Polonium in Hamburg

Hamburg is close...it's where I live...Ottensen is even closer...it's my part of the town...so far it was cool, trendy, active and ... yes, almost quiet. But now Since I came back on Friday night it has changed.
That evening I came around the corner and was suddenly confronted with dozens of police car. I counted at least 20 and they were everywhere. First I thought the old punks of this area had risen again and fight the evil police forces for good. But nothing was going on...it was deadly silent.

Eventually I asked one of the police guys. The answer was surprising, fascinating, shocking and to me somehow unreal at the same time. A guy who is somehow in contact with Alexander Litwinenko lived here and they found evidence of Polonium in the flat of his ex-wife.

Wow, how come that she happens to live just 300 metres away from me?

I don't know too much, yet. But this area has changed a bit. Constantly streets are blocked by police cars and the air traffic with helicopter has increased dramatically... I live close to a prime spot! It gives you a funny feeling if you know that Russian spies walked or still walk around in your neighbourhood with polonium in their pockets or blood...

Traffic

In Germany we complain a lot about the traffic on our roads and the amount of traffic jams. But compared to Johannesburg it is NOTHING!

I had to travel a lot this time. Driving from the one side of town to the other. The only time when the roads became a bit quiter was in the middle of the night.

At day time you sit in the traffic constantly! There is no time a day when the highways are really empty.

Maybe it is a good sign, cause people seem to have more money and so more people can afford a car. But if it goes on like this in SA and they will not invest in public transport the traffic will kill the economy...and off coarse fun in live! :-)

..the next morning

The fresh air and the morning sun woke me up. A wonderful day - that's how you love Africa!

A cleaning storm has got its positive sides! ;-)

The end of the world...

I am used to the fact that the waether in South Africa is just the opposite to our weather in Germany. When it is nice and warm in Hamburg you can be sure it is either freezing cold in Johannesburg or cold and rainy in Cape Town.
Off coarse it also works the other way around, which actually happenes more often... :-)

So last Thursday I left a miserible cold Hamburg covered in clouds. The next morning arriving in Johannesburg I got just the weather I wanted: spottless sky and approx. 28 degrees.

It is so nice to escape our winter for some time...

But the next day a storm front came in.

The rain rain came down like something and within a short time the temperatures fell below 8°C.

Let's hope it gets better before I leave...

Namibia rulez....

I just organised my photos and realised, how amazing dune driving in Namibia was.

On the photo you see me in my Nissan Hardbody, chasing up a dune...

"A class of its own..."

A new home...

Remember me?
Well I haven't published anything for a long time... Now I realised it was due to the restrictions with my old provider. So I decided to move! And here is MY NEW HOME!!!

I will probably not move all the old stories from my last blogg over to this side. So how is interessted in older posts, please klick following link:

http://kai.twoday.net/

I will try to be more active from now on and send some stories from around the world. Whereever I am traveling... Let's see!

Cheers,

Kai