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september 2014 - marts 2015
  • Claire and Karsten
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    Rai Leh

    19. januar 2015, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    After two months inland, we finally see the sea again! This beach is on the mainland but only accessible by boat since it is bordered by huge karsts. It is of course beautiful: blue-green water, white sand, karst formations around, like the beach of your dreams (with more people, and including us ;). Perfect for people who love climbing, kayaking, swimming and sunbathing and had actually been voted into the top 10 of beaches worldwide. About the sunbathing, we encountered for the first time unhealthily tanned people. Probably laying on beaches since two weeks, dark as Nutella (with a layer of shiny oil, as the french Nutella - FYI german Nutella is matt and harder than the french one). It is also the first time we see so many fat tourists. So yeah, we are not travelers anymore, we now entered the tourist era.Læs mere

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    Koh Lanta

    25. januar 2015, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    We decided to not do island hopping but just stay in one place instead. Our choice was Koh Lanta as we hoped it wouldn't be too crowded as other islands. And it turned out to be a great choice. We are staying in a bungalow very close to the beach with great neighbours and a great host. So we intermittently take a trip to surrounding islands and have lazy days.

    The first trip we made was to 4 small surrounding islands whose names you never heard. There we did some snorkeling, saw bats but mostly enjoyed some great beaches with perfect water. One was a secret beach to which you had to swim through an 80m long, pitch black tunnel. Sounds more adventurous than it is if you share tunnel and beach with like 200 Thai kids being there in the same time ;).    Læs mere

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    Koh Phi Phi

    25. januar 2015, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    The second trip we undertook had us going to the famous Koh Phi Phi islands with some snorkeling - Claire saw a shark! - and then stops on "The Beach", actually called Maya bay but must renown for being the location where the movie with Leonardo DiCaprio was shot. Wonderful location but absolutely packed with tourists by the time we were there. After that we could relax for a while on the bigger of the 2 islands: absolutely beautiful. You can definitely still see why this paradise has become the spoilt tourist hot spot it now is. Just look at the water!!

    Tomorrow we'll be taking the night train back to Bangkok.    Læs mere

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    Thailand wrap-up

    29. januar 2015, Thailand ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

    - There is this thing here called "playing the Chang lottery". Apparently the alcohol content of beer isn't regulated. So you never really know what you gonna get. Watery or strong. So sometimes 4 beers can do you in :-D
    Chang means elephant and is the main beer brand.

    - Bangkok's full name is 168 characters long and is the longest city name in the world. It reads "Krung Thep Maha Nakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udom Ratchaniwet Maha Sathan Amon Phiman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit" which means "City of angels, great city of immortals, magnificent city of the nine gems, seat of the king, city of royal palaces, home of gods incarnate, erected by Visvakarman at Indra’s behest"

    - you can find a 7eleven shop every 100m (except if you are looking for one ;)

    - there are overweight people in Thailand. Indicating a bigger wealth than other southeast asian countries

    - cats and dogs are often dressed up with little sweaters or costumes

    - the Thais love their king. It is not simply the official pictures in golden frames on the side of each big road or placed in front of important buildings, that could be pure megalomania, but they do have t-shirts or pictures in the rear view mirror with his face, or have a book about him second in the top 10 best sellers

    - people were generally smiling and eager to help, genuinely friendly

    - in Thai you add the word "kaa" as a mark of respect at the end of a sentence. You hear it quite a lot ;).    Læs mere

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    Bangkok

    30. januar 2015, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    And this is how we spent our last days in Bangkok, to conclude our southeast Asian adventure. Off to New stuff!

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    Sydney

    1. februar 2015, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    We left Asia with a tear in one eye - because this part of the trip is over and cheap beer is no more - and a smile in the other as we now get to explore two new countries. We landed in Sydney on Friday and were picked up by Adam, the husband of Karsten's sister. At their home in Chipping Norton, a suburb of Sydney, we then waited for Frauke who had no clue that we were coming. We think the surprise was a great success!

    Later that evening we went for her birthday dinner and had the perfect food to start eating Western food again: Pizza all you can eat! Last night we went out with our friend Michelle who worked with Karsten at IUCN. To our great pleasure she showed us hipster Sydney which has some great places to offer with great beer and amazing ice cream. With the "Hop Hog" we tried an award winning beer - the hoppiest we ever had! But to be able to go to social events we had to borrow clothes from Adam and Frauke, cause some places might have had objections against people with outdoor outfits ;).

    Sunday we headed into the blue mountains and guess what we encountered in the beautiful Australian summer. A freakin hail storm!!    Læs mere

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    Sydney

    2. februar 2015, Australien ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    On Monday we set out to explore the city and the famous harbour. We chose to do it this day mainly to stay offline to not get spoiled on the super bowl result. What we didn't expect though was the large number of football fans that spilled out on the streets once the game was over - kickoff was at 10.30 local time - and the effort it took to avoid them. We crossed streets in impossible ways and Claire had to explore if a famous ice cream place was safe, before we could get our delicious treat. But seeing the game with THAT ending - and loads of wings -unspoiled was sure worth it.

    In the morning we had taken a 3 hour guided tour through the city centre where you pay what you think it was worth and what your budget allows you. One German family snuck away at the end without paying so much as a dollar which we found particularly cheap, especially since the tour was really good. We checked off most of the tourist attractions within the CBD - like town hall, the queen Victoria building, Hyde park, Martin square where the matrix scene with the red woman had been shot, the rum hospital, etc. - and around the harbour like the Rocks, harbour bridges and of course Sydney Opera House. Our guide delivered interesting pieces of extra information with his booming voice which sure was necessary in a group of 30.

    After the tour ended we had some amazing coffee/hot chocolate with our friend Michelle, went to lunch in Chinatown and had a look at Darling Harbour before returning home with Adam at the end of his workday. A really great day overall!    Læs mere

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    Featherdale wildlife park

    3. februar 2015, Australien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    For sure we couldn't leave Australia without a peek at its fascinating wildlife. And since we won't get to do any jungle treks over here it had to be a zoo to get a good look - except for an Ibis or a cockatoo which are everywhere.

    In the zoo we got the see Koalas, Emus, Cassowaries, kangaroos, wallabies, heaps of birds, dingos, pelicans, penguins, Echidnas, a Tasmanian devil, a crocodile and our favourite animal, the Quokka. Highlight for the park staff was a Wombats penis which is apparently that rare a sight that they excitedly took pictures like the tourists in the park :-D. We'll spare you the sight though, pictures available upon request ;).    Læs mere

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    Road to Melbourne

    4. februar 2015, Australien ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Unfortunately we had to leave Sydney already, since our flight to New Zealand is next Monday and we wanted to see at least a little bit more of this vast country. It was very nice though to have something like a home at Adams and Fraukes place for a while and we are truly grateful for their hospitality...and taxi services ;).

    This morning we boarded the 11 hour train to Melbourne. Everybody we told about this plan was incredulous: Can't you get out of the ticket? and why don't you just fly? were common questions ;).

    But flying was never an option for us and in this specific case the train was more scenic, more comfortable and cheaper than the bus. It just takes a little bit longer and an hour here or there is not really a constraint for us. But when looking for a place to stay we did notice that we are not in southeast Asia anymore once again. Instead of around 10 EUR for a double room we'll be paying 20 EUR for a bed in a nice and cosy 10 bed dorm ;).    Læs mere

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