Less than two month after the decision to go to Australia was made, most of the administrative stuff is done. The visa is granted, the flat is rented out and the flight is booked. Health insurance is still a todo but work in progress. Aside from the bureaucratic stuff I have to decide on what […]
The Eagle has landed
5:30 in the morning, my alarm is ringing. Good thing my room has a window showing the sunrise over the Mekong – additional incentive for getting up. My bags are already packed (mostly), so half an hour later I’m ready for pick-up. Pretty much on time (for SEA standards) my lift arrives at the hotel […]
Scotland Impressions
Text comes later, here’s some pictures.
Hsipaw One Day Hike
Just as I had done in Luang Prabang a few years ago, I wanted to go for a two-day/one-night hike in the Hsipaw area. Sadly there weren’t any tours going and I didn’t feel like paying for a guide just for myself. So instead I went for the available option, which was a one-day trek […]
The Blue Mountains
70km or two hours west of Sydney lie the Blue Mountains. They got their name from light reflecting off vapours from eucalypt trees which gives everything in the distance a blue touch. The mountains aren’t really mountains but rather gorges that have been formed over the last couple of million years. Rock climbing probably is […]
Again?
I wanted to write a bit about Christmas in the Blue Mountains, Christmas Eve around the log fire and late night BBQ but that has to wait for a while. We left Katoomba yesterday without a real plan on where to go and what to do. All we knew was that after two weeks of […]