I have tasted the worst icecream in my whole life, I have made a grown man cry, I have a vague understanding of what surrounds me, there are drunk footballfans everywhere and it all has its own charm. Walking around in this culture of unfamiliarity with the music from home in my ear, creates this hallucinogenic state of mind where the eyes does not see what the ears hear. (more…)

There is always another life. (more…)

Venezuela is definately a wonderful country and the trip to "los llanos" absolutely gave sights I did not imagine. But I won’t remember the trip for holding my very first Anaconda, fishing for Piranas, hunting for Caymans, rafting or swimming with dolphins. I witnessed a hunt and a phenomenon I have only heard of before. (more…)

There are 532 squares on the floor in my toilet (shower not included) and 200 tiles on the wall covering the same area. There are 3 types of insect grassing on the ceramic flatlands and they all seem very friendly. The showercurtain has 73 dots on it and hangs from 17 hooks. The door has three holes in it, and the water tank takes 5 minutes to fill up. The chain (counting 5 joints), that does the work of a lock, is not tight enough to close the door properly, leaving a small crack between door and wall. The door only fills 3/4 of the doorway. This is the uncovered and unleashed story of a backpackers best nightmare. Reading on requires poshness left at the door - there are passages of explicit language and vivid elaboration on delicate topics. You are hereby warned. (more…)

Mount Humboldt … a majestetic summit surrounded by glaciers, fantastic scenery and a challenging approach. For an unexperienced mountaineer like me, this could have been a dream never to come true, but having the guides like they have here - the dream seemed so close. (more…)

Seeing new things is a major part of beeing on the road, but sometimes the things you see gets so strange, that you do not quite believe your eyes (or ears for that matter). Whenever humans are involved, things can get just unbelievable because they seem so far, far away from own perspectives - and with it, follows the man made things. (more…)

Who would have thought I was such an easy target to fool? Who would have thought that I fell for the same “scam” in Venezuela, as I did in Thailand? Who would have thought, that my apperance is so touristy and that I am spotted as an easy target, the minute I walk outside the hotel? And who would have thought, that I looked like a criminal? (more…)

Wow …. I feel like Frogger the frog, in a computergame with no joystick or a person to control him. This is a mad place, and I think I have to count myself lucky, to actually have come this far. (more…)

First part of the journey has passed, as I am sitting here on Heathrow airport after a very short stay in London. It is 5 in the morning, and to be honest, this is not the proper time to be surfing the internet, after a very short night sleep. Stayed with some friends I met in Thailand last year. Lara and Renna, thanks for the hospitality and the short peak into your world :-) (more…)

Finally - the country of departure is chosen, the flight is booked, the nervousness starts to settle (or increase?) and right now, I feel relatively entropic. After some lucky searches on the web, I ended up getting a ticket for Caracas, Venezuela - a country I have NO knowledge of. (more…)