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This is our strange blog

This blog is written and edited by us and includes sometimes graphic scenes which are unsuitable for minors.

Viewers discretion is advised. Please do not continue if you are below eighteen years of age.

It seems ' strange ' to have a blog on one side, and another page catering to one's business.

However, we feel the visitor to our site should be entertained with not only ' technical  crap '.
That may sound - again ' strange ' to those corporate readers who only are interested in machines, and technology.

But how about those readers who stumble upon our pages by chance ...

For those who are not in ' business ' and textiles .. those  will be glad to know that we have other pages with interesting news too.

Therefore, you all are welcome here, textile savvy visitors,
and travelers alike.

Our photography page is a place worthy your time, we feel it may be| INTERESTING |

Whatever you look for, welcome to our pages


AFRICASIAEURO

"What Henry Africas"  "Guinea Forest Travel in Ebola country"

See our videos 

From all aspects of our life : Asia, Africa, Europe.
China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and much more.


SECOND PART

MAR 31 , 2023

SEQUENCES TO FOLLOW SOON ...

Preparing to return to

Austria winter

Austria


After two months of absence I intend to fly back to Austria.
My journey took me to DUBAI, BANGKOK, PENANG, KL, KOCHI, BANGALORE, AND BAHRAIN.
After our ordeal last year where I lost my wife I decided to take a break.

However, all breaks are far too short, so was this one.



AUGUST 20 TH, 2020

Some pictures speak books, or can at least tell a story. So are these two pictures which show a shattered and crying Jacky Onassis on a flight with the then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, after the murder of J.F. Kennedy.

In the background stands one guy who can be seen smiling to Lyndon B., this during the swearing in ceremony as president. What do you think made this guy smile ?

Well, there can be only one reason for this very clear sign of "victory" for Lyndon B. ---

Jackie Kennedy

Jackie Kennedy
(CLICK TO ENLARGE) Watch the smiling face of the one standing left in the background as Lyndon B. looks towards him, after being sworn in as president. What do you see?

AUGUST 1 , 2020


Some photos from different parts of life. We endeavor to show sights mostly unusual,
coming from all parts of the globe.

Below find some weird pictures that show you how this world is in which we live in.


Taekwondo

From our video collection :


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AUGUST 20 tH 3015


No one knows

fema war

fema war

cat fish

HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE :


Coffee

pigs

News cannibalism 

JULY 30 , 2020

RAMADAN IS OVER. ALL OUR FRIENDS WE WISH YOU A HAPPY EID EL FITR.




arabic sweets 

JULY 15, 1983

One month into another attempted Coup. After experiencing 2 fully fledged military takeovers we are tired of the same, scenarios, guns, shooting, mortars, grenades, the lot.
Our daughter s birthday during a turbulent time. She is in Nice, however, far away from it all. Peace with her. Book in the make - to be published in 1 month. Check back on this page for more news :  www.amazon.de/Heinz-Rainer/e/B00MNHJN9C 
 


JULY 14, 2020

ON AMAZON : YEAH !!! THREE PLUSES FOR THEIR SERVICE -
No two ways about it : AMAZON is great because their services are great. They call the shots online today. Wanna know why ? Here it is : Security is great, AMAZON notices when something on their server does not look genuine. Logging in from other resources for example results in firing up their extensive privacy protection apparatus. Account locked. First reaction : angry. Why do yout do that AMAZON, on second thought, they are right. Asking you for Telephone number you registered. Don't remember. You fill in your key data : email and name, a questionaire where you can be reached, THEY call you back, anywhere on the globe ! Asking you account details, and reset the system, so you can log in again ! HEY this is awesome. LOOKING OUT FOR OUR NEXT PUBLISH ON KINDLE ! Have a nice day AMAZON,
LOYALLY YOURS -  heinzrainer-amazon.appspot.com

JULY 25TH, 2020

SEAGULL LUNCH

Some more pics  from our archives. Watch and be the judge.


JULY 6, 2020 ( I )

From a sequence of my upcoming book.

It shows mechanics in the bush on the road to upper Guinea, where we had a breakdown,
these mechanics managed to repair the car without any difficulties, with very simple tools.

All these and more in the upcoming book.


- Austrian glacier Pasterze in 1875 , under it is the present Pasterze - or what remains of it.

Talk about global warming, Al. One day all glaciers will look the same.


Still working editing on my new book, which essentially covers my 1 st part of life in Africa.  

Spanning three decades and one half, this book draws from ample resources of materials to write about.

It takes us back to the 70's and 80's to the 90's, where and when times were different here.
We will not reveal its content at this moment in full : Here are some excerpts : 
 

' Dass .. kein richtiger Freund war, wurde mir erst klar, als er irgendwann bei mir auftauchte als ich gerade Besuch hatte. 

Translated: I became aware that ... ( name withheld ) was not a correct friend.
Once he showed up out of the blue when I had a visitor.
When I was not present he spoke with the visitor and .. defamed me.
After I met my visitor again he told me to be careful of such friends.

In einem unbeobachteten Augenblick sprach ... die Person an und defamierte mich.
Als mich mein Bekannter wieder traf, erzählte dieser von .. und dessen aufdringlicher Art, die ihm nicht gefiel. 

Er warnte mich vor solchen Freunden.'


JULY 5, 2020


We said it was the strange blog, and this post is just one example.
We came across ancient Chinese punishments during Ming and Qing dynasty periods.

Some of us could not comprehend what we saw. This is the reason why we ask for viewers discretion.
Unimaginable penalties for those caught in breaking the law.

If you were caught as a prostitute you could expect no mercy.
The image shows it all.

This page should not be visited by adults below 18years of age.




More
She was a fighter for personal liberties and freedom and was sent to a military tribunal on trial.

The later turned president has forgotten her principles and prefers personal wealth and personal freedom instead,

turning against her country  s natural wealth and ecologoy.

What a change in a lifetime of activism. Disgraced.





JULY 3, 2020

Some poledancer with exceptional skills, more like a serpent, onewould  think.

This Chinese poledancer has it all and more.
It takes years of practice to accomplish this stunt, believe me.


FUTURE ASPECTS OF LIFE

Drones. Will affect you in one way or another.

They are highy sophisticated as _spying - _eavesdropping - picture making - _-kil-ling-machines.

These are actual pictures of drone fly by wire command center and drone.

Got these from the web. Interesting to see what we are now dealing with.


June 28, 2020 Accra 

Below some more pictures :

Cowboys in Chengdu, Chinese opera stars, on way to work, Wild boar entered the city, killed in China - 


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June 28 th, 2020 Accra (part 2)

Cabbages and Condomes
Perhaps we leave it only at cabbages. These are more than enough left to wonder about.

All new old pictures from our archives. The below listed is an old friend I first got to know in Bangkok Thailand in 1976. He  is an expert on snakes. In these pictures he handles a King Cobra like a child almost.
When he opened the cage, he patted the cage grass only slightly, and the huge King Cobra came to him like a house pet. He patted her on her head,

Warden I knew for 40 years

King Cobra pet
explaining to me : " She is sick " . He knows : snakes have feelings too.

SNAKES AND SUCH

Talk about snakes. See this African python ( they are very aggressiv ).

My friend was catching and exporting many species, amongst them - African pythons.

One day when removing from the cage, a 3m python got loose and in a fraction wound itself onto its victim who held it.

So it started squeezing the hell out of the poor fellow, and during the process it expelledits feces.

My friend said he never experienced such terrible odor all his life ! They finally removed the snake with the help of 3 people.

Think about it before you venture into the bush.


Python
African python

June 26th, 2020




- 07 May 08.10 a.m. Vang Viang, Laos - The older one gets the deeper the thoughts Mist shrouded mountains surround the village in the morning, a slight chill is in the air. During the day temperatures reach to the 40 C centigrade. I sip a cup of "Lao" coffee, and enter a second.

The French left their legacies in form of "Cafe aux lait", milk coffee. An added surprise, baguette (French white bread for those who are unfamiliar with the word).

Sitting on the Veranda I order a Vegan baguette, it comes with a variety of garden fresh vegetables. Good and simple, served by the proprietress of the guest house. The hearty smile adds to the beauty of the morning.

The sun rises, with it comes the heat. The jungle surrounding us is now steaming. I rent a bike for the day, and set off to my discovered place, "MY" private jungle pool, a few miles from where I lodge.

A cave that was discovered long ago, a Buddhist temple adjacent. The hermit Buddhist monk who passed away years ago. His skull has been placed into the cave for those who want to admire it.

A small paradise in a foreign land, amidst of lush tropical foliage. The daily plunge becomes a ritual. It is an experience that leaves me refreshed and invigorated. My thoughts wander to Hungary, Budapest, where I spa in a five star property. In stark contrast to the daily underwater massages, the mud packages. A Bio Sauna, here I have it all, and for nothing. I would not exchange with Acapulco, nor with Biarritz at this moment.

Tiny fish swim curiously around me, the bottom is a few meters deep, and I set out to explore the cave underground. Deep from inside the mountain the spring has its beginning, and rushes out in powerful force. Difficult to overcome its current, swimming against is difficult. I manage into the dark, unknown cave, grabbing on the rocks that protrude from the side.

Not being exactly a cave explorer I return when it gets darker. You never know what you may encounter here.

Many years in Africa have taught me many lessons, and one them is not to take unnecessary risks. Challenging nature is unwise, in any form. I enjoy the sight and return to my fishes companions, who are playing in the current.

I could stay the whole day here, enjoying the wonder of god's creation, for it is nothing less than a wonder. So I lay back, float in the pool till lunch time. I notice by then that my body temperature must have dropped. I step out finally sit on a wooden bench nearby the cave, and drench myself in the sun.

I cycle back through rice paddies, the farmers waving friendly towards me. They are standing knee high in the paddies. Water buffaloes plough the fields, a unforgettable scene.

In another episode : Laos with its many surprises ....



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