Schmunk-Tuk, "One Dolla" & DJ Schatzi...

So, safely arrived in Cambodia (AND NO LANDMINES :-))

Cambodian people are very nice and friendly people and the countryside is really great! We (Nick & Nadine from the Netherlands, I) visited today and yesterday the Temples of Angkor! Amazing stuff and a lot to see, I really can recommend to spend two days here! Great is to take a Tuk-Tuk (day = 15 Us Dollar) or as Nadine said, a Schmunk-Tuk...

Only take care of the kids around the temples, the only "one dolla" offer of any kind of products drives you after 5 hours mad... :-)

But I can confirm that they are ALWAYS very friendly and go away when u tell them (which is not the case in Bangkok!)

Anyway, was really great so far and I'm heading tomorrow to the capital Phnom Penh.

NOT TO FORGET: Of course I'll watch the Germans tonight playing! GOOOOOOO SCHLAAAAAAND!

DJ Schatzi? Well, that a funny story, I had with the Dutch guy. We recognized that Dutch and German is really very similar and I decided to learn Dutch. During a conversation with him, where we compared vocabularies, he mentioned that we have in Germany that "DJ Schatzi", but well he meant DJ Oetzi...

Talk to u soon.

5 Star Hotel Upgrade and 5000 Baht in cash...

Hopefully this is the last blog I write from Thailand before going to Cambodia. Plan was actually to go there yesterday night, but they did overbook the flight...
So the airline offered me to stay overnight in a 5 star hotel @ the airport for free, plus free dinner and breakfast and 5000 Baht in cash...

So what do u think I did? Correct I insisted to take the flight ;) Of course not! Hotel and meal was really fantastic and I also did cannonball the great pool (pool did have a waterbar as well). So it was a great deal.

Time for boarding, see u in Cambodia, Seam Reap and Ankor Wat!

Tuk Tuk and Ping-Pong show...

Diesmal in Deutsch, naechster Blog ist dann wieder fuer die englischen Kollegen :-)

Also ich bin sicher gelandet und dank dt. Lufthansa Praezision auch nur 10 Min. zu spaet (ein Verlierer hat naemlich sein Gepaeck eingecheckt ist aber nicht in FRA erschienen, dadurch war der Abflug ne gute 3/4 Stunde spaeter...)

War mir eh Wurscht, hatte in der Senator Lounge naemlich mit ein paar Becks und Brez'n eh ausgesorgt gehabt...letztes mal dt. Produkte fuer die naechsten 8 Wochen...

Um es nun aber kurz zu machen: Bangkok ist CRAZY. Jungs (und Maedels) falls ihr mal aussteigen wollt, dann ist Bangkok auf jeden Fall ein MUST, bes. die krasse Khaosan Road! DA GEHT WAS. Und nicht nur Tuk-Tuk und Ping-Pong Shows ;-)



Gestern erst einmal ordentlich von 02:00am bis 04:00am die Deutschen ins Finale mit angefeuert und mitfiebert und so manchen UK Backpacker und Niederlaender ausgelacht (die hatten naemlich waehrend dem Spiel zu viel Oberwasser :-))

ABER: Es gibt nur ein Rudi Voeller und ein Joachim Loew!
Gruesse an alle,
Schmunky

PS: Deuschlandfahne auf der Backe und Deutschland Hulahula Kette kommt auch in Bangkok gut :-), bes. bei dt. Backpacker Maedels ;-)
SCHLAAAAAAAND!

Good Bye Germany

Last Blog entry from good old Germay for the next 8 weeks.
Asia I'm comi'n ! :-)

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Booked! Itinerary!

Did it! No way back, flights are booked, hotels of course not :-)
My planned itinerary:

GERMANY
Frankfurt
>> Flight
THAILAND
Bangkok
>> Flight
CAMBODIA
Siem Reap
>> Bus
Phnom Penh
>> Bus
VIETNAM
Ho Chi Minh City
>> Flight
Danang
>>Bus
Hoi An
>> Bus
Danang
>>Train
Hue
>> Bus
Hanoi
>> Flight
LAOS   
Lua Prabang
>> Flight
THAILAND
Chinag Mai
>> Train
Bangkok
>> Flight
MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur
>> Bus
Tanah Rata
>> MiniBus
Kuala Tahan
>> Bus
Jerantut
>> Bus
Melaka
>> Bus
SINGAPORE
Singapore
>> Flight
INDONESIA
Jakarta
>> Train
Yogyakarta
>> Bus
Borobudur
>> Bus
Yogyakarta
>> Bus
Gunung Brom (Volcano Swim)
>> Bus
Surabaya
>> Flight
Denpasar (Bali)
>> Bus
Kutar (Bali)
>> Flight
SINGAPORE
Singapore
>> Flight
GERMANY
Munich

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Southeast Asia Trip 2008 - Update

Ok, the doctor confirmed that I'm cool, except for rabies... but because I don't have a chance to reach an immune status before I'll arrive, I've
to accept this risk.
So following the rule number one: Don't play with animals...









Finalized my route, now I only have to book the flights accordingly.
Visa can I get at arrival in each country except for Vietnam (again too less time to get it here), I'll get in Cambodia.

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Southeast Asia Trip 2008

Plan stage
Caused by a phone call from Korbinian ;-), I'm currently trying to find out if an 8-9 weeks southeast asia trip is feasible.
Only "show stopper" could be the vaccinations, but tomorrow after the visit of my doctor I'll be smarter.

Thanks to Super Sallinger and Lonley Planet the route is also to 90% clear:
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia.
Check out for details my southeast asia Google Map.

Gonna be tough but "difficult is worth doing"!
Stay tuned.

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