Satellite Phone

I forgot to mention one thing - we got our satellite phone yesterday!
With the help of Christian's colleague Laura and her sister Carolyn (THANK YOU!) we got a Thuraya satellite phone from the States, where it is about 50% cheaper than in Germany. Not that we want to constantly hang on the phone, but unlike most people think, calling from the satellite phone isn't expensive at all... and yes, I love the idea of annoying people that have to stay at home and work from some beautiful remote place somewhere along the way.
And anyone wanting to contact us while we're on the trip can send free texts to the satellite phone from http://services.thuraya.com/sms.html