Final preparations and arrival ...

Now it's finally happening. Quickly on the night before the trip, I gathered all the things that might be needed in three months, while not making my back any more crooked. 13.5 kg of luggage. That normally isn't even enough for an extended weekend in the garden around the corner... 8:57 am, I locked the apartment door in Dresden because the tram to the train station left at 9:00 am sharp. Done. The first step has been taken, and now there's no turning back. Deutsche Bahn is also sometimes on time and safely brings me to BER, and now the time begins between waiting, sitting around, flying, waiting, sitting around, flying... It took 27 hours from my apartment in Dresden to reach the hotel in Bangkok (Dresden - Berlin - Amman - Bangkok). First interesting encounters: My seat neighbor to Amman, Segul, told me that today, on his 28th birthday, he is traveling back to his Syrian homeland for the first time in 15 years, to see the changes and possibly consider returning. Very interesting perspectives. On the second flight, I had a retired man from Cottbus sitting next to me, who entertained me with various episodes and tips from his 17 years of experience traveling in Thailand. I should particularly watch out for the young women, as he had fallen for that multiple times. Well, I didn't expect that. Well-informed with these and other insider tips, I arrived in Bangkok ahead of schedule. There: No problems with the ultra-fast immigration. I could have saved the $10 for my 'fake' (but legal) exit flight to Vietnam on February 11. I found my pre-booked taxi pretty quickly too. However, when I had to explain the way to the hotel to the taxi driver, I was a bit perplexed for the first time. When the station where he initially wanted to drop me off in a strangely appearing back alley hotel was about 20 km away from my actual hotel according to my Google Maps understanding, I started to sweat a little. But it was also 31 degrees warm. Luckily, the misunderstanding cleared up. And through clever - maneuvers unknown to the common European - the lost time was made up on the Bangkok city traffic, so I could check in on time at my place for the next five nights... I spent another couple of hours exploring the surroundings on foot and getting settled, but after 27 hours of travel and time and temperature change, I couldn’t handle more... Tomorrow, the first agenda items are on the list. I'm excited... Long story short: the first sign of life has been sent ... Greetings and see you soon