Right Beyond the Horizon by Christopher Many

Author:Christopher Many
Language: deu
Format: epub
Tags: Reise
ISBN: 9783667108234
Publisher: Delius Klasing Verlag

17 76 journalists are sitting behind bars in Turkey in 2013 – more than in China or Iran. Many who were critical of the government have been charged with anti-state activities or insulting Islam.

18 McDonald’s and other international fast-food joints try to cater for local palates and offer some interesting variants to standard Western fare. Japan has McShrimp Burgers, Singapore Chicken SingaPorridge and India McAloo Tikki, a patty made of potatoes and vegetables. What you’ll never find in Islamic countries are pork-meat McRibs. And thank heavens Vietnam hasn’t created the McPuppy – yet.

19 A word of caution with regard to pasting country stickers to your motorcycle, as many travellers do. Though it’s fun to show everybody where you’ve been, make sure you never have the enemy’s emblem attached to your side-boxes. An Israeli sticker may be hazardous when riding through an Islamic country, as is often the United States’ Star-Spangled Banner. Inform yourself about your host country’s foreign relations. If you’re a football fan, the same rule applies: do not wear a yellow-red Galatasaray T-shirt when you’re in a Fenerbahçe neighbourhood in Turkey!

20 Chicken schnitzel and non-alcoholic beer to be on the safe side, just in case they are strict Muslims. If you’re from a Western country – may I ask you a favour? Next time you notice a Turkish vehicle at a motorway rest stop, offer the driver and passengers a free round of tea and sandwiches and see what happens. You might be surprised! So will they.

21 According to Sarkozy’s chief adviser, Jean-David Levitte, the discussion continued as follows:

“Hang him?” Mr Sarkozy asked.

“Why not? The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein.”

“Yes, but do you want to end up like Bush?” retorted the French President. Mr Putin was briefly lost for words, then replied, “Ah, you have scored a point there.”

22 Other sources say Juf in Switzerland or the ski-resort town of “El Pas de la Casa” in Andorra are higher. Khinalug in Azerbaijan is also a candidate, depending upon how one draws the line between Europe and Asia in the Greater Caucasus.

23 Whole books have been dedicated to this highly controversial issue. According to a survey conducted by American bathroom specialists in 2010, 74% prefer “over”. The biggest question for me remains: “Should we really care?”

24 They are fortunate not to live in Georgia with its double-Christmas celebrations.

25 Nullarbor means no trees (Latin: nullus+arbor). It’s occasionally referred to as the “Nulla-boring” by Australians due to the lack of visual stimuli when traversing the 1,200-kilometre-wide plain. One particular road section is 146 kilometres long without even the slightest kink.

26 Or virtually stationary. Polaris is not precisely north, but about 0.7 degrees out of whack. Hence, it circles the true Celestial North Pole just like every other star. However, for orientation purposes when crossing a desert, 0.7 degrees is really neither here nor there.

27 Why rough? Because the sun only rises exactly due east on two days a year: during the equinoxes. On all other days the sun will rise in a more northerly or southerly direction.

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