Bumpy bumpy
On the road between Pathein and Yangon, about an hour or two to go. This pot-holed parody of a street connects the capital to a city with a population of 300,000, which gives a good idea of the country’s general transport infrastructure. 3G is fairly solid though.
Difference #1: People
There are quite a lot of things here in Australia that are different compared to Germany. I’ll write about a couple of them in a series of posts. First thing you notice is the different attitude of people. Imagine you’re walking down a street in Germany where other people come along your way only once […]
Goodbye Adelaide, hello Melbourne
On Monday I left Adelaide, two months after I arrived there. Can’t believe it’s been that long. After a short stop in the Grampians national park I arrived in Melbourne on Tuesday. My goal is to sell the car for basically any price. It’s not a good time to sell a backpacker car as many […]
Learning to dive (more)
After more than two years of dive-break, I went for a refresher dive yesterday morning. Just repeating how to assemble the gear and the basic skills like mask clearing and regulator retrieval. Following that, I added a nitrox course to my dive education, which now allows me to use different gas mixes for diving (e.g. […]
Bangkok in Daylight
During the day Bangkok is as overwhelming as it is at night. The streets are full with taxis, tuk-tuks, scooters and buses and simply crossing the street becomes the first adventure of the day. The area around the hostel isn’t a major tourist destination so most people in the street are actually Thai. Which means […]