Shanghai – New arrival

It’s my second time in the land of the rising sun. Now I know my way around, at least a bit, so arriving here felt familiar, especially in the nice district of Yangpu some 15 km outside the city centre, surrounded by waterways and lush green. Well it’s winter time now and lush green changed to brown and yellow since …

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Lake Toba – the warm volcanic chill

From Pulau Weh I flew back to Medan – lucky to spot perfect clouds that day, hopped on a car, taking me to Parapat, the eastern transport hub of Lake Toba. The ride was just a bit rough with a lot of traffic ahead and our driver constantly breaking and speeding, overtaking vehicles and turning the music up on his …

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castlepoint – weeeeekend!

hach das reisen kommt langsam wieder durch wenn man die ganze zeit in ner stadt rumdümpelt… letztes wochenende erst mt. ruhapehu in den bergen, schnee, alpine szenerie. i like some change every now and then, yeah nah bro… what about a weekend trip to the beach, mhh quite keen, where about? castlepoint, hell yeah! also kurzer hand freitag sachen gepackt …

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chapter 2 going south, nelson

ein herrlicher tag um das zweite kapitel: die reise auf die südinsel zu beginnen zwischendurch wirds zwar dunkel aber die marlborough sounds fangen die wolken ab und in picton angekommen, lichten sich das dunkel in nelson werde ich durch nen schicken sonnenuntergang am strand belohnt, im hintergrund sieht man schon die berge des abel tasman nationalparks

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