From the Cameroon Highlands we head north. It is finally time for the beach. Or that’s what we thought. We book a bus to Penang. Penang is a peninsula in western Malaysia. We found a lovely cheap place in the north of the island. Once we arrive in Georgetown we have to take another local bus to get there. You often look at maps and underestimate the distance. It took us another two hours to get to the place. We…
Malaysia was a country that I did not know much about. I didn’t even know that they were a mostly Muslim country. Arab food and culture as well as Chinese and English and Portuguese culture is visible. They have their own take on tea, coffee, rice and noodles. If you are ever in the Netherlands you see that Nasi Goreng is a popular dish. You can clearly see how the Dutch adopted some dishes as well. Nasi means rice in…
Here I am in the middle of nowhere. Have you ever heard of New Caledonia before? I certainly didn’t. When I checked out flights to Singapore I saw that the plane had an overlay in New Caledonia. I had to check it out for sure! Apparently this is French territory just like French Polynesia. It’s an archipelago of different islands in the southern pacific as well. Tugged away between Australia and New Zealand. Crazy, that this is European territory. Just…
I stand at the Airport of Papeete. It is 5 a.m. and I am stranded and defeated. I had to book a flight going out of Tahiti. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to board the flight from the United States. I tried to tell them, that as a European you don’t need this. They still wouldn’t let me through. This put my credit card to the limit unfortunately. Now in Tahiti I can’t get any money. The money was already…