After a week in Cambodia, I am only mildly surprised by the young hitchhiking monk and halt to let him jump onto my scooter. We share no language, so the following minutes pass by in solemn silence. He navigates me with graceful movements of his …
Some of you might have thought that I had already unveiled all the weird food I have eaten when I published my article 7 dishes you don’t necessarily have to try, which is still a very popular post. But I have now remembered a few …
Some years ago, when my guitar was still an equally important companion on my travels as my backpack was, I was taught a lesson about one of the most important foundations of Thai social life: Saving face. I had already spent a few days on …
So you thought driving through Eastern Europe in junkyard cars was a bad idea? Wait until you hear about the trip we are embarking on right now! What is the Tuk Tuk Run about? I agreed to work on another project of the creators of …
This is a daily diary of a wacky trip Eastwards with destination Kazantip. Update: Here goes a first trailer for the show! Intro Why did I have to meet these freaks?! Life could have been easier without them… I’m kinda liking it though. We spent …
The South Vietnamese city Saigon, officially tagged Ho-Chi-Minh-City since the reunification of the two countries in 1975, is a hellhole megalopolis. Eight milion rather fast people live there quirky lives here day in and day out. The city comes with a tropical climate and a …
A wrecked taxi spits me out at the pier on the Ayeyarwaddy. In an instant, I am surrounded by a hord of kids in dirty, ragged clothes. They follow me laughing and gesturing. There are hundreds of people walking around in the harbour, but I …
Superstition? Sunstroke with hallucinations? Or, after all, something you can’t really find words for? On a day in February in the heart of Burma I wasn’t so sure anymore… This morning has had a surreal touch already. The sweltering heat, the dusty haze above everything, …
Some things really seem meant to happen, the events just magically fall into place. Especially while travelling, these strange chains of events which some people would airily label coincidence happen more often than normal. My plan is to go see this weird vehicle, the only …
Thank you! I would say the road trip along the Rhine river holds a special place in my heart.