travel
Valley Trip Summary: Half-time.
I’m about half-way into my trip to the Bay Area, i.e. Silicon Valley, so I figured it’s time for a first summary. First of all, I’ve been neglecting this blog, and to some degree even Twitter. This isn’t just because I’ve been spending my time doing and seeing a lot of stuff and a bunch […]
Koh Jum
Every afternoon at 4 pm, when the sun loses a little of its power, the men and boys of koh jum meet on the main road of their village to practise muay thai, the thai form of boxing. in muay thai you use your fists, your feet, your knees to hit your opposite. for thai […]
chiang mai
The building the foundation [office] resides in is an old wooden traditional Thai house, and while this house has stayed the same, it’s now totally surrounded with tons of cement. Funnily, the foundation is affiliated with the Green Party in Germany, and the house looks like the realisation of the green conservation principle, fighting a […]
fortune cookie
a fortune cookie told me a little while ago: soon you will be travelling around the world. Well, that turned out to be true, so i’ll be roaming around for a couple of weeks. I’ll try to keep posting here, but also there’ll be sort of a little side-project either here or here. enjoy.
tales of asia
aus gegebenem anlass: tales of asia. sehr, sehr feine seite.
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online travel tools
note to self: check out [travelpod]
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Red Centre
Some pictures from the Red Centre (click any of the pictures to see the whole set)
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out of fuel
Rest stop on the way to Kings Canyon, central Australia. This is one of the places where you really don’t want to run out of fuel…
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out of town
für ein paar tage out of town, ab ins red centre. [google earth uluru (kmz, 0 KB)]
yeah.
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uluru
Fein, fein, fein: Gerade ein Ticket gebucht nach Uluru (früher: Ayers Rock). Und bei der Gelegenheit geht’s auch gleich zu den Olgas, der Felsformation mit dem besten Namen ever. Ick freu mir!
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east coast
east coast, australia. bisschen wie florida in den 50s, oder?
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gute reise
gute reise, flo!
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travelog: brisbane
erste eindruecke aus australiens drittgroesster stadt: brisbane.
seit der ankunft gestern versucht, mit ein paar freunden hier kontakt aufzunehmen, ohne erfolg bisher. dafuer viel fussarbeit: den central business district (CBD) erkundet, botanical gardens, dann nachts runter ins west end, das in south brisbane liegt.
CDB erwartungsgemaess officebusinesslunchschlipstraegeralarm, durchsetzt mit netten cafes. die botanical gardens, gleich […]
it’s all good
mit allem versoehnt, immer, weil innerhalb etwa einer woche gesehen:
koalas (2)
kangaroos (mehrere dutzend; haben knochen im schwanz)
wallabies (mehrere dutzend; haben einen schwanz wie eine ratte, ohne knochen)
jede menge voegel, die ich nicht kenne, die aber entweder ziemlich bunt oder laut waren, oder beides
pelikane (2 oder 3)
fledermaeuse, alle groessen
schlammspringer
krokodile (mehrere)
fische, deren namen ich nie behalten […]
apologies
apologies, apologies, and shame on me. updates at the moment on a very, very random basis. since i’m traveling at the moment for a few weeks, i only have very limited online time.
plus, in most internet cafes here, the keys get stuck so easily that it’s just too much of a pain to […]
My name is Peter Bihr. I live in Berlin, Germany. As a freelancer, I consult on web strategies, communities, blogging and social media. In this weblog, I jot down random thoughts, ideas and news. Hopefully, you'll find some are interesting for you, too. 