When M and me visited the Srinagarindra Train Night Market in Bangkok, I was deeply impressed. This is food paradise on earth. Incredible. And although I am reluctant with crickets, squid eggs or things where google translate failed, one of the highlights was a pan cake artist who created a wonderful Totoro in 8 minutes. Watch the movie …
A dear friend once told me that when you travel, you realize afterward which experience was the most significant, the one that immediately comes to mind when reflecting on the trip. During our three-month journey in Borneo, mostly on Sabah, two experiences stood out, one of which was our visit to Howard’s Tampat Do Aman,…
These are some of the magical things I saw in the Borneo jungle. One is called cotton bug. The other is the lantern bug. Guide Lan showed them to us at the Kinabatangan River. Cotton Bug eggs. I would not have noticed, but Lan new. Then Cotton Bug – potentially Flatidae – fully developed. Looks…
“Oh, from Germany! Muller. Brehme. But not so good anymore.”, the taxi driver said on our way to KK center. It is not so easy nowadays to be a proud German abroad. But what about the world-famous German goods with their fame for quality? Like … Cars? To be frank, on Borneo, there are times…
The cats I know and have met in my life, almost always had their tail as decoration, indicator of mood, or for whatever reasons – full and in one peace. Even in ports in Sicily or Greece: They were meager, had spotty fur, or a dripping nose, but the tail was almost always “intact”. Not…
One of the greatest ways to travel in Italy is by our small Bulli and AgriCamper, a similar though smaller variant of FrancePatience or Landvergnügen. It gives you a map of farms, vineyards or other rural places that offer a place to stay for the night, often for free, and the deal is typically that…
Still trying to keep my running practice, I had to do it in the afternoon, in the jungle of Muru, a World Heritage Area on Borneo. Poor me. As most of the accessible jungle here, it is part of a park, and they have well-kept paths. However, running / jogging here comes with a catch:…
