I had planned for a 1-day tour in the mountain villages around Hsi Paw. I did not expect to go into an area with an ongoing armed conflict and at the same time one of the most paradisiac places I have ever been. This was the day I fell in love with Myanmar. The people I met during this day would like you to know their story.... Please click to read and see more.
Studying while traveling sounded like a great opportunity! Can you not study next to the beach - with a cocktail in your hand? asked a friend with whom I discussed the idea at an early stage. Here's the reality check. Please click to read further ...
On October 3, I flew from Jakarta to Yangoon, I changed my address from Indonesia to Myanmar. You are in Asia and might be tempted to think it's similar anyway. And then you get on board of a plane, cross borders, change visa – and suddenly things feel VERY different. Different country, different game. Here are my impressions after my first days in Myanmar – and inevitably some undue comparisons with my first home country in Asia - Indonesia. Click to read more ...
For 2 month I am now travelling Southeast Asia in a basic and repetitive rhythm of arriving, staying and leaving again. How does it feel to live out of a 70 liter backpack? Why do I leave the islands and head for the jungle, if I love the sea so much? Why do I leave the jungle and head for a next destination, when I miss the forest already the day we came out of it? It‘s always one day too early to leave ... Click to read more
I find it particularly hard to write about experiences which are nothing but incredibly wonderful, because I am running out of words to describe this world out and down there in the sea, the joyful village of Bunaken, the days in the sun and the evenings at the fire on the island. And happiness in this quality raises a fundamental question ... Click to read more.
Es muss ja nicht immer etwas passieren. Glaubt man zwar, aber es geht auch ohne. Zumindest für ein paar Tage. Ein Post von den einsamen Inseln, wo die Fototapeten gemacht werden - mit mehr Bildern als Inhalt.
At the age of eleven it was crystal-clear to me that I wanted to become a researcher in the rainforest. I had a quite pronounced idea how a rainforest would look like, probably inspired by some books I had at that time, and for sure inspired by the Jungle Book. So how does it feel to enter a picture that you may have had on your mind for many years, that you may have seen in your childhood in a book? How does it feel to enter King Louie and Mowgli’s territory? Click to read more...
Eines war klar: Reisen in Sumatra ist nicht einfach und man braucht Zeit und Geduld dafür. Ich war auf eine 18-stündige Busfahrt eingestellt, aber nicht auf das, was statt dessen kam....
Was braucht's für ein temporäres Zuhause? Nicht viel und ein bisschen Wirbel.
Ein kurzer Tag in Banda Aceh. Wer "Aceh" googelt findet sehr schnell die Begriffe Erdbeben, Tsunami, Bürgerkrieg und Schari'a. Wie reist man in so einer Region? Ein paar Eindrücke aus einer Stadt, die mich sehr berührt hat.