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We had become lazy. The heat was wearing us down these days. Lethargy and routine were our means of fighting it. We were hanging out on our mattresses under a ceiling fan, reading and drinking warm water. Then we were hanging out in rattan chairs in the rooftop bar of our guesthouse, reading and drinking cold beer. It was nice to be in a country where, in contrast to Thailand, you could drink cheaply again. And at 40°C and 50 Cent for a cold draft in a bar where there is a fresh breeze every now and then – who are we to argue it’s too early for drinking? Read the rest of this entry »

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Wir waren faul geworden. Die Hitze war zermürbend an diesen Tagen. Lethargie und Routine waren unsere Mittel, sie zu bekämpfen. Wir hingen auf unseren Matratzen unter einem Deckenventilator, lasen und tranken warmes Wasser. Dann hingen wir in Rattansesseln in der Rooftop-Bar unseres Guesthouses, lasen und tranken kaltes Bier. Es war ...

The people I meet often tell me they envy me for the life I’m leading: Traveling and writing about it, exciting adventures all the time … but as a travel companion of mine once said: They don’t know how it is. Read the rest of this entry »

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How I cured the travel blues after a long night out in Novosibirsk in a Moscow steam bath with what might have been the Russian mafia.