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RUSSIA
April 2005

SlideShow: Russia with Benny Brandenberger & Sasha 2005

I'm always fascinated with Russia. I like the forests, the very special atmosphere and of course, the Wodka! We visited with Bernie and Sascha customers in Yaroslavl, Ivanovo and Vladimir. On Saturday I had some time to do Sightseeing in Moscow. Sascha (the back-office girl!) was my guide and she showed me the most important spots in the short time available. Thank you!

CHINA & Shanghai-Tex
03. - 07.June 2005

SlideShow: China, Thailand, Shanghai-Tex

We conducted a sales training in Changzhou, visited some customers in the area and attended the SHANGHAItex.

ITMA ASIA Singapore
17. - 21 October 2005

SlideShow: ITMA ASIA Singapore

Another Asian Textile Machinery exhibition. Long hours standing, demonstrating the machine and trying to communicate with the, mostly none English speaking, customers. Thanks to the help of the local sales engineers we succeed somehow! Singapore is clinical clean with many nice places to spend an evening. We liked the place and the exhibition could have stayed there but migrated to Shanghai. Another not too shabby place to stay!

CITME Beijing
November 2005

SlideShow: CITME 2005 Beijing

We all gathered in Bejing to participate at CITME 2005. We where lucky, the weather was beautiful and the temperatures very comfy. We also had time to do some Sight-Seeing in and around Beijing (Peking)

TURKEY with Fathi Karadag
January 2005

SlideShow: Turkey, trip to the East with Fatih Karadag 2005

We drove from Istanbul the 1'120 km to Malatya in one day. We took the Scenic Route and there was a lot of snow and ice on the road which made the trip even more exciting. Who ever was Fatih's passenger will never forget it! Full speed, sometimes in excess of 200 km. A police trap (Bandits) somewhere in the middle of no where and Fatih was booked for speeding again! This pisses him off and had no good words for the "bandits"! We covered the area Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras and Adana during the next 5 days. From there back home.

Xinjiang
Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.
March 2005

SlideShow: China, Xinjiang March 2005

As always when I traveled with Michael, it is hard to remember what happened! We conducted a training for the local sales staff in Zhengzhou, went up to Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Province and had our "Maotai" treatment at Galaxy... Miss Hongwei Li helped us afterwards to the hotel. In Hangzhou we visited with Alex a temple and had a good time. Other than that my memories are blurred!

BANGALADESH & THAILAND
2005 The Salesman's Classic Combo!

SlideShow: Bangaladesh & Thailand

Bangaladesh and Thailand are two very different destinations! Both have in common that you can stay in a single hotel to see your customers. In Dhaka (17 mio people) and in Bangkok. This is very convenient since daily hotel changes are a pain in the ass!. Of course you still have the horrendous traffic in both cities! Apart from that, I certainly prefer Bangkok when it comes to entertainment & food! Dhaka is work only, Bangkok offers an enjoyable time after work! This is not to say that Bangladesh has nothing to offer. I like the country side, the rivers and boats and of course the many chimneys from the brick factories! Also the thousands (400'000!) colorful and beautiful decorated rickshaws are an experience and contribute to the frequent traffic jams!