The bad news first: although everything seems to work properly, the engine has got much less power than expected. Far too little power. Our mechanic is suspecting some camshaft / timing issue and is investigating.

The (small) good news is that the radiator is not leaking, nor is there any loss of oil.

Finally the radiator has been mounted and the engine is running! First driving tests will follow over the weekend.
🙂

Our Thuraya satellite phone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuraya) arrived from Bulgaria today and it works! Made a short call over 70,000 kilometers from the living room to the garden and sent an SMS back for 2 Euros. Still, roaming with Thuraya is cheaper than GSM roaming in some of the countries I am frequently traveling to, I will take it on my next business trip.