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Phnom Penh - the bustling capital of Cambodia. After more than a week at the beach, it is hard for me to remember the smells, sounds, people, and buildings of this chaotic city....

If Robinson Crusoe could choose an island to be stranded on and live as a shipwreck survivor for 22 years, he would probably choose Koh Rong Sanloem, a small island paradise off...

A few relaxed hours at the beach of Mui Ne, an uncomfortable bus ride to Ho Chi Minh City, a war museum that made me think, a tourist boat trip through the Mekong Delta, the...

Yes, you heard right - me, who swore never to ride a motorcycle in my life and who complained about every single motorcyclist who effortlessly passed me on my racing bike while...

That means 'Goodbye and see you again' in Burmese. I am already convinced that I will visit this fascinating and beautiful country again. I just hope that this reunion will not...

Water and vastness as far as the eye can see. Occasionally, a few cargo ships or small fishing boats, loaded with rice bags, vegetables, or other goods, cross our path. Children...

Once a year, go someplace you have never been before. Following this sentence, after my stays in India and Thailand, I set off for Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, on Tuesday....

From 14,486,679 residents to 7,200 residents, from 23,951 residents per square kilometer to 144 residents per square kilometer. After just four hours of flying with a short...

The two weeks of my volunteering at the Missionary of Charity are slowly coming to an end. They were two weeks that have definitely enriched my life, that were educational and...

This sentence on an advertisement poster for the city of Varanasi caught my attention yesterday in the metro in Kolkata. Not only because I have just visited this special place,...

When the Indian cricket team takes the field as the home team, it's like the Hahnenkamm race in Kitzbühel for us Austrians. The stadium is boiling and you can feel in every...

Auntie, auntie,... this is a word you have to get used to when working in an Indian nursing home. According to my volunteer colleagues, it is a term of endearment that also...

I can't believe that I actually fulfilled my personal goal - to create a blog at the beginning of my (for now) three-month trip and actually write down my first impressions on...