer
18:30 Sushi massacre
20:30 0.5L Jack Daniels
21:00 Meet the girls
22:00 Nightlife with tackling
??? Smished

(Or just meet a Playboy pornstar in Victoria or run a half marathon (21.1km, <2h)just for fun)

...we took the seeplane to Vancouver

Vancouver is an awesome city, only the yearly amount of 1200mm rain (Munich: 600mm) could be a reason not to live here. The good thing is, it only rains once a year, means is starts in October/November and ends in April/May :)

Some best practices in Vancouver:
1) Go to Irish Heather in Gastown, drink a coffee with Bailey's and Jameson whiskey
2) Go to a movie wrap-up party, see Owen Wilson
3) Go to Roxys, there's always somethin' goin' on!

Pirate life @ Victoria, B.C.

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:16:00 +0000

Greg and Sascha are enjoying the PIRATE Life in Victoria! FlipFlops, shorts'n shirt, running, blading, drinking, gym, kayaking, drinking, party, volleyball, party, nature, sun, girls...

Victoria, BC - the place 2 be!

Best practices @ Victoria: Strathcona Hotel with rooftop and Beach volleyball fields, Mr. Hawaii push-ups and xtreme girl tackling...

Yes we're alive // Ja, wir leben noch!

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:06:00 +0000

In a nutshell: Toronto is very slow - some rare nice spots, but you need a few days 2 figure that out (well, women are ok :-)...you want party? GO 2 Seattle.

Seattle is so far awesome - very nice & open minded and layed back people, cheap alcohol, great location and party everywhere.

Tonight we check the location on the picture...

Ratzfatz: Toronto in Kanada ist mal ne langweilige Stadt - gibt nur einige gute Plaetze und man braucht Tage um sie zu entdecken (Maedels sind aber ok :-)

Zum Party machen: Ab nach Seattle - da geht einiges, heute Abend zum Beispiel 'siehe Bild...'

Cheers,
Sascha

Canada - we're comin'!

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:50:00 +0000

Greg & I are ready to enjoy the golden summer in Canada! Stay tuned for the latest pictures and news...!

So, nur noch 4 Tage und dann rocken wir Kanada! Immer am Ball bleiben damit ihr die neusten Updates und Bilder mitbekommt!

dopplr.com

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:05:00 +0000

The DARK KNIGHT...

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:54:00 +0000

Was watching the movie "Batman - The Dark Knight" a few minutes ago...

Go for it one of the best movies ever, really (even if u don't like the superhero shit)...the movie is a kind of smart and Heath Ledger worth an Oscar (if he wouldn't have killed himself shortly after the movie ;-)

Anyway - check out the picture, but GO to watch this masterpiece soon!
Children? Well, maybe 12 to 16 years is suitable...14 is maybe the best age.

Aircast & crutches are history...

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:47:00 +0000

Since I got rid of my nice gadgets (aka Aircast Walker & crutches) I did some extensive PARTY in MUC. I only can recommend the Max & Moritz club, the women vs. men ratio is roughly 75:25!!! IMAGINE THAT, please :-)
Kog was also joining the parties - see picture...just to get prepared for the Skiopening in Sölden :-)

Anyway...can tell u one thing: CANADA TAKE U IN 8 (and I'll come with my Lederhosen outfit due to the fact that we gonna visit the Seattle's 2nd Oktoberfest! Fasten your seatbelt!

DVD recommendation: Cocaine Cowboys!

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:06:00 +0000

Cocaine Cowboys
The incredible true story that inspired "Scarface" and "Miami Vice"!
In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine Cowboys" is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.

Just watched it yesterday night. Unbelievable - forget Miami Vice, this is fascinating, shocking and REAL!

Unbedingt anschauen :-)!

Africa upload is done...

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:17:00 +0000

...and more to come here: http://picasaweb.google.de/gobanane

Check out Saalbach, New York City, Chicago...

Tanzania is loading...

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:29:00 +0000

and Zanzibar already uploaded :-)

Tanzania:

Zanzibar...:

Zambia is online...

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:37:00 +0000

Ha...finalised the Zimbabwe picture upload as well as Zambia.
And started Malawi - yeah...!

Zambia:

Africa pictures - half way point...

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:02:00 +0000

Finished the Botswana upload!

Started the Zimbabwe upload - highlight Bungee Jumping @ Victoria Falls and of course the Vic falls itself

Africa - 2nd update

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Work in progress, but already accessible...

Angola >> Highlight: Illegal entry ;-)

Botswana >> Highlight: Okavango Delta & Chobe National Park

Africa!

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:33:00 +0000

Finally I decided to upload all my Africa 2006 pictures (maybe that's because I've too much time no :-)

Background: In 2006 I did travel for 6 weeks in Africa to do the Cape Town (South Africa) to Nairobi (Kenya) route via Namibia, Angola (only shortly illegally entered...), Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania. Enjoy the 1st pictures:

South Africa

Namibia (Upload in progress...)

Back in Munich - Picture updates

noreply@blogger.com (gobanane) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:24:00 +0000

Safely landed in good old Germany aka "Schland"! Got some special Lufthansa treatment in the airplane ("sorry we need to take your crutches because of safety instructions...") and the stewardess from Austria was anyway very friendly (and happy to have someone to talk to ;-).
She only did forget to bring me the crutches when we landed, so the plane was already empty when I started to make some hand signs to signal that I need my special weapons for walking...

Arrived at the airport MUC, "my" Taxi driver waited already for me with his 4.5 years old son. Ilyas took all my backpacks, so I could walk relatively relaxed. At my apartment he also insisted to bring all stuff to the 3rd floor (that was his choice, not mine), well I didn't complain :-).

A cold beer combined with JOHN RAMBO aka Rambo IV on DVD was a perfect "Schlummertrank".
Apropos JOHN RAMBO: Honestly, it's a very good movie (not that good as Rocky Balboa, but), the movie shows the cruelty of war (war and genocide, which is still up-2-date in Burma - Southeast Asia)!
Of course the movie has also an "happy end" for JOHN RAMBO...

Ok, now I started with a film review, so I easily can add another one ;-).
When I was in Kuala Lumpur, I watched Hellboy 2: The Golden Army in the Petronas Towers Cineplex. I can tell you, when you liked the 1st one or if you even "only" like superhero movies, this is a must! The humor/gags in the movie are awesome (also to mention the fantastic environment/creatures), Ron Perlman plays again a fantastic Hellboy and I'd say only BATMAN: The Dark Knight can top Hellboy 2!

Currently I'm uploading the remaining Asia pictures, so check out my PicasaWeb or as a preview the slideshows below:

Ha Long Bay (Vietnam)

Luang Prabang (Laos)

Chiang Mai (Thailand) // Updated

Vang Vieng (Laos)