December 28, 2004
Two LONGITUDE Expedition Certified Land Rover Discoverys fit into a single shipping container. We have four vehicles, so two containers are used to get them home.
These containers are 40 feet long, 7 1/2 feet wide. They are called "high cubes" because they're 9 1/2 feet high to accomodate the roof racks. (12035mm Long, 2340mm wide, 2274mm high)
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Notes: We received good news today from our shipping agent:
"Good day. We sincerely thank Noh HongJe of Transorient Shipping CO., LTD, Roman Sholokhov and Angela Kimball of Fesco, and Tatyana Ventslavovich of Transfes for such wonderful and professional service. These folks went out of their way to make all of the Magadan to Korea shipping arrangements. The LONGITUDE Expedition resumes from Anchorage Alaska on February 2, 2005. The homestrech drive to Irvine, California (leg 8!) concludes on February 25, 2005.(N.O.) | ||
Help support our cause: The LONGITUDE Expedition is the longest journey ever attempted with a focus on Parkinson's Disease. The Drive Around the World team aims to raise money for Parkinson’s Disease research by driving four Certified, Pre-Owned Land Rover Discoverys around the globe following lines of longitude. Readers are encouraged to pledge small amounts of money per expedition-kilometer via a pledge form that can be found on our Parkinson’s page by clicking HERE. One hundred percent of donations received go directly to Parkinson's research, and all who donate $10 or more will be entered into a raffle to win an expedition-equipped Land Rover Discovery.
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December 14, 2004
A letter from the Dalai Lama, to the LONGITUDE team, wishing us success, encouragement, and safety on our journey.
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Notes: We're all still home with friend and family, and it looks like our vehicles will arrive here in the states for us to start driving at the end of January. In the meantime, we will continue to post occassional blogs.
Recently, we received a letter from His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. It was sent in October, but we just caught up with it. We had the pleasure of meeting the Dalai in Dharmasala, India, back in September, on the 14th. It was, to put it lightly, incredible. (N.O.) | ||
Help support our cause: The LONGITUDE Expedition is the longest journey ever attempted with a focus on Parkinson's Disease. The Drive Around the World team aims to raise money for Parkinson’s Disease research by driving four Certified, Pre-Owned Land Rover Discoverys around the globe following lines of longitude. Readers are encouraged to pledge small amounts of money per expedition-kilometer via a pledge form that can be found on our Parkinson’s page by clicking HERE. One hundred percent of donations received go directly to Parkinson's research, and all who donate $10 or more will be entered into a raffle to win an expedition-equipped Land Rover Discovery.
