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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
Catholics in paradise
If you had asked me before our trip about religion in the Philippines, I would have probably guessed that they are Catholic, having been a Spanish colony. However, I had no idea just how religious people are here. It struck us as soon as we stepped out of the airport onto the lively streets of … Weiterlesen
This was Korea
08 Korea, a set on Flickr.
Walk and eat
While we were still in Coron, chilling out in a resort on a little island, we received an email from Mike. He had found us through the couchsurfing website and asked whether we wanted to meet for lunch in Manila on our last day in the Philippines. We’re always keen to meet locals, so we … Weiterlesen
Stations #33
Superferry port, Manila
Stations #32
Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines
More photos: China part II
07 China part II, a set on Flickr. Here are some of the photos we took on the way from Hong Kong via the Guilin area and Shanghai to Qingdao, where we took the ferry to Korea.
The new diver
Mario did his scuba diving training during our vacation in Zanzibar two years ago. Every time since, when he got back from a dive all enthusiastic and excited, I’ve been tempted to join him for these underwater adventures. But being slightly claustrophobic, it took me until now that the temptation outweighed the irrational fears I … Weiterlesen
Keeping our heads down
Typhoon Nesat (called Pedring here) has hit the Philippines yesterday, as you might have heard from international news.
Stations #31
Kalibo airport, a gateway to Boracay
Stations #30
Ninoy Aquino Airport, Manila
This was Hong Kong
06 Hong Kong, a set on Flickr. In the hammock in Manila, we made progress in sorting and uploading more photos ;-)
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…
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
Photos of our first month in China
05 China part I, a set on Flickr. Better late than never: photos from our trip through China until Hong Kong. Clicking on a photo will bring to that photo on flickr, if you click on the small link 01 China part I underneath will take you to the overview of that set or just … 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
Immersed in local flavors
You can always explore cities on your own, but if you have some locals by your side, it’s a different story. Here in Seoul, we got three times lucky. First, we found via couchsurfing.com a young businessman named Chulwoo, that hosted us for our first night in Seoul in his luxury apartment, in the most … Weiterlesen
Stations #27
Incheon Port, South Korea
Stations #26
Qingdao Port
Finally our Mongolia photos
04 Mongolia, a set on Flickr. We made a selection of some 200 photos with names and a few descriptions. Hope you’ll like it! Sorry we’re one country late, but we hope to catch up soon. You can also find the Mongolia photos in the drop-down menu „Reisephotos | travel pics“ at the top of … Weiterlesen
