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1000 Americans: Jack Reakoff, Wiseman, Alaska. About oil drilling in Alaska.

August 15, 2008 by Harry  
Filed under 1000 Americans, Friendly people, Go green

‘I have been living in since 1971, when I was 13. I have to go to Fairbanks to get supplies every 3-4 months, but hate it.’ Jack Reakoff is one of ’s famous faces and voices. he seems to know a lot about a lot and works part-time as a tourguide, showing busloads of tourists [...]

FAQ

August 15, 2008 by Harry  
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Where and When Where are you going? The plan is to cycle through America, from the North of to the South of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Note that America is not the same as the USA. We want to see America and the USA is one country on these two continents. Straight down? Well, straight down is impossible, [...]

Day 32-34: August 12-14 2008: Tok Cutoff to Tok: About sun, mountains, lost pants, life in a bus..

August 15, 2008 by Harry  
Filed under Alaska, Friendly people, Go green, North America, Trip reports

after we woke up in our church, we noticed that it was actually dry! Not only that, but the weather improved during the day. Oh, how life is so much easier with some sun. I know we will curse it later when in the heat of central America, but for now it was very welcome. We [...]

Lenovo laptops

July 8, 2008 by Harry  
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Lenovo Computers www.lenovo.nl Lenovo is part of IBM computers. Their Thinkpad series is well known all over the world. When researching our optimal road warrior’s laptop, we stumbled upon a pressrelease announcing the new X300. It was light (3 pounds/1.5 kgs), had a solid state disk (so no spinning harddisk), but still managed to pack 3 USB [...]

Outdoordacht

July 4, 2008 by Harry  
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Outdoordacht/Technolyt: Peter Wayper is the boss of Outdoordacht. The name is a Dutch play on words: “Outdoor” is clear, but “doordacht”  means: well thought through. And so it is. All the gear Peter imports and sells is smart and useful. From famous brands like Sea to Summit to newer products like Steripen and Dobermann. Peter is an [...]