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Cologne has brought us back

One last post from us, this time already from home. Yesterday morning we landed back in Frankfurt, at 5:30 am the wheels of the A380 touched German ground and officially ended...

Heading home

A month goes by so quickly, boom, we're sitting at the airport again, waiting for our flight back to Frankfurt. We have to transfer in Bangkok and I hope everything goes...

Ahoi- off to the water park

Today we decided to visit the water park on Sentosa Island. After the light rain shower in the late morning, we started our adventure. Of course, we wore Elsa dresses, with Elsa...

Once a Princess in Singapore

We are back in Singapore. And during our last stay here, I promised Nora that I would buy her the Elsa dress from H&M at the end of our trip. She reminded me every day and...

A special day

Today is a special day - Markus' birthday. As soon as we woke up, he was in our thoughts and we wondered how we wanted to spend the day. We decided to go "high up" to be a...

Kuala Lumpur - big, contrasting, green - and we're right in the middle

A warm hello from Kuala Lumpur, the third metropolis on our journey. Coming here was a very spontaneous decision, actually the station was not on my imaginary to-do list. But as...

Beautiful start to the day and bus ride to check off!

The ride from the Cameron Highlands back to Ipoh once again pushed me to my limits. Because our bus driver had Thai blood in him, as far as his driving style was concerned. This...

Tea plantations, bee farm, and minor burns

Today, we went out again to the tea plantations that are so famous in the Highlands. But the day started by meeting another German family in our little guesthouse, who also had...

Cameron Highlands - der Garten Malaysias

Zeitig ging heut morgen die Reise nach Tapah Rata los. Der Busbahnhof in Ipoh liegt ziemlich außerhalb der Stadt, aber die Fahrt dorthin ging zum Glück flott. Es waren noch...

Upside-Down Museum & Train Ride to Ipoh

Today we left Georgetown again - but not without having a delicious breakfast at our favorite café. We spent the time until the train ride visiting the Upside Down Museum. It...

36 degrees and it's getting hotter

...so back indoors we go, this time to the 'Glow in the Dark' museum. It was really cool and gave us a good hour of coolness. In the evening, we went on a 'hunt' for...

Compromise found to run..

...and even though it doesn't look like it, Nora was very happy not to have to walk anymore :) However, she hates being photographed by strangers, so she couldn't be convinced...

Contrast program in Georgetown

At 9 o'clock we were seated in the taxi to the pier, from where our ferry to Georgetown/Penang departed at 10:30. We covered the 120km in just over 3 hours... luckily the sea...

Last day on Langkawi - the journey continues

Today was our last day here on the island. And it started unusually early because Nora was already awake at 9:30 AM :) Usually, we always go to bed around midnight here, and she...

Exploring the island on a scooter

Our little excursion yesterday made us want more, so today we went for a longer ride. We covered about 50km at a speed of 30-40km/h, cruising around the island. According to...

Finally breakfast at the beach again

After trying out many restaurants on the street in the past few days, we followed a tip for a super cute beach cafe today and finally had breakfast at the beach again. Feet in...

High above Langkawi

This morning we set off early to take the cable car to Langkawi's second highest mountain, Machinchang Mountain, and enjoy the view. Since taxis are relatively expensive here,...

Lazy day on Balconia

We have more or less been lazy today :) Limited by sunburn possibilities, we went out for lunch late this morning (we never make it early) and then retreated to our balcony. It...

Discovered dream beach

Today we finally discovered the dream beach - it was only about 500m from yesterday's beach, but much quieter and therefore much more pleasant. That's most of our day so far :) ...

Second week - third country. Hello from Malaysia

After 13 days on the tour, today we took the 3rd international flight from Singapore to Langkawi Island in Malaysia. It took us a good hour to fly. But the day started a bit...

Last day in Singapore - Exploring Downtown

On our last day in the city, we headed to Downtown to take a ride on the Singapore Flyer. This is a giant Ferris wheel that rises up to 165m and provides a panoramic view of the...

Continuation of the sightseeing tour through Singapore

Today, we were once again surprised by the weather and when we went outside, we realized that it was sunny. We had agreed that Nora would choose an excursion first and then me....

Trip to Sentosa Island

Yesterday we left our hotel and since it was sunny, we spontaneously decided to go to Sentosa Island. You should know that we don't have a window in our room, so it's always a...

Obligatory hospital visit and subsequent shopping tour

Why do we have international health insurance if we don't use it. So this time we are testing a Singaporean hospital :) Nora has been coughing heavily for a while now, and now...

Goodbye Thailand - Hello Singapore

Earlier than originally planned, we have now left Thailand behind and made our way to Singapore. The day started early, at least for our standards. The alarm clock rang at 7:30...

Temple Marathon and new friends

Ayuttaya is definitely worth a visit. That much can be said! And since we only had one full day there, we went full speed with the cultural program. After breakfast, we rented a...

Daylight Saving Time - not with us

We haven't quite adjusted to the time change yet this time. Nora was still wide awake at midnight, so we played cards until 1:30 and then slept until after 11 this "morning"....

New Plan - let's see if it works

So today we spent the day with the alternative planning of our trip. After Nora woke up around 11 am, we extended our hotel stay for two more nights. Then, around 12 o'clock, we...

Plan change - tropical storm over southern Thailand

It is now 10:45 am here in Bangkok and Mini-me is still in dreamland, yesterday was probably a tough day after all! So today we were supposed to start our journey to the south....