Autor Archiv: Mario
Stations #48
Swetenham Pier, Georgetown, Penang
The king of all fruits
He is admired for his uniqueness, loved for his aphrodisiac qualities and hated for his intrusiveness. His spiky appearance and unique odors got him banned from subways and hotels across Asia but built his street credibility at the same time. He is known as the king of fruits in Malaysia, a culinary enfant terrible and … Weiterlesen
Missing the Leatherman
It was an incredibly useful piece of equipment and most importantly one with emotional significance. The blue Leatherman Juice C2 was a precious present from my colleagues back at MyHeritage. Unfortunately, it’s quality wasn’t what I had expected from this US cult brand. Ironically it happened while traveling through China – where the presumably low-quality … Weiterlesen
Stations #47
Bus Station Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands
Blühende Geisterstadt
Mzungu, Laowai, Ang mo – als Weisser hat man viele Spitznamen, je nach Land durch das man reist (Wikipedia hat übrigens eine unterhaltsame Liste mit den meisten davon). In Singapur hat man hin und wieder „Gweilo“ gehört – ein ursprünglich kantonesisches Wort das übersetzt sowas wie „Geist“ heisst. Nach dem Geburtstagswochenende in Malakka, gefolgt unserem … Weiterlesen
Stations #46
Puduraya Central Bus Station, Kuala Lumpur
Stations #45
Central Bus Station, Malacca
Stations #44
Lavender Street Bus Terminal, Singapore
Thank you and all the best for 2012!
We have been traveling for more than seven months in 2011 and have met so many great people. You are what really makes traveling so much fun! At the beginning of a new year, we also want to say thanks to everyone who is keeping in touch and following us here on our blog. To … Weiterlesen
Stations #43
Singapore, Changi Airport
Stations #42
Perth International Airport
BBQ Nation
Not sure if we love more them because they are free, or because it is so cool to go to the park with some raw meat and cook it on the public BBQs you find pretty much anywhere in the beautiful Australian nature. In the beginning we couldn’t quite believe
Gloucester Tree
It’s the coolest tree ever and would certainly not comply with British health and safety regulations. It was built in 1947 as a watchtower for wildfires and is still the highest of its kind today. Via iron bars you can climb up to the top of it, which is great fun. In 72m height there … Weiterlesen
Merry Christmas
Christmas Australian style – though even in 30 degrees Santa still wears an arctic winter outfit.
Stations #41
Perth, Western Australia
Stations #40
Melbourne Tullamarine, while being told off for taking photos since it was supposedly ‚unsafe‘
Startups we met on Australia’s East Coast
I had a gread time at the Startup Christmas Party, which was organized by a few very interesting startup organizations from Sydney. First of all there is the Sydney branch of Open Coffee, that organization organizing relaxed and informal meetings for investors, entrepreneurs and developers. By the way, Open Coffee was set up in London … Weiterlesen
K-aussie-uszko
In China we exchanged books in a hostel and randomly ended up with the „Seven Summits“. It’s a book about Dick and Frank, two businessmen who wanted to climb the highest mountain on each continent. If you’re a hiker be careful, the authors‘ desire to climb peaks is contagious. Well, we kind of skipped Everest … Weiterlesen
Sydney
Zweifelsohne das urbane Highlight der Ostküste, hatten wir auch noch andere Gründe uns auf Sydney zu freuen. Neben den geplanten Treffen mit zwei früheren Kollegen von MyHeritage.com, Linde und Kim, und unserem Reisefreund Martin, hatte mein Vater rausgefunden, dass Stephanie, die Tochter seiner Cousine Gabi, inzwischen mit ihrem Freund Ramon im Süden von Sydney lebt.
Our Trangia cooker
This piece of equipment was a hard choice – should we take it on our trip or not? The uncounted hot cups of coffee in the mornings and the delicious camping dinners have since proven that the cooker earned its space in my backpack. I have an older version of the one pictured on the … Weiterlesen
Nikolaus down under
Schwäbische Nikolausfreude von ALDI in Ballina (nahe Byron Bay) für 99 cent!
Diving right in – The Great Barrier Reef welcomed us to Australia
After having squeezed all the camping gear through the check-in at Auckland airport we had a great flight with Air New Zealand across the Tasman Sea. And while going down towards Cairns we could finally get a first glimpse of it: the biggest coral reef in the world. The Great Barrier Reef is a system … Weiterlesen
Stations #39
Cairns, QLD, Australia
This was New Zealand
11 New Zealand, a set on Flickr. Because sometimes pictures tell more than words ; – )
Stations #38
Auckland International Airport.
