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Re: HoMa and the Trans Namib
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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:54:54 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Holger Matthes writes:
> Hi @ll,
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> just realized while relaxing in the Desert Express office that I am not onlz
> a topic in Windhoeks german newspaper :-)
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> Yeah, this is really a fascinating trip the people from Desert Express and
> the inwolved tourism operators (AVIS - giving a 4x4 for our trip through the
> Namib Desert; KALAHAR SANDS Hotel in Windhoek; HANSA HOTEL in Swakopmund,
> MOLA MOLA dolphin cruses in Walvis Bay; Sossosvlei Lodge; Wolvedans and my
> more) have set up for me. Now mz trip is slowlz coming to the end and I
> really would like to say "Thank you" to all who made this possible. During
> the trip Lana the Avis manager of Namibia and Anita and Leon from Desert
> Express joint me.
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> Last week I went on the real train after having a little presentation at
> Windhoek station. While going to Swakopmund we stopped for a lions feed and
> we saw some rhinos (!). Thatfor the trains even went back a couple of
> hundreds metres. The next morning we stopped in the middle of nowhere to
> climb up some of the highest sand dunes in the world.
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> After spending the night in Swakopmund we went on a dolphin cruse and later
> on with the 4x4 into the desert. And then the most special happend: It
> rained in the desert! That is so rarely for the country that everone here is
> happy about it. And in two weeks time the desert will turn into a beautiful
> colored green landscape - that's what they say.
Oh man... Sweet!
Have you found any diamond yet? ;-)
Namibia sounds cool. Or hot, depending on where you stand!
> Back to the LEGO aspects ...
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> > But Homa had a lot of work with collecting the bricks for his first Desert
> > Express train. Later he had to collect every single brick once again to build a
> > perfect copy of his first train. I think his free flight and travel on the real
> > train is not a too high payment in the end...
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> Well, the first copy was build with my personal bricks, but a big Thank You
> to all who helped with teh 3500 pieces for the copy.
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> > The DE is still one of the coolest 8-wides I have ever seen. If anybody tries
> > to become new 8-w king, this model is in my opinion one of the references which
> > has to be beaten.
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> :-)) .. don't forget the BR 10 and the BR 101
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> > Homa, ich wünsch Dir noch angenehme Tage in Namibia: Komm' heil zurück und
> > bringe uns ein paar schöne Sonnen-Bilder mit ins naßkalte Deutschland.
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> Ben, danke, die habe/hatte ich hier auf alle Faelle. Wie gesagt, es hat
> jeden Tag geregnet, aber im Vergleich zu Deutschland war es wohl nur "etwas"
> waermer.
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> Die Bilder werden dann halt nicht ganz so sonnig sein. Und wenn man genau
> hinschaut, dann sieht man auf dem Glaskasten (den Transnamib extra gebaut
> hat) auch ein paar Regentropen.
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> Many manz regards to all of you!
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> HoMa from Windhoek/Namibia
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> P.S. pictures will follow as soon as possible.
TIA for the pics,
and a little PS: check the keyboard, there is something wrong with the
"y's"... :-P
Pedro (Loking forward to see the pics!)
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| (...) Bet you a dollar he's typing on a non german keyboard and is a touch typist. German keyboards have the Y and Z transposed from English/American ones and if you don't remember that you tend to transpose. I know I did when I was using them (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| Hi @ll, just realized while relaxing in the Desert Express office that I am not onlz a topic in Windhoeks german newspaper :-) Yeah, this is really a fascinating trip the people from Desert Express and the inwolved tourism operators (AVIS - giving a (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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