In a plane you eat, drink, sleep and sometimes you look out of the window.

During the 12 hours non-stop flight CO47 in a Continental Airlines Boeing 767 from Frankfurt to Houston/Texas on March 02, 2010 I have filmed a lot of video sequences.

Enjoy the best:

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On March 2nd, 2010 we flew back from Germany to Houston, Texas and had to wait some 2 hours on our flight. After the security checks we visited the Tower Lounge in Terminal A. The good weather and the ground traffic motivated me to shoot this series of wonderful videos. During cutting I was inspired to mix them with the Stevedore Stomp Jazz from Chris Barbers Jazz Band, a digitalized 78 rpm version in the style of the Golden Twenties. You can download from his public domain version on: http://www.archive.org/details/ChrisBarbersJazzBand-StevedoreStomp

Enjoy! Or look on YouTube for the HD-Version.

The Spirit of Rally Dakar is alive. On March 23th, 2010 the organizer ASO has announced that the third adventure would be held in Argentina and Chile.

On April 29th they announced the route for the 3rd edition. I have taken it and transformed it into a Google Map for my own planning and share it with you. Step by step I will actualize it to be prepared for January 1st at Buenos Aires Obelisk and than travelling with the rally through the North of Argentina and Chile.

There will be some new challenges for the drivers, as they (I suppose) will cross the Chilean border at Paso de Llama at nearly 5000 m (16400 ft) above sea level and later they will reach 5200 m (17000 ft) on a paved road or in a very sandy area. This is the highest place that I have ever reached with my old Toyota Hilux pickup. The landscape from Calama (Chile) to Arica is very, very dry. And if you plan to travel here, you must check your fuel, because there are only very few patrol stations. For the 560 km (350 mi) from San Salvador de Jujuy to Calama (Chile) you need some 60 liter (17 gal.) diesel. There is on patrol station on the way in Susques, but if we all will stop there???) From Calama the next petrol station is some 525 km (330 mi) ahead in Iquique and then in Arica, some 450 km (280 mi) more in the North. Travelling directly from Calama without looking the Rally is possible with only 60 liter (17 gal.) diesel. Arica is a beautiful city in the North of Chile at the border to Peru. Well, later I will write more details.

In total the Rally Dakar 2011 will run some 7500 km to 8000 km* (4700 mi to 5000 mi) and goes North.

* Estimation based on the using of roads and not going off-road.
The fuel consumption based on my experience with a Toyota Hilux 4X4 Dob Cab pickup.

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Soon I will detail the information.

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