The alarm is going off. It is six in the morning. We booked a speedboat to get to the Gili Islands today. The boat was supposed to leave at 1 p.m. We got a call from the company, that the boat will be going at 9 a.m. instead. The reason was the big swell. The thing I love, when surfing and hate when taking a boat… We arrived at the harbor around 8 a.m. It was busy with a lot…
Our flight from the north of Sumatra took a stop in Malaysia. This was the perfect visa run! We literally left the country of Indonesia, entered Malaysia through Kuala Lumpur and then went through immigration in Bali for Indonesia again. Our visa was almost expired and through this we have thirty days again. When we landed we were surprised how different Bali is. First of all the tourism. We went from the few travelers of Sumatra to one of the…
We booked a small bamboo hut in Khao Sok. This is a place, where one of the oldest evergreen rainforests resides. It is at least as old as the Amazonas. Some believe it might even be older and about 160 million years old. This is supposed to be a secret travel tip to experience the Jungle. However, all the restaurants and tourist shops tell us a different story about this ‘secret’ tip. Even worse, Khao Sok gets four months of…
Six month have passed now. In this time I have burned through four pairs of flip flops, lost two jackets, ripped almost all my pants, destroyed three t-shirts and lost two hats. I can’t believe I am actually in this beautiful place on the other side of earth. Tugged away between the massive pacific. Fear has subsided completely. I don’t worry about where I am going to sleep next and what am I going to see anymore. It will all…