Autor Archiv: Mario
Stations #37
Since Christchurch we travel by car, so not many stations. This is the passenger ferry terminal when we reached Wellington with the Interislander Ferry.
Picking up the pieces
It was 4:35 in the morning when the ground started shaking. The September 2010 earthquake threw people out of their beds, cracked up roads and made buildings collapse. The Christchurch quake had a 7.1 magnitude and was the strongest one in decades. It became even worse though when on February 22 an aftershock occurred much … Weiterlesen
Steiner binoculars
Not much of the content of our backpacks has been introduced yet (only the netbook), though we already learned a lot on this trip about what is needed and what isn’t. We tried to only pack the most essential things into our backpacks (with the help of the German world travel web site weltreise-info.de). There … Weiterlesen
Stations #36
Ey, we forgot Kuala Lumpur’s infamous LCCT (low cost carrier terminal), but I am sure we ll be back there. Now we just reached here: Christchurch, New Zealand
Stations #35
Sandakan Airport, East Malaysia
A diver’s dream
Ever since I saw Sipadan in a dive book in Boracay I wanted to get there. And after the new diver got hooked by the underwater world it wasn’t too difficult to convince her to go to Sipadan and look for the swirling Barracudas. And it happened on our very first dive at Sipadan, about … Weiterlesen
Photos: Philippines
09 Philippines, a set on Flickr.
Biofuel versus rain forest
For a long time already Borneo has ceded to be this innocent island full of rainforest, wildlife and paradise beaches that it tries to sell to package tourists. The issues here are manyfold, but besides waste disposal (people don’t even burn the plastic waste, it’s scattered at road sides, on beaches and even on reefs … Weiterlesen
Stations #34
Kota Kinabalu, East Malaysia
Blog updates
Hier klicken für die deutsche Version. As you might have noticed we did improve some things on our blog over time. I just want to mention a few of those upgrades. Most importantly the email subscription is working now. In the right hand column you can just fill in your email address and you’ll get … Weiterlesen
Stations #33
Superferry port, Manila
Die versenkte japanische Flotte von Coron
Am Morgen des 24. September 1944 starten 24 „Helldiver“ Bomber der US Navy eskortiert von 96 „Hellcat“ Kampfflugzeugen von der USS Lexington aus in Richtung der Inselgruppe Calamian. Sie vermuten dort das Versteck einer der größten Nachschubflotten der Japaner im zweiten Weltkrieg. Die Bomber finden und versenken insgesamt 12 japanische Schiffe, darunter Frachter, Öltanker, U-Boot-Jäger … Weiterlesen
Stations #32
Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
Stations #31
Kalibo airport, a gateway to Boracay
Stations #30
Ninoy Aquino Airport, Manila
Life is hard on the Philippines
Eye in eye with the sharks
Busan has a great aquarium with a main tank of three million litres of water and about 20 sharks from five different species. Every one of them has dozens of razor sharp teeth that get grown anew every ten days. Sounds like you want to jump into the pool? That’s what I thought as well. … Weiterlesen
Stations #29
Busan Ferry Terminal, back on the Korean mainland
Stations #28
Jeju Ferry Terminal Da*&ж, we forgot to take pics in Seoul and Sokcho…
Erstflug – auf die Urlaubsinsel
Nachdem wir uns knapp vier Monate mit Zügen, Bussen und Fähren von Deutschland bis hierher nach Südkorea bewegt haben, war nun nach einem gründlichen Preisvergleich von Fähr- und Flugtickets der Zeitpunkt des ersten Flugs auf der Reise gekommen. Die Suche nach dem besten Weg auf die Urlaubsinsel Jeju-do ergab, dass die Fähre von Mokpo, an … Weiterlesen
Hangeul
With Chinese characters, what we know as ‚reading‘ becomes a desperate attempt to recognize graphical shapes. And even after more than a month in China we hardly know enough to identify city names and book train tickets. The Korean writing system on the other hand is the work of a genius. It also has one … Weiterlesen
New heights
We love hiking. You experience nature, get exercise and because you achieve something: get somewhere, cover a distance, climb a summit. And as a gadget boy I love to track those achievements. You might have seen already the listing of hikes we did on this trip. After almost one week in Seoul, we got on … Weiterlesen
Stations #27
Incheon Port, South Korea
Stations #26
Qingdao Port
Caring for the environment – the Chinese way
That’s the sign above many of the ATMs: When will you start recycling your cash?
