I started late again since I had not slept until the morning. I had to start with the only obvious road, which was an Autobahn more or less. Luckily, the emergency lane is used as a bidirectional lane for small and slow vehicles, so it was not a problem to drive there. The smog was not so nice however. But I guess 2 days won’t kill me. After about 10 km I had the chance to leave to a “rural road” and that is what I did. If I had known that the road was damaged for many kilometres and basically just dust and dirt, I might have decided differently. Although the scenery got much lovelier, the dirt just sticked everywhere, especially with the 100+ trucks passing and creating clouds of dust. Every time I passed ... read more

Again I was overwhelmed with Thai friendliness as soon as I got my bicycle back. Even police officers wanted to help me carry it… Then I bought a SIM package from TRUE with 7GB of 4G traffic, flatrate and cheap calls to Germany. Man, am I disappointed. Only once did my mobile go over Edge – so now I got 7GB and am using Edge. Ridiculous. After that I had decided to take a taxi, since I did not want to ride from BKK with backpack and saddle bags and the small backpack. The taxi was somewhat expensive, because I had that huge carton – it cost 700 Baht, around 17 EUR. I had booked a small hotel upfront because I did not want to carry the bike from guest house to guest house in Koasan. ... read more

Why I live in a SPA The SPA business in Shenzhen next to Hongkong and in some other Chinese cities is a very special thing. Let me explain why I am here and not in a hotel. When I arrive, 3 people say “Ni hao” and take my luggage. I leave my luggage at the reception. I get a bracelet with some code on it. Then I am being led upstairs to the locker where the locker boy helps me undressing and gives me a towel and slippers. After that I am going downstairs to the wet area. I take a shower (everything is there: shampoo, conditioner, even tooth brushes and razors) and then I have the choice between hot pool, cold pool (REALLY cold) and 3 kinds of sauna. After that I am handed some ... read more

Check-In was not a problem at all. Two bulky lagguage pieces, two kilo too much but thx to Air Berlin and Etihad I am sitting in the lounge, reading the playboy (articles only! :-)), drinking coffee and water and try to relieve my back, which is quite in pain because of the heavy luggage. Just don't fall asleep FloRider!... read more

Well, well, well... Being deep in preparations. Today I booked my flight for the 30.11. to BKK. There I will leave my bike in a storage ( http://www.bangkokairportonline.com/node/134 ). I am very curious about the price and safety - it looks very weird and open :-) From Bangkok I will go to China first since I got business to do in Shenzhen. That will be an interesting trip. Again I will sleep in a SPA center since it is much cheaper than usual hotels. And I hope to meet my friend Amen there and looking forward to long talks in the lounge chairs about what is happening around the world... My biggest problem today was to remove the SIMlock on my Lumia 925 (best phone I had ever, much better than my iPhone or Galaxy). When ... read more