After having been thoroughly impressed with Bumrungrad Hospital at my first visit to Bangkok I decided that it would be a good idea to have myself checked out there at the end of my trip of Asia and maybe get a few more, well, less neccessary things done. After all it's cheap here, right? But jez - why didn't anyone tell me before that it could hurt! More »
After 3.5 months and at the end of the first continent of my trip I feel it's in order to take a look at the things I set out to do and what became of them. I don't mean the big things, like "Find out what I want to do with my life" but the smaller things that I decided I want to do while away. More »
And so I have arrived in Bangkok again; 3.5 months after I left Munich. The timing is pretty apt I think. I arrived in Asia one day after the western "New Year" and I'm leaving Asia on the last day of Songkran, the Thai New Year celebrations. More »
It seems like I've reached the stage of my trip where I have left the day to day worries of living in the working world far behind. Because all of a sudden I find myself contemplating more, well, philosophical questions, like "Who am I anyhow and what does it mean to be me?". Thoughts that were mainly triggered by a book I've just finished: "The Dice Man" (deutsch: "Der Wuerfler") More »
Ah, well, maybe that is a bit exagerrated. A tiny, tiny bit maybe. But I actually did take lessons. I mean a lesson. O.k. one hour. Buy I did give it a try. And it really was a lot of fun. More »
O.k. guys and girls: I did survive the (in)famous full moon party on Ko Pha Ngan! But unfortuately not everybody can say the same: Four people died. One was shot, at least two stabbed and done girl fell from the back of a taxi and died. Considering that the number of people who were there was approx. 7.000, this is a ridiculously high number. But apparently it's quite normal. More »
Arrived on Ko Pha Ngan yesterday, two days before the (in)famous full moon party. The island really is astounishingly beautiful - a picture-postcard tropical island paradise. But the full moon party is already casting it's shadow and lack of accomodation is the least of the problems! More »
Just arrived in Chiang Kong, an unappealing, small town at the Mekong river. I made the trip in a small minibus - probably the most comfortable ride I'll have in a long time. Unfortunately the guy sitting next to me was the Canadian version of Grampa Simpson. More »
Today I finally bought my ticket for the trip to Luang Nahmtha in Laos. It was really funny - the last few days I frequently thought: "You have to move on, you have to move on". And then yesterday I sortof realized it doesn't matter the least bit! Even if I wanted to stay here for another month, I could do so. I'm free! More »
I'm still in Chiang Mai. But for a change I had something useful to do: My old company asked me to do a small piece about the birldflu - so I earned some money today. And in 20 minutes I'll have a date. More »
I'm probably not being fair to the city since so far I've basically only seen my guest house, some internet cafes and a restaurant. But even so - after Myanmar Chiang Mai is a bit of a culture shock. More »
After being mainly overwhelmed by Bangkok yesterday I started being a good tourist today. I'm also pleasently surprised that I don't suffer from jet lag at all! It seems like the combination of taking Melatonin and drinking a lot of water really helps the body to adjust. More »
I just realized that on the very first day of my trip I already crossed a quarter of the globe. Normally I don't get a kick out of looking at the flight path on the monitors, but this time it was different. More »