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After several shorter trips (mainly to asia), I pack my backpack once again, this time to travel around the world with somebody Els, leaving our jobs behind: from east to west, following the sun, ready for the action.

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

"What I want, what I need, is everything that I'm 'supposed to be, I have my hopes, I got my dreams, I have to fight for what is right for me, all the things that I expect, I take them up and have no regrets, life's too short, there's not rain check, just one shot at it is all ya' get, I wanna live before I die, dont want the world to pass me by"- TESLA

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By Mister Peter
November 20th 2009

Japan - we are loving it! Asia » Japan

Itsukushima shrine, Miyajima island

Japan - we are loving it! Crazy as expected Whereas in China we had to register with our passport in order to be able to check our mail in an internet cafe, in Japan you get a whole room including a shower if you want to use the internet. Why do you need a shower?, I want to know. 'Because people, especially students, live in internet cafes.' I ve been told. Aha, I see. A street further down the road I see signs with cats. I wonder what this is for. 'It's advertisements for cat cafes'. Cat cafes? Yes, cafes where [View Full Entry]

By Mister Peter
November 16th 2009

Hong Kong - not so long Asia » Hong Kong

Hong Kong skyline

Hong Kong - not so long We have a stop over flight there and just stay 2 days to visit Els' pen pal (yes once upon a time in a world without the internet, people wrote letters) & friends she met at the work camp in Mongolia. We are not so impressed with what we see: a big crowdy expensive city and people are not the most polite and friendly ones. We go to the peak, the main view point and tourist attraction in HK, but bad weather is following us again: the nice view is covered with fog, so we [View Full Entry]

By Mister Peter
October 21st 2009

China - Land of the Chinese Asia

Master Pain & Somebody Els

WARNING: the following update contains a lot of text. The country and our experiences here were so great, I couldn't do it in less words. So if you don't have the time just click through the pix and scroll down to the final conclusion and summary, that captures the essence of our trip to China. China - Land of the Chinese Chinese restaurants are everywhere and it's full of Chinese,..and so many. People here move fast forward - it feels like someone pushed fast forward on the remote control, and crowds push us around, but we push back. Spitting on the [View Full Entry]

Beijing, 60th anniversary of republic of China

By Mister Peter
October 2nd 2009

Mongolia - land of the extremes Asia » Mongolia

central mongolia AFG (another f...... Ger)

WARNING: If you don't like reading, then simply click on the first picture and browse through the images, they tell more then 1000 words anyway. If you don't mind taking 5 minutes to read, well be my guest... MONGOLIA - land of the extremes Genghis Khan is omnipresent, a big picture of him welcomes you at the Genghis Khan airport and he is on every bill, many vodka, beer and several other brands. Extreme people: Mongolia is the least crowded country of the world with 1.56 per sq km. Out of the 2.5 million people who live in Mongolia, almost half [View Full Entry]

Central Mongolia Mongo P & Sand-E with our Russian Van

central mongolia little girl outside the Ger

By Mister Peter
September 2nd 2009

counting the days... Europe

hurray

the last days before the trip Our itinerary: Els & Peter: Mongolia (Sept), China (Oct), Japan (Nov), Philippines (Nov/Dec), Australia (dec/jan), NZ (jan/feb), cook islands (feb); Peter: Mexico (march/april) & maybe parts of S-America if money is left (april-?); Els Canada (march). The Facts: 8 countries, approx. 20 flights, from Asia to Central America, the trip is planned, tickets booked, both now unemployed, and I am excited to go. Els is already in Mongolia, she did voluntary work there for 2 weeks with kids, now heading to Gobi desert. 15 september, that's my dep [View Full Entry]

By Mister Peter
May 24th 2008

Nicaragua 08 Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua

granada

Volcanos, roosters, surf and sting rays Why nicaragua? here's the rational answer: it's been a tip among surfers for the last years, so there are waves and I could try surfing again, there are volcanos and els loves volcanos, locals are supposed to be friendly, it's a bit like costa rica, but way cheaper, and most importanly I haven't heard of many people, or any friends that have been there, so probably the best time to go before mass tourism kicks in. However the real reason for going there is sacred reich, a thrash band I grew up to in the [View Full Entry]

By Mister Peter
May 4th 2008

Cuba 08 Central America Caribbean » Cuba

havana capitol

Salsa, cigars and mojitos & anti-salsa too, or how I learned to hate salsa Yes, I can confirm the kitchy cliche and post card image of cuba. time stood still, oldtimers everwhere, people sitting outside drinking rum and playing guitar, extremely friendly atmosphere, only drawback is the food, or actually variety of it. as I love good food and have already been prewarned, I was prepared and took some extra spicy sauce with me (blair's after death sauce to be more precise). actually I expected worse, food was bearable, just not much variety and not many herbs, you could be lucky [View Full Entry]

By Mister Peter
April 10th 2008

Southern Thailand 08 Asia » Thailand » Southern Thailand

koh lanta sunset

short but sweet: diving into the local rock scene & diving into crystal clear blue water A business trip to delhi just before the easter holidays, enables me to make a short break in thailand. Horse the band, one of my favorite bands would play in bangkok at a hc festival exactly after my job in delhi. So I decide to stay some days in bangkok to see the show and to do some diving & chilling on my favourite island Koh Lanta. the trip from delhi to bangkok was pretty heavy, last two days in delhi I had the delhi [View Full Entry]

By Mister Peter
March 24th 2008

India 08 Asia » India

agra: taj mahal

work, a bit of sightseeing & delhi belly: Delhi & Agra: a project for work enables me to travel to india, observing indian consumers for a research project is my mission, inlcuding home visits & focus groups, very interesting as these home visits are quite a bit different from the ones I ve done in Europe, overall everyone is really friendly, food is great, my diarrhea is less, first three days without any stomach problems being quite proud, however then the delhi belly hit in hard, spent half of the group discussions in the bathroom,... travelling for work in india feels [View Full Entry]

By Mister Peter
February 26th 2008

europe 06-08 Europe

london skyline

although main purpose of most trips within europe wasn't sightseing or a real vaccation, every now and then I have to realize the beauty and diversity of what's so near to me; over the last 2 years: business trips & visiting friends in london, hamburg, berlin, cologne, istanbul, milan, antwerp, brussels, and several times back home to vienna, and enjoying my time in amsterdam still. [View Full Entry]

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