The Tûranor continues its solar circumnavigation and called on the Philippines from Australia on  its way to Hong Kong.  Photo below shows (from left) Swiss Ambassador Ivo Sieber; Marty Neese, COO of SunPower Corp.; Juerg Casserini, Swiss embassy deputy head of mission; Vice President Jejomar Binay; and Hubert d'Aboville, president of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines and designated ambassador of Tûranor-PlanetSolar's visit to the Philippines.

Source: The Philippine Star; News; 05 August 2011

The Tûranor-PlanetSolar is the biggest solar yacht ever built.  It is currently sailing around the world powered only by solar energy.  For more information, visit www.planetsolar.org.