This is not a zoo - The animals seem to visit us...




nimaWe had to get up very early to catch our flight to Baltra. This island was - as many- in WWII an important strategic point in the pacific for the Americans. So they build a landings strip (as they did on Easter island) which is still used today for flight to and from Mainland Ecuador.  Here our home for the coming week the ship "Islander" was waiting for us in the harbor. After the standard safety drill and other briefings we were on our way to our first destination: Seymour Island. here we saw our first blue-footed boobies, frigate birds (both with chicks) and some land iguanas.

We're off to the Galapagos Islands!



Finally after months of preparation an anticipation our Galapagos/Peru adventure begins.
we flew via Madrid and Quito to Guayaquil in Ecuador. there we will spend a day to adjust and see the town before we will join the National Geographic Expedition on board of the Islander to the Galapagos.

Guayaquil is the most important port of Ecuador (lots of bananas are shipped all of the world) - but it isn't the prettiest city you will ever see. the only thing worthwhile is the successful redevelopment of the riverbank.

Äntligen! Nu är Ipad här!

Sverige har fått Ipad-feber, sluttligen...
I natt köade hundratals svenskar för att få de första svenska exemplaren.
Enligt analysföretaget Mediavision finns redan 60 000 Ipadar i Sverige. Läsplattorna har importerats privat från USA i väntan på lansering i Sverige. En Ipad kostar mellan 3 600 och 8 000 kronor.

And now for some good news about Muslims in Holland...

According to a study of TNS Emnis, a German research company, 62 percent of Dutch  people responding to a survey indicated they had positive attitudes toward Muslims, the highest score in Europe. It seems that the more often you meet Muslims, the more you view them as generally positive. (Isn't that the case with everything really?)
Other scores where: Germany: 33%, and France 56%.

Lunatik

Maybe I have to buy the new Nano after all... This strap is great.

This is a 3rd prize trophy I would like to win sometimes

If you’re wondering about the trophy above, it’s the 3rd place trophy awarded at the Army National Guard’s annual Combatives Tournament. HUH?!

Pippi @ Google

Idag var Pippi dag på Google. Jag tror det är datför att Pippi är 65 år gammel.

Synchronized uh.. swimming?

The day I discovered Blossom (Dearie that is...)

Today I stumbled upon Blossom Dearie - A jazz singer with a light little-girl voice and a great timing (probably because she plays the piano as well. It started with an old Blue Note Trip album (not by coincidence by my favorite DJ Meastro) on which the number "Charade" appears.  Then I downloaded some more albums, and now I am hooked.
Listen to one of her signature songs, “I’m Hip,” or "More then you know" e.g. - both Mel Tormé classic also by the way.

All six Verve albums — “Blossom Dearie” (1956), “Give Him the Ooh-La-La” (1957), “Once Upon a Summertime” (1958), “Sings Comden and Green” (1959), “My Gentleman Friend” (1959) and “Soubrette Sings Broadway Hit Songs”(1960) — are super cult classics.
Thanks Blossom! :-)

Sarah Palin's Alaska

I must admit: I really like Sarah Palin's Alaska on TLC. The production quality is superb and Sarah is like a (desperate housewife) Lynette in the wild. Constantly on her Blackberry and saying on stupid thing after an other. Most fun in episode one: the second floor of the house is a "No-Boy Zone" for the boyfriend of Willow - I wonder how Levi and Bristol made their baby: in the shed?

Cornelis sånger

När du kommer hos til mig du kan höra Cornelis sånger darför att jag köpte det bok med all sina sånger...

Kieron Williamson - is he real?



The British painter Kieron Williamson sold for more then €170.000 of his paintings in Holt, Norfolk this week. This summer he became 8 years old... :-)

Kieron has produced many new works on location or working primarily from his own photographs.

Due Date

It was better then I expected, guess I just like all the movies with Zach in it...

Hmmm...

Rebirth reborn - for the iPad this time...

I am very happy that (finally) Rebirth is available on the iPad. Propellerhead really did an excellent job here and they even created a special rebirth app website.

Herbal Tea Party

From the New Yorker...

Cornelis - på film

Cornelis Vreeswijk: Artist. Rättshaverist. Make. Far. Legend. En nya film över sin livet har premiär pÃ¥ fredag 11 nov 2010.  Malin Crépin spelar Cornelis. Jag är mycket nyfiken...

JFK as we never saw before

A very nice collection of unknown election campaign pictures of JFK on Life.

007 Blood Stone: let the fun begin!

Amazon was so good to send me the new 007 PS3 installment: Blood Stone. Let's see how we can control Daniel Craig (and the bond cars)

Hmmm...