It is difficult to write these lines, I have tears in my eyes and thousand of pictures in my mind. I am very moved. I am on my way home. I have been on the road for almost 11 Months, 326 days. I visited 14 countries on foot, by train, bus, car, bicycle, motorcycle, scooter,…
Es gibt eigentlich gar nicht viel über meine Tage am Ngapali Beach zu berichten. Ursprünglich hatte ich vorgehabt, mir Ngapali, DEN Touristenstrand Myanmar’s schlechthin, nur kurz anzuschauen, um dann weiter in den Süden an verlassene Strände zu fahren. Als ich dann aber dort war, war es gar nicht so schlimm mit den Touristen, und der…
According to my guide book, Mrauk U is a jewel of Rakhine history and culture. From 1433 until 1784, Mrauk U was the capital of the last unified Arakanese Kingdom. The city eventually reached a size of 160,000 in the early seventeenth century with hundreds of temples and palaces spread over a vast territory. Therefore,…
First I thought, maybe my skirt was too short. My only pair of trousers were in the laundry, so I had to wear my knee length skirt. The people in Mrauk U looked at me, or better to say, they did not look at me, in a way I had never before experienced in Myanmar.…
Three years ago I didn’t make it to the North burmese city of Mrauk U, which can be reached only with considerable effort. Therefore, this time, I said: I can do this!! Mark U lies in the Rakhine state, a region in Myanmar with a lot of inter ethnic and inter religious tensions. The conflict…
Mit dem Flugzeug ging es von Dawei nach Yangon, das ich ja noch von meiner Reise vor 3 Jahren kannte. Wow, hat sich da viel verändert. Angeblich hatte einer der Generäle einen Mopedunfall, und daher gibt es keine einzigen Mopeds mehr in der Stadt. Aber abertausende von Autos, die Stadt ertrinkt in ihnen. Ich war…
Vor drei Jahren hatte ich mich in dieses Land, und vor allem in seine Leute verliebt. Wie oft hatte ich seitdem an diese wunderschönen burmesischen Gesichter mit der einzigartigen Tanaka Bemalung und dem bezauberndem Lächeln gedacht. Als ich mich zu meiner langen Reise entschloss, war es mein Plan gewesen, Myanmar ganz am Schluss zu besuchen,…
From Phnom Penh, I traveled by minibus to Kampot, a quiet little place from the French colonial era almost at the sea and the border to Vietnam. It is very popular with the kind of travelers who want to relax for a couple of days until they hit the road again for fun and adventure.…
Just imagine. My older sister Sabine left her four kids, husband, four dogs and 14 chicken alone over Christmas and New Year and joined me for a phantastic trip in Lao and Cambodia. Now THAT’s sister’s love, wouldn’t you agree? We met at the airport in Chian Rai, one of the most north eastern cities…
Before I came to his city, I had associated the name with a musical about an unhappy love between a South Vietnamese girl and an American GI, – and I do not really like musicals. Also, the more I travelled in small places and the countryside in Vietnam, the less I wanted to be in…
Seit ein paar Tagen bin ich im Cat Tien Nationalpark, ungefähr 150 km nördlich von Saigon gelegen, der eines der größten verbleibenden Gebiete von tropischem Tieflandregenwald in Vietnam schützt. Cat Tien ist ein wichtiges Schutzgebiet in Vietnam, Heimat für 41 Tierarten, die auf der Roten Liste gefährdeter Arten stehen und schützt ca. 30 Prozent der…
As I wrote already in my earlier post about my motorbike tour, we also visited an orphanage, the Vinh Son orphanage, in the small town of Kon Tum, right on the Ho Chi Min Trail. Of the 54 tribal minorities in Vietnam, about 30-35 are living in the Central Highlands. Many served with the US…
I met Mr Chinh for the first time on the Hai Van pass. I had decided to travel the 180 km from Hue to Hoi An via motorbike. The guys operating this and other routes in Vietnam are the “Easyriders”. I had started the day in Hue with Mr Binh, a very friendly and smiling…
Just to complete my travel journey, I attach a couple of pictures from Hue and Hội An. Hue was between 1802 and 1945 the imperial capital of the Nguyễn Dynasty, a feudal dynasty which dominated much of southern Vietnam from the 17th to the 19th century. The main attraction of Hue is a citadel with ruins…
I have once heard that in England you can call an attractive female person also a “dish”. When I heard this expression the first time, however, I liked it a lot and immediately introduced it into my own vocabulary for an attractive male. And such a “dish” took me (and unfortunately 15 other people) to a great…
Wishwoman 