One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy.
Sir Richard Burton

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How to escape a mad elephant

August 20, 2006

I know, you think you’ll never ever need to apply this knowledge, that it’s useless. I’ve got three answers for you. (1) Murphy’s law. (2) Knowledge is a value. (3) It can be a story to impress girls/boys or the fuzzy silhouette next to you in a bar, night club, I better not know.

We all know elephants. Very big, very huge, very grey, very peaceful. Dumbo. India’s woodworkers best friend. Patient carrier of overweight tourists. You might know films of drunken elephants, but that’s about all the deviant behaviour we usually know of.

A mad elephant is something different. Imagine 7000 kg. Running. With 40 km/h. Directly charging at you. Making the soil tremble. Now, you better run. Fast. And, the most important - run downhill. Elephants don’t run downhill. Big weight, weak knees, no walking-sticks. So you escape and better directly to the next bar. Get a drink - you’ll need it.

You´re in the plain, there’s no possibility to run downhill. Well, there’re days you would’ve better stayed in bed. 

A final question remains - why do elephants get mad? So, you might want to know
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Patience, please!

August 10, 2006

Hello everybody!

I´m trying hard to set up a decent blog, covering my tour around the world. Right now, I´m working very hard, doing a very dirty job to mearn the money I need to really do the trip. So, after long hours of work, I ´m rather drinking a well-earned beer than sitting in front of a computer and working on my blog. So, you´ll have to wait. On the other hand, you´ll see pictures from all over the world (even AMERICA!!!) over the next month and you can read about my encounters and adventures. So I´say it´s worth to waith.

Come back soon, I wish you all the best,

Clemens, Gaston or whatever name I told you

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