tubes. 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 2016. Backpacking Malaysia and Sumatra Places featured in this video include:
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Backpacking India (October to December 2015) Places featured in this video include:
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Watching a hermit crab at Bako National Park (Sarawak, Malaysia)
As hermit crabs grow, they require larger shells. Since suitable intact gastropod shells are sometimes a limited resource, vigorous competition often occurs among hermit crabs for shells. The availability of empty shells at any given place depends on the relative abundance of gastropods and hermit crabs, matched for size. An equally important issue is the population of organisms that prey upon gastropods and leave the shells intact. Hermit crabs kept together may fight or kill a competitor to gain access to the shell they favour. However, if the crabs vary significantly in size, the occurrence of fights over empty shells will decrease or remain nonexistent. Hermit crabs with too-small shells cannot grow as fast as those with well-fitting shells, and are more likely to be eaten if they cannot retract completely into the shell.
As the hermit crab grows in size, it must find a larger shell and abandon the previous one. This habit of living in a second-hand shell gives rise to the popular name "hermit crab", by analogy to a hermit who lives alone. Several hermit crab species, both terrestrial and marine, have been observed forming a vacancy chain to exchange shells. When an individual crab finds a new empty shell it will leave its own shell and inspect the vacant shell for size. If the shell is found to be too large, the crab goes back to its own shell and then waits by the vacant shell for anything up to 8 hours. As new crabs arrive they also inspect the shell and, if it is too big, wait with the others, forming a group of up to 20 individuals, holding onto each other in a line from the largest to the smallest crab. As soon as a crab arrives that is the right size for the vacant shell and claims it, leaving its old shell vacant, then all the crabs in the queue swiftly exchange shells in sequence, each one moving up to the next size. Hermit crabs often "gang up" on one of their species with what they perceive to be a better shell, and pry its shell away from it before competing for it until one takes it over. ____________________________________________________ back to top.
Roadtrippin' Europe (Summer 2015) • Pictures on flickr. Rough itinerary / More information.
August 1-16, 2015
01. Berlin - Hof - Mariánske Lázne - Plzen (Campground) 02. Plzen - Ceský Krumlov: Art galleries - Radslav 03. Lake beach time - Linz - Eastern side of Traunsee 04. Max & Johnny joining - Gmunden - Hallstatt/Hallstätter See - Nathalie/Cira/Jonas joining 05. Toplitzsee - Millstätter See / Seeboden / Aftritzer See / Faaker See - Rest area in Slovenija 06. Ukanc / Nationalpark Bohinj (Waterfalls) (via Bled) and Lake nearby 07. Day at the Lake (Bohinj) 08. Bled - Kranj - Ljubljana 09. Istria (Croatia) - Natural reserve (Lanterna, South of Novigrad) - Campsite Brioni (North of Pola) 10. Pola - Paradise bay in Stoja - Night out in Pola 11. Premantura - Labin - Cres/Lošinj (via Krk): Campground - Belej - Ustrine - Osor - Autocamp Lopari 12. Cres: Ustrine (saying good-bye to Max+Johnny) - Valun: bay and hill 13. More Valun - Opatija (saying good-bye to Lina) - Trieste - Lazzaretto campsite 14. Caorle (beach) - Verona (meeting Jack) - Camping at Lago di Garda (near Solè) 15. Farewell to Cira, Nathalie and Jonas -Trento - Camping at Walchensee (near Garmisch, Southern Bavaria) 16. Bayreuth - Berlin _______________________
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Roadtrippin' Éire/Ireland in April 2015 • Pictures on flickr.
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New Year's Eve Hitching Trip 2014/15 • Wien, Beograd, Graz
(December 26 to January 6).
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"spiriduality" teaser (December 2014).
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Th45: Pendaison de crémaillère // Une masquerade éclatante!
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25 years ago - Fall of the Berlin wall remembrance party (November 9, 2014). The city remembers that historic landmark with a "wall of light".
(German:) Die Lichtgrenze ist der Name einer temporären Installation in Berlin zum 25. Jahrestag des Mauerfalls, nach einer Idee der Gebrüder Christopher und Marc Bauder. Vom 7. bis 9. November 2014 markierten 6.880 weiße Ballons auf 2,50 Meter hohen Carbonstangen einen Teil des ehemaligen Mauerverlaufs. Die weißen Ballons aus Naturkautschuk hatten einen Durchmesser von je 60 Zentimetern. Der Standfuß jedes Objekts war ein mit 20 Liter Wasser gefüllter Kunstofffuß. Die Installation war 15,3 Kilometer lang und reichte quer durch Berlin von der Bornholmer Straße bis zur Oberbaumbrücke. An sieben Orten wurde auf je einem Monitor die Filmcollage Mauerstücke mit historischen Filmaufnahmen gezeigt. Music: 'Complication with Optimistic Outcome' by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. From the 2010 Album The Social Network. More: nin.com.
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Traveling the Balkans (October 2014) / Germanized version (Creative Commons).
Sofia
Plovdiv (Bulgaria, E.U.) /
Skopje (Makedonia) /
Lake Matka (Makedonia)
Niš (Serbia) / Priština (Kosovo) / Skopje / Return to Sofia. Music: '13 Ghosts II' by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails) From the 2008 Album Ghosts I-IV The album was released under a Creative Commons license (BY-NC-SA).
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Drum'n'Bass Set beneath a Train Station in Poznan (Wielkopolska) | September 2014.
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Roadtrippin' Southern Sweden (Sverige) in July/August 2014
Day I. Berlin (via Flensburg, Odense, Køpenhavn) to Fjällfotasjön Lake.
Day II. Sturkö/Skällenäs (via Ystad). Day III. Emmaboda - Skärsjön Lake. Day IV. Kalmar (Slott) - Öland (Stora Alvaret: Windmills - Ottenby). Day V. Eksjö - Lake near Flisby. Day VI. Jönköpping - Gränna (Vättern) - Ören Lake. Day VII. Lake near Lönköpping - Lake (east of) Örebro. Day VIII. Örebro - Laxå (West Lake). Day IX. Canoeing in Tiveden NP - Laxå. Day X. Mariestad - Lidköping - Island of Strö. Day XI. Läckö Slot - Tun - Trollhättan - Tanumshede. Day XII. Tanum (Vitlyckegård/Rock Carvings) - Varberg - Beach near Kattvik. Day XIII. Beach near Svenstorp (Torekov) - Landskrona - Holckenhavn Slot (Fyn). Day XIV. Nyborg to Berlin. Music: 'Layer Cake' (Fritz Kalkbrenner). More on: www.fritzkalkbrenner.de.
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Music: 'Facing the Sun' (Fritz Kalkbrenner). More on: www.fritzkalkbrenner.de.
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Music: 'Take Me Into Your Skin' (Trentemøller). More on: www.anderstrentemoller.com.
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Wutzrock Festival 2014 (Hamburg-Bergedorf) #36.
Der Song "Jimmy's Dad (Original Mix)" stammt von Jahcoozi und findet sich auf dem Bar25-Soundtrack.
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Scotland Highland Roadtripping Video Material. April 2014. Glasgow / Stirling / Aberdeen
Ballater / Braemar
Loch Ness / Urquhart Castle
Isle of Skye / Dornie Castle
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Theater- und Performance-Festival at.tension #5 (05. - 08. September 2013).
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La Libertad Festival 2013 (Gersdorf, bei Döbeln). Musik: Underworld - "Born Slippy". No rights reserved. lalibertadfestival.wordpress.com/contact.
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Fusion Festival 2012 picture material: Camp area, Turmbühne, Hangarbühne, Seebühne, Rootsbase. Music: Egokind: "I Get So Lonely". ____________________________________________________ back to top.
Watching a boa constrictor. Monteverde, Costa Rica.
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Enjoying the unspoiled view from Tikal's biggest temple (Templo IV) in El Petén (Guatemala). You can see, among other temples, Templo del Jaguar and hear a whole bunch of howler monkeys in the back. The setting had also been used to shoot the end scenes in Star Wars IV: A New Hope back in 1977 (the Rebel base on Yavin IV). August 2011. Taken from a traveler's blog on roknablue.blogspot.com.
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Floßfahrt (Juni)
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Podcast on Couchsurfing. Music: 'Ghost 21' (Nine Inch Nails).
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Hitchhiking through South West Europe.
Freising, Bavaria.
Valencia, Spain. Santa Pola, Spain. Granada, Spain. Málaga, Spain. Gibraltar, U.K. Tarifa, Spain. Cádiz, Spain. Sevilla, Spain. Tavira, Portugal. Loulé, Portugal. Lagos, Portugal. Porto, Portugal. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Lugo, Spain. Santander, Spain. Bilbao, Basque Country. Donostia/San Sebastián, Basque Country. Bordeaux, France. Clermont-Ferrand, France. Lyon, France. Genève, Suisse. Lausanne, Suisse. Basel, Suisse. Strasbourg, France.
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Scandinavian Studies Programme, Oulu 2009.
Third and final Study Trip (November 23-26). Route overview. Day I: Via Bus to Hetta, Finland.
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Heading to North Cape, Norway (October 16-19).
FINLAND - Rovaniemi, Sodankylä, Ivalo, Inari, Utsjoki, Nuorgam.
NORWAY - Ifjord, Lakselv, Honningsvag, Nordkapp, Hammerfest, Alta. SWEDEN - Karesuando, Gällivare, Haparanda. |