Category: On the road
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Kuala Lumpur – At the muddy river mouth
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 10 – heading for Port Klang in the Strait of Malacca at 14.7 knots While we have already learned yesterday in our educational unit that we will reach the port of Klang this evening around 18:30 at a leisurely pace, we are now thinking the whole time back and…
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Somewhere in the South China Sea
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 9 – 17.1 knots, wind from the east, no swell to speak of The day ripples along as we alternate between sunbathing and going to the theater for the country lectures. Who would have thought that a political scientist on board a cruise ship would prove to be such…
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Chinese New Year in Saigon
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 8 – Phu My/ Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam Today we have decided for the transfer to HCMC offered by the ship, since we have found on the one hand comparable prices in the net for cab transfers, on the other hand again a little expenditure would have…
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Cooking course in Bangkok
Thanks to the exact indication of the position via Google Maps, we found the location without any problems, even if the backyard alley and the entrance door didn’t seem to inspire confidence at first. Mae, our chef for the day, and Ja, her helper in the kitchen, put on a great course. There were two…
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Laem Chabang Port/ Bangkok: Chinese New Year, temples and the Sky Bar
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 5 – 11.9 km on foot – 04.02. 01:30 all hands on board – 04.02. 02:00 cast off – italic lines as always from Daniel – We experience everything probably a little more quietly than usual, whereby and the direct comparison is missing of course. Our driver, who brings…
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Discover Koh Samui by bike
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 4 – 52 km by bike across Koh Samui – 17:00 officially last tender boat – 18:00 raise anchor – italic lines as always from Daniel – First of all: We couldn’t quite keep the departure time, there were still a few late guests who wanted to come along.…
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Singapore – city of modernity and contrasts
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 2 – 20 km walk – 17:45 all aboard – 19:00 cast off – italic lines as always from Daniel – Today we took the subway, called MRT, into the city. Singapore shines, as expected, with a very well developed and organized local transport – unfortunately, electronic means of…
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Singapore – Light show at the Gardens by the Bay
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 1 – lay day until tomorrow – italic lines as always from Daniel – We finally arrived. After two trouble-free flights from Berlin – with unfortunately extremely long waiting times, so never again Tegel – via Doha (Qatar) to Singapore although still somewhat flattened, since it is still plus…
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Palma de Mallorca in November
A glimpse of summer right before Christmas This weekend I was in Palma with a dear friend of mine. Finally, after three years when we decided to go on a trip together, we made it. Our treat – we both turned 30 this year – was to go to Mallorca for three days. Coincidentally all…
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Ideas for a weekend or layover in Amsterdam
KL1780 from HAM to AMS & KL3091 from AMS to RIX Now vacation travel is definitely over for me, I needed to see a dear friend of mine in Amsterdam. Although we happened to be in the exact same city just a weekend before, I went there again yesterday and it got me thinking. What…