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January 26, 2007
I haven’t made an entry for a long time now and I’m really sorry for that. However, this might also show that it wasn’t boring in South-East Asia. And I decided to enjoy the time as much as possible and not to spend hours in front of the computer because that’s what I am doing at home anyway. In addition, the opportunity of a quiet minute wasn’t always there. Some reports were for example written on the night train in Thailand. But try to write on a bus in Laos or Cambodia where you’re jumping in your seat every two meters because of bad roads … . Maybe I will add some short information about the places I visited during the next days.
All in all, the journey was really great. I saw a lot of interesting places, met nice people and made a lot of experiences. And I didn’t have any serious problems like being ill or being ripped off. After nine weeks of traveling I came back to Germany yesterday. With a temperature of 10-15 degrees the winter in my home town so far was warmer than normally at this time. But during the night in which I flew back from Asia it began to snow, so when I came out of the plane I saw a white winter landscape and the temperature was minus three degrees. What a warm welcome!
I wish all who are still traveling a good time. For me the next weeks will be quite different but for sure interesting as well because I will start my first job after university.
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January 22, 2007
In the following an overview of my route.
Thailand
21.11.-22.11.06 Phuket
22.11.-29.11.06 Koh Phi Phi
29.11.-31.11.06 Krabi: Railay beach, Ton Sai beach
01.12.-04.12.06 Koh Tao
04.12.-09.12.06 Koh Phangan
10.12.-12.12.06 Bangkok
13.12.-19.12.06 Chiang Mai, Pai
Laos
20.12.-21.12.06 Mekong River (Slow Boat)
21.12.-23.12.06 Luang Prabang
23.12.-28.12.06 Vang Vieng
28.12.-28.12.06 Vientiane
29.12.-01.01.07 Don Det (4000 Islands)
Cambodia
02.01.-03.01.07 Phnom Penh
03.01.-05.01.07 Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)
Vietnam
06.01.-10.01.07 Ho Chi Minh City
10.01.-14.01.07 Mui Ne
15.01.-16.01.07 Nha Trang
17.01.-19.01.07 Hoi An
19.01.-23.01.07 Hanoi / Halong Bay
23.01.06 The End
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December 24, 2006
During the last days I was quite lazy in writing but as you probably have heard pictures can say more than thousand words  . Today I took the time to publish more photos so that you can look through during the holidays.
Koh Phi Phi 2
Krabi
Diving
Koh Tao
Koh Phangan
Bangkok
Chiang Mai
Pai
Mekong River
Luang Prabang
Vang Vieng
Merry Christmas!
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October 14, 2006
Gestern fiel mir beim Überfliegen einiger Forenbeiträge plötzlich das Kürzel SOA ins Auge. Man mag denken das ist ja nichts ungewöhnliches wenn man gerade eine Diplomarbeit über serviceorientierte Architekturen schreibt. Was mich etwas irriert hat war, dass ich in einem Thailand-Forum und nicht in einem IT-Forum war. Das manche scheinbar SOA auch als Abkürzung für Südostasien verwenden war mir bis dahin nicht bewusst. Da will man sich also nach einer langen Diplomarbeitsphase endlich mal wieder etwas Auszeit von SOA gönnen und stellt fest, dass man versehentlich nochmal zwei Monate Intensivkurs gebucht hat um SOA hautnah zu erleben. Naja, ich habe meine Entscheidung bisher trotzdem nicht bereut, aber irgendwie hat mich diese Entdeckung nochmal darin bestärkt, dass ich die Reiseberichte wohl größtenteils auf Englisch schreiben werde.
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September 27, 2006
I booked my flight for a two month backpacker tour this week. I will fly to Phuket on November 20th and back from Ho Chi Minh City on January 23th. My initial plan for the route is to start with some of the islands in the south of Thailand (e.g. Phuket, Ko Phi Phi, Ko Tao, Ko Phangan, Ko Samui), than go north direction Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Muang Sing. I might continue in Laos (Luang Prabang, Vientiane) and then go down to Kaombodscha (Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh); from there further to Vietnam, especially Ho Chi Minh City, Mui Ne, Hoi An and maybe Hanoi in the north but there is probably not enough time. I still don’t know for sure which route I will take and I will probably decide a lot of things spontaneously. So any insider-tips for e.g. cities, scenic attractions or good hostels in this regions are very welcome.
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