Don't know why but Google is celebrating the birthday of Ibn Battuta for the second time, last year it was a static logo, this year it's animated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A0W7TVQQRSw

Let's try this:

http://static.ibnlive.in.com/ibnlive/pix/sitepix/02_2012/google-ibn-battuta-doodle-250212.jpg

via
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/google-doodle-travels-from-morocco-to-china-with-ibn-battuta/233578-11.html

http://blogoscoped.com/forum/177804.html

http://www.google.ae/logos/2011/battuta11-hp-1.jpg

http://www.google.dz/logos/2012/battuta11-hp.jpg

http://www.google.ae/logos/2011/battuta11-hp-2.jpg