The nature was very varied

We drove through very varied landscape during the day. At the beginning very dry and stony, then a lot more green with a lot of farming. Nice little villages along the very windy roads.

Time for lunch in San Mateo

A very good lunch in san Mateo!

Coffe break

Dad finally got his coffee at a place along the road!

Trip into the mountains

First stop, Fataga.

Mum by the pool

A nice pool area on a nice day. Though a bit windy, but we did have some time by the pool.

Maspalomas beach

Lisa and I in front of the Maspalomas beach, which is a big desert.

Gran Canaria

My brother Stefan and his girlfriend Lisa by the beach at Playa del Ingles. It's nice weather, but very windy and not especially warm.

Back in Sweden!

Back in Sweden for three days. After an eventful trip back to Sweden with having to buy a new ticket in Dubai as we missed the flight to Sweden we came back late Monday evening. Worked, unpacked and packed for three days. Also had some time to catch up with Mia, which was very nice! Flew to Stockholm Thursday afternoon and had some time with my dear friends in Stockholm before flying off to the Gran Canaria on Saturday morning with my family.

The boats have left!

Green Dragon on it's way out to the start of Leg 3 to Singapore.

Luciatåg in the Volvo pavilion

During the Warm up evening we had a Swedish Luciatåg thanks to Edward and our Product specialists. A very nice performance!

Guys in skirts...

A lot of the guys dressed up in traditional indish skirts. To the left Craig Rogers from VEM UK and to the right Jonas, one of our product specialists.

Leg Prize Giving

After prize giving ceremony at the main stage for the public the dinner was helt in the gardens Port Trust building. There were dancing going on through out the dinner on the stage. A very nice event!

Lunch next to the water

We found a great restaurant by the water where we had lunch. We though had an issue when we were to pay and didn't have enough money.... We thought they took credit card, but they didn't. Fortunately they exchanged money in one of the shops next door so we could sort it out and didn't have to do the dishes....

Jew street

Ingrid looks at the spices on Jew street. A lot of shops with handicraft, spices and fabrics.

Straight out to the open ocean

The Chinese fishing net

The chinese fishing nets that are a big attraction in Cochin.

Escaped the pavilion for a day!

Ingrid and I escaped the pavilion and Race Village for a day to explore Fort Cochin, the old part of Cochin. We had a great time! Here at Vasco da Gama's tombstone. He was buried here for 14 years before he was moved to Lisabon, Portugal.

Walk in line!

The queue is long to the pavilion

The indian public is very curious and can queue for hours to get into our pavilion. During the most hectic days during the weekend we've had about 20 000 people going through the pavilion, but then it's litterary "going through" the pavilion. There is so much people so they get to spend about 3, 5 minutes inside and can barerly ask a question. They take a lot of pictures and the product specialists are a popular target!

View from our balcony

Puma is good at branding.. Someone called it the Puma city..

Sunday Media opening

A big interest from Media the first day of opening! As everything else in India: nothing happens, nothing happens, everything happens! They came in, looked around and disappeared in five minutes.

Outside the Volvo pavilion

Johan and I outside the Volvo pavilion. They decorate very nicely with flowers and weed..

Entrance to the Race Village

The entrance to the Race Village looks least to say different from Alicante and Cape Town.

India calling!

Back again! It's been, least to say, hectic since I stepped on the plane in Sweden about two weeks ago! It started out with my plane being diverted to Dehli airport instead of Mumbai in the middle of the night. The bombings in Mumbai happend when we were about an hour away hence the immediate redirection to Dehli instead. After a lot of hassling for four hours and not so very nice words from me, I got booked on a flight the next afternoon to Kochi. They drove me to a hotel, I got to sleep about two hours, no food, back to the airport, checked in on the flight and then heaven in the forms of McDonalds. I don't think McDonalds ever tasted that good! The rest of the trip was running smooth and I arrived only about 12 hours later than planned. India is different, very different! It's an experience least to say! Luckily Johan got to stay for another four days so we got to spend some time together before he headed home. Next time is New Year in Singapore..
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