… or how a bad monday ended exceptionally well. This morning we decided that have our laundry done and instead of spending USD 4 for each shirt (hotel price) we found that the external laundry charges 4000 Kyat (USD 3) for the whole laundry and supposedly delivers to your hotel (Magic Wash Yangon). We then…… Continue reading Why I now use IRing …
Category: Travel
Mingalarbar …
welcome to Myanmar – our next station until the end of march. After a very comfortable trip from Kuching with a stop-over in Kuala Lumpur we landed in Yangon. What a change! Already at the airport we could feel that this would be a different thing. From the hot and very humid environment in Borneo…… Continue reading Mingalarbar …
Second station
… is over and it should end with a small tribute to The Kebun. You will find the relevant facts and figures on their homepage (www.thekebun.com) – but let me just say that we really had wonderful twelve days here. The large property is set in a beautiful surrounding bordering the Kubah National Park and…… Continue reading Second station
Beastly Borneo: from Ant to …
It is well known that Borneo’s rainforest is one of the most biodiverse habitat on earth (under severe threat from the timber and palm oil business). From different perspectives we have so far seen quite a lot of animals … a few to remember: 1. on the Serikin jungle market near the border of Indonesia we…… Continue reading Beastly Borneo: from Ant to …
B-Day in Kuching: Nachtrag
Meet the Polis. Mit dem Naza (http://www.naza.com.my) von Adrian unserem Host machen wir ja im Linksverkehr bereits die Gegend unsicher. Das Ding hat über 140’000 km auf dem Buckel, aber macht bisher einen soliden Job. Wir haben aber offensichtlich das Parksystem noch nicht ge-checked. Für öffentliche Parkplätze gibt es unterschiedliche Park-Coupons, mit denen man sich…… Continue reading B-Day in Kuching: Nachtrag
B-Day in Kuching
Nachdem wir am Mittwoch den Food-Markt in Telaga Air besucht haben und danach eine recht anstrengende Regenwald-Wanderung in den Kubah Nationalpark unternommen hatten (…wir verstehen nun wie man 60min für 1.6km benötigt…), haben wir am Donnerstag das Sarawak Cultural Village (www.scv.com.my) bei der Damai Beach besucht – eine Art Freilichtmuseum. Urteil: Wasserfall im Kubah Nationalpark…… Continue reading B-Day in Kuching
A (half) day @the beach …
… in Rambungan (Sarawak, Borneo). After visiting the Matang Wildlife Centre for Orang-Utans in the morning we followed the advice our host Adrian @TheKebun and went for the nearby beach to cool-off. Having roughly 10-15km of deserted beach totally for yourself is impressive, awkard, surreal … but mainly just very relaxing in a special kind…… Continue reading A (half) day @the beach …
First station …
… is over. Résumée der sechs Tage in Singapur: wir haben in einer ganz tollen AirBnb Wohnanlage am Meer mit allem drum und dran (Caribbean at Keppel Bay) gewohnt und dabei gleichzeitig ein bisschen Expat-Leben geschnuppert… gar nicht so übel eigentlich. Ansonsten gibt’s in Singapur unglaublich viel zu tun, zu sehen und zu essen. Mit…… Continue reading First station …
Point break reached …
… yesterday. Location: Sentosa Island – Universal Studios – 3D Transformers Full Battle Experience! Scared shitless, much less so the boys! And … Megan Fox nowhere to be found… So Sad. 🙂 Otherwise we are definitely having a great time in this wonderful, super-modern city. So far: Chinatown, Sentosa Island, Marina Bay Sands, Gardens…… Continue reading Point break reached …
U know that people care about u …
…when u get this before u leave for your sabbatical… 🙂 Anyway: precious insights for happy campers that we hopefully will not need. Many thanx @Rocco&Paolo! Still counting down: -1d and almost packed… And if u ever wondered what a packing list for two adults and three kids looks like for a ten week trip…… Continue reading U know that people care about u …
Beyond The End of (Y)our Nose 