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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

I haven't been everywhere...
but it's on my list!


Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Old 27 Aug 2013
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All Gone?
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Originally Posted by globalklr650 View Post
I am selling my KLR650 and all my touring gear. Check out the add.


http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/mcy/3902108767.html
Ad's down, is it all gone?
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Ya I sold it already.
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This video is of the sun tracking working outside. It kept the solar thermal mirror perfectly aligned with the sun as I tilted and moved the table.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqkOf...e_gdata_player
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A website posted our article about the solar thermal car. Maybe this information will help people understand what we are doing.

http://webbingthegood.com/2013/08/29...and-solutions/
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Just posted our most recent trip video. This takes place after returning to La Paz Mexico after visiting Canada and our friends and family there.

Reptile zoo, vegetarian dinner,
Solar model for the University workshop and building successful sun tracking for the solar car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmh4h...e_gdata_player
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Video 30 of our around the world Journey.

In this video: moving to a new apartment in Mexico, surfing, homemade perogies and solar thermal testing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB0zf...e_gdata_player
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Solar thermal powered car video part 17

In this video I get my high temperature sensing K thermocouple to work. I test it up to 200c to create a calibration equation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkAlU...e_gdata_player
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In this video, after an interview at the university Candice left me a surprise in the fridge, explaining solar thermal power to my math class, Baja 500 off road race party, Candice counts in Spanish after our private Spanish class, showering from a bucket because the show head was electrocuting me, cool apple bird Candice got from her students, we got a fan and home phone,

Engineering work: building a solar distiller to turn ocean water into drinking water, homemade water pump for less then $1, oil thermocline test, storage tubes for my engineering drawings, building solar thermal model that rotates around the pipe, insulating solar thermal receiver tube with a glass wine bottle and stale air,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQWS_...e_gdata_player
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klr
how does the local react to your work
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Well so far I have showed my work to my orphan math class and to the university. La Paz is a relatively well off area so I don't think I can be of much help here. We are staying here to learn the language and culture and to finish the solar thermal car. Then we will be traveling to poor area to try and help.
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Video 18 of the solar thermal powered car.

In the video I create a mirror using Krylon looking
Glass spray paint. It created a great mirror finish that will be tested on plexiglass next.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpajzibiGRw&sns=em
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Around the world Adventure video 34

In this video we host motorcyclists from Montreal and Tokyo and a tropical storm with serious flooding in the streets.

We had such a great experience hosting that we hope to host travelers much more in the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VLPd...e_gdata_player
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Solar thermal powered car video 19.

In this video I build an assembly jig to make accurate mirror supports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYcLw...e_gdata_player
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I will be posting all my motorcycle travel videos in a shorter, High def versions. I am currently going through 8 hours and trying to get it down to 1 hour. Part one coming very soon.
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I am reediting our travel videos to make them nice and HD and short. This is part 1 from last summer traveling by motorcycle from Montreal to BC Canada. Its only 6 minutes please have a look.

More short around the world videos to follow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjfcF...e_gdata_player
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