Looking back on the visit to Dadaab, Kenya. ca 400.000 inside the fence. They will stay there….
Took this pic and are re-publishing. I’m looking at many from nine camps and places.
They always smile when they play football. They; refugees. Football; uniting.
Bjorn @heidenstrom on Twitter. UNHCR is @refugees on Twitter. Follow them.
I’m alway publishing the photo of Sepp and me before a new leg of a expedition. Always…
That photo can open closed doors and I pretend we’re best friends.
I can not say that we have hung together so much……
To be exact; Just for 20 minutes.
But I can say that Sepp and FIFA helped The Shirt and communications for humanitarian causes. I can say that he invited me in to the office when cycling in Swiss. I can say that he signed his shirt and donated to The Shirt. I can say that refugees in all the camps I visited in Africa was proud to see the photo. I can say that I guess he was behind the stringst to FIFA TV about when they made The Shirt content about refugees who was sent out to 700 million.
700 million. That is strong communication.
Hope to see you on Danube. Hope you’ll donate a shirt. Sepp did!
Bjorn with the photo (owner of photo; www.fifa.com ) and @heidenstrom on Twitter – and counting down to start paddling Danube and theBlack Sea.
Found my weakest side on the cycle ride to South Africa. It was not the thigh, abdomen, shoulders or legs. It was not courage, demand, motivation or will. ‘
It was, loneliness …
So – If you are near the River Danube or the Black Sea or river Dneiper in March – June, then I can guarantee that I will come floating past the following locations (and you are shouting and waving with a cold drink!!!! 😉
The Danube flows through the following countries and cities (ordered from the source to mouth):
Germany
Möhringen an der Donau in Baden-Württemberg
New photos / card 20.1 2012
It’s
a cind of internal blogg and a message with a photo that I hope will find its way and love of football up to the north.
Because (once upon a time…..;-) ) I cycled in to Vestraalen.
It’s way up north, maybe the most beautiful place on the planet, on the west coast of Norway, where the men still are men, the cod you fish is always over 12 kilos, and the passion for football is total. but it’s one ting missing there and in Norway;
Paul Madeley from Leeds..
I met a man there, a pal of a pal, and he has the a complete 100% collection of my own childhood love. I’m of course talking about “football collecting cards” but I’m not accurate, because it’s not a 100%collection. It’s a 99,999999% collection.
He, Vestraalen and Norway has always been missing one card (1) and that’s: Paul Madeley, Leeds.
So I’v been working since that fine cycling day in 2011. Mates have been working, mates of mates have been working – and it’s all been about the love of football, childhood days and;
Paul Madeley, Leeds, – the missing card….
Well, we got breaking news!
We have found one collector in Singapore that have sent over a photo of his Paul. I have taken the scanned photos I got on mail and you’ll see them on my collage ( The other photos are from your collection in Vestraalen )
Dear Bø, Pedersen, the cod, the whales,Vestrålen, and dear nutcase football collector head: Is this the right Madeley? Is this the right card and the right year?
If the answer is no! (please tell us )
If the answer is yes! Let’s find the money and go to Singapore!! (or do it the Viking way, #sail #steal #sailhome ) 😉
If you are a collector that stumbled in on this blog who also have a Madeley card.. – please shout!
Crossing fingers!!!!!!
Bjorn @heidenstrom on Twitter and still remember my Kevin Keegan card
I’ve got 987678 gigabyte of video from the Norway –
South Africa and the Norway North to South cycling, but I’m not good
at video editing, so I’m looking for that super tool that can help
me….
Best I’ve found so far is www.animoto,.com and
I have a short test under that shows the result after I just added
all the photo and pushed the button; “make video”.. and it
did in a cool way.
You know another one?
Bjorn, ca 50 days to the next expedition #Danube #Blacksea #Paddling
My dog Bonzo do not have any facts at all, so I have to start ask you again…
I’v never paddeld Donau, but know that it’s 2872 KM before I go 445 km North on the Black Sea and up Dneper up 858 KM to Kiev.
So…..: have you been, or do you have som pals or facts about……
Okay, it’s not, – it’s better then that.
It’s from the hotel room and it’s my lady, Marianne Zeta-Grinaker from Elverum… 😉
Have a goooood weekend!
Brad Bjorn Pitt @Heidenstrom on Twitter and sooon on Donau the river
Det er alt for sjeldent at noen trenger det beste av det jeg har eller det jeg kan… Jeg kan for eksempel mye om det å være liten og alene i Afrika, og jeg kan mye om det som dreper mest folk i Afrika, og det er ikke de krokodillene jeg tok bilder av i Botswana.
Derfor blir jeg så veldig glad hvis noen spør, men det er så lenge siden noen gjorde det, og her på Hurum er det så utrolig få som skal sykle eller være alene i Afrika.
I Afrika er jeg god på bevegelser og vennskap uttafor tettbebygde strøk. Det meste av Afrika er ikke tettbebygd, ganske mye vilt og voldsomt, og ganske mye av de som dreper flest folk på det kontinentet. Det er mygg.
Har ikke fått det spørsmaålet på lenge og det er: “hva gjør jeg med mygg og malaria?”
Først svarer jeg en ting; “du er fra Norge og kan kjøpe medisin, så du overlever, men kan bli syk”
Så svarer jeg fire ting; “piller som passer for deg, myggspray,
og myggnet – og at verdens beste dokument er laget! Du kan
ikke følge alt i det dokumentet (da trenger du en følgebil med
medisin) men det er ett bra dokument. Jeg har det her….
I’v been thinking and making dreams and visions for the next expedition with The Shirt.
I’m on “ready” and soon “go”. Making me ready now and starting in ca 58 days.
Let me tell you about the paddling start….. I’m not cycling this one. I’m on water.. 😉
The Danube (English pronunciation: /ˈdænjuːb/ dan-yoob) is a river in Central Europe and is Europe’s second longest river after the Volga. It is classified as an international waterway.
The river originates in the Black Forest mountain range in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg rivers which join at the German town of Donaueschingen. After that it is known as the Danube and flows southeastward for a distance of some 2,872 km (1,785 mi), passing through four Central and Eastern European capitals, before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.
Then I have to find my way (that has to be easy!) on the Black Sea, and paddling up to the river Dnieper and on that river I’ll find Kiev.
Same start as on the Norway to south Africa trip. No sponsors but a big dream and lot of power.
Hope the power stays dry on the river…. 😉
Hope you’ll join the trip!
Bjorn @Heidenstrom
In a single minute there are over 695,000 status updates on Facebook. That’s just one example of the scale on online activity.
The infographics over show a bunch of other incredible things that happen in 60 seconds (via Barry Ritholtz).
The rest via Incredible Things That Happen Every 60 Seconds On The Internet.
Bjorn @Heidenstrom on Twitter