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How it all started...
Beginning of this year things at Conergy, the company I was working for, started getting bad really quickly. It went from one of the fastest growing and biggest renwable energy companies to a near bankruptcy case within a few months. This forced me to look for alternatives and being blessed with a good professional background I started getting in job offers pretty quickly. I had always focused on advancing my career but this time for some reason just couldn't make up my mind what to do next. It would have been only logical to join either one of the companies but did I really wanted to continue running the treadmill of working life as I always had? Well, as I am writing a travel blog you can guess the answer. I decided to quit my job, make a round the world trip and find a purpose for my life both spiritually (I am Christian) and professionally . Most of the time on this trip will be spend wwoofing (work part time on organic farms in return for room and board, s.a. wwoof.org). Being on farms would serve two primary purposes. 1) I would use my body to work instead of my brain, which is what I normally do in the office and 2) I would get away from city life with all its distractions, rest my mind and simply have time to think in a quiet setting. Wwoofing of course is also a low cost way of travelling and kind of let's you touch base with yourself again by reducing the amount of money you need to spend on yourself ( reduce to the max ;-)) Writing this blog gives me a chance to keep in touch with you back home and archives my travels for myself. I hope that you enjoy sharing my travel impressions and thoughts along the way.
Cheers DW
P.S.1: My travel route as of June 4th. Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Vancouver, Seattle-San Diego by car, Denver, home
P.S.2: Ach so, ich werde auch mal einige Zeilen deutsch schreiben, wenn ich mehr Luft habe. Ihr koennt aber natuerlich Nachrichten und Messages auf deutsch schreiben. Freu mich.

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By DWS
December 1st 2008

Back in Germany Europe » Germany » District of Hamburg » Hamburg

Lava Entering the Ocean I
One of the most active volcanoes in the world, Kilauea, is releasing lava into the ocean again.

Everything has to end, I guess. I am back in Germany now. Let me quickly recap what has happened in the last three months. There haven't been any posts since the end of August. At that time I was in Hawaii and I actually stayed there until the end of September. Except for a quick trip to the northern most island of the Hawaiian archipelago, Kauai, I stayed put on my organic farm in Hawi. Life was good and mellow while I was thoroughly enjoying the Hawaiian sun. Maybe I could have stayed longer - I don't know - but then [View Full Entry]

By DWS
August 25th 2008

Paradise on Earth North America » United States » Hawaii » Big Island

Flying into Kona

Aloha from the Big Island. I finally feel to have arrived somewhere. Imagine eating papayas, passion fruits and star fruits straight from the tree. To drink coconut juice, swim with sea turtles and tropical fish a la Nemo in the warm ocean, be blessed with abundant sun shine every day and you know where I have landed. The Hawaiian Islands consist of 7 islands of which the most southern and least densly populated is the Big Island. It's basically a big volcanoe which is still active by the way (the island is growing daily through the outpour of lava into the [View Full Entry]

By DWS
August 8th 2008

I Stop Hating New Zealand Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

Franz Josef Glacier

After 10 horrible days I am actually starting to enjoy New Zealand, now being on the South Island and having been virtually spared from rain so far. But just when it starts to get good I am about to leave. Tomorrow I am heading to Christchurch where I will board the plane to Hawaii on Sunday afternoon. Considering my next travel stop I am not too sad though. Anyways since coming to the South Island on Saturday my travels have been taking me west towards Abel Tasman National Park and then going southwest towards Franz Josef and Fox Glacier just about [View Full Entry]

By DWS
August 7th 2008

Sky Dive Fox Glacier Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

Plane Ride

I jumped out of a plane today at 12000 feet. Was great experience. Check out the pics. [View Full Entry]

By DWS
August 4th 2008

Rain, Rain, Rain And a Cold Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

Queen Victoria Sound

That pretty much sums up what i have seen the first 10 days in New Zealand. When I touched down on Friday last week the weather was great and I was happy to have left Sydney where it had gotten colder and gloomier the last days. But colder and gloomier it was supposed to get in Kiwiland also. In the evening light rain started coming down developing over night to a full blown storm, so bad that it would be known as the worst of its kind in 10 years. Well, I had the privilege to witness it and what would [View Full Entry]

By DWS
July 31st 2008

Sydney, the End Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

Pelican
There is a large colony north of Sydney at a place called The Entrance. Crystal clear water.

I spent the last days in Sydney going up north towards Newcastle, about an hour away from Sydney. There is a woman at my Hamburg church who happens to be from Sydney. She got married to a German guy and now lives in Hamburg. As it happens her family runs tomato greenhouse farms up north. An opportunity for me to go see that and spend some time with her brother Yeong Gi, who is about my age but already has 3 children. Way to go. In the end I also got to see Eun Hae, the woman from church, as she [View Full Entry]

By DWS
July 31st 2008

Last Days Aussie Land Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney

Little Surfer Girl
Girl on snake board with surfboard under her arm. Incredible, only in Australia you can see this.

I decided to stay a couple of days at the Christian Community House in Bundeena. I don't know if I had mentioned them but this is basically a group of Christians who have a big house in which they hold service but also have rooms for singles and groups to stay in. The mission of this church is to provide hospitality to other Christians, churches, youth groups but also to people with a troubled history, i.e. people with drug and alcohol problems. I was all alone while I was there though. Anyways, I do think it's a pretty neat concept to [View Full Entry]

By DWS
July 30th 2008

Sydney Blues, or How I Almost Got Jailed Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Bondi Beach

Paintball
Nils and I report to duty

So I lost the keys to Nils' apartment. If that was not bad enough I also lost a letter which was addressed to his apartment. So any not so dumb individual with enough criminal intent would be delighted to find Adam's (a room mate) giant Plasma TV in the living room. So I decide to search the streets of Bondi at night, of course in vain... At the end it's way past 8 pm and I decide to make one last effort and go to the local police station to check out the lost and found ... or so I thought. [View Full Entry]

By DWS
July 7th 2008

Sydney Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Sydney » Bondi Beach

Bondi Beach
First visit to the beach.

After an uneventful 10h night flight with Asiana Airlines I arrived at the Sydney airport on Wednesday morning. Australian immigration is very strict on food items and other potential carriers of bugs which could bring unwanted visitors to this remote continent. I was quizzed on what kind of food I was carrying (I only had snickers and a korean cake) and custom officials inspected the dirt on my trecking shoes and sticks. Apparently everything was o.k. as I was able to pass customs without any further delay. I was greeted by Nils, my friend from Hamburg who had moved to Australia [View Full Entry]

By DWS
July 7th 2008

Wrap Up Korea Asia » South Korea » Busan

Kurye Farm Staff

Long time, no talk. Before I start with my current location Bondi Beach, Australia, let me give you a short wrap up of what happened the last few days in Korea. After leaving Gurye in the southwest of Korea, I took a bus to Busan, Korea's second largest city. Busan is a major port city in the southeast with a population of about 3.6 mil. This being my first visit to Busan, I was pleasantly surprised by the relaxed vibe of this city, a positive change from the hustling and bustling of megapolis Seoul. If you would ask me, I would [View Full Entry]

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