Monthly Archive for July, 2010

Camping by bicycle in northern Germany

I took a train out of Berlin with this rig and cycled 40 kilometers along the coastal resort towns of Northern Germany.
This is my trekking bike outfitted with Ortleib classic bike roller bags (Waterproof) tent, and mattress pad. Note the improvised “Stella” handlebar bag.

Prerow, DE: I went camping recently at the Baltic Sea. The campgrounds in this region are typically only a minute’s walk to the strand (beach). And, unless you made your reservation back in January, don’t bother driving.

This string of little beach villages is packed with local tourists and many of the locals I met here grew up in East Germany. Hard to imagine standing here in a tranquil seascape that these vast natural resources were used by GDR frontier guards to keep East Germans from escaping to the West. Before the fall of the wall in 1989, these same shores and camping places were patrolled by troops in high-speed boats and armed soldiers with high-power search lights.

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Cairo: Khan el-Khalili on Friday morning

Old Cairo: Walk with me as I squirm through the narrow passages of the famous souk at Khan el-Khalili.

In these ancient streets the passages are full of mosques, vendors, deliveries, tourists and shoppers all mixing at the same time. The sounds emerging through all this are of the Friday prayers. I prefer to make my way through the labyrinth during the quiet morning time.

It is summer holiday season and I am sharing a series of mini travelogues to reflect the season.

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Cruise around Gothenburg, Sweden

Gothenburg: A summer tour of the city on graduation day for Swedish High School students and an island cruise from Saltholmen.

It is summer holiday season and I am sharing a series of mini travelogues to reflect the season.

These little side projects were filmed as I travelled to Sweden, Germany, Russia, Egypt, Canada and Scotland producing the documentary film, “Breaking The News.”

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Dive in the Red Sea

An Egyptian dive master briefs SCUBA divers moments before they dive in the coral reefs of the Red Sea.

Shazly, an Egyptian SCUBA dive master gives the briefing before my tour of Ras Mohamed National Park.
The site where two bodies of water meet is an undersea paradise off the Sinai coast.

It is summer holiday season and I am sharing a series of mini travelogues to reflect the season.

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Newspaper pages: Germany loses to Spain in World Cup

I am sharing a sheaf of fresh newspaper pages devoted to Germany’s world cup semifinal loss to Spain, July 7, 2010.
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These photos were taken in the lobby of Axel Springer in Berlin - the publisher of Bild, Die Welt and the Berliner Morgenpost. I was cycling all over Berlin yesterday and this was the only place where I found copies of all the local papers. Naturlich!

The Dream is Over

Bild: Dream is over

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How to send a DVD through the Internet

I thought I would make a tutorial for how to send a DVD through the Internet.
I am in Germany and need to send a DVD image to Florida for my brother to burn to a playable DVD movie disc. Snail mail and the delays in international customs processing will make for a slow delivery.

The Challenge:
Send a 4 GB DVD disc image halfway around the world.

The Solution:
This video tutorial that shows how to send a disc image of a DVD using free tools and free file sharing services. (For Mac OSX.)

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