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First Impressions of Beijing
I left Thailand at night time with a direct flight to the capital of China. When I arrived in town at 07:00 in the morning I took the Airport Express and a local metro train to arrive at my hostel. The place has no 24 hour reception but is a reasonable design studio that rents…
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Fun diving @ Koh Phi Phi
After some rest I took the final chance to complete my diving sequence in Phuket by heading out to Phi Phi Island. The pictures don’t show it but the sea was very harsh this day. It took us almost 3 hours to get to the island only to find out that a storm was coming…
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Advanced Open Water Diver – Phuket
I decided to continue my education as a diver by following up on my Open Water diver with an Advanced Open Water diver course. The first day was really a mean day. The environment was as harsh as it could possibly be. A lot of rain. Bad visibility. Under water the light of my teacher would…
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Don McCullin
I had a good talk to a young man in my hostel. He was a graphic designer / illustrator from London, UK. We talked about our hobbies and especially photography. He brought the talk to a guy named Don McCullin who I hadn’t heard of before. When I found out that there was a documentation…
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Markets, rainforest and sunsets above town
I met new people the other night. Anca from Timisoara and Buff from Australia and we planned a roadtrip together. We rented scooters and drove all across the island of Phuket. We stopped at many different locations like a wake boarding and free climbing venue. From where we would continue our adventurous ride through small…
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Pangapsumnida
After traveling all over South-East Asia with visits to Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam lying already behind me I decided it’s time to move on. Until recently this whole travel except from Myanmar was based on vague ideas and the wish to travel as much without a fixed schedule as possible. But now things changed.…
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Immortal Khao San
Whenever I come back to The Yard I find myself in good company very quickly. I met so many nice, clever and interesting people in this place that it is for sure one of the Highlights of my trip. Human interaction outweighs rocks and stones by far. This time I had the pleasure to meet…