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Collection: Backpacking in Thailand

After some lengthy searches for holiday destinations, Marie and I finally settled on Thailand. Mostly, because the country is located in a warm climate where we could soak up some sun and it's considered safe for travellers. Also, we could actually go there without much preparation - just a full backpack and some information from the Internet. If you go there, you'll probably also quickly find Thaiminator, a german website dedicated to Thailand travelling.

Albums

	21 Nov: Thailand shots (45 images in 23 chapters) Miscellaneous shots.
	22 Nov: In Bangkok (9 images in 3 chapters) We arrived in Bangkok at early evening, and heading towards Khao San Road, where most of the backpackers go. We spend a busy day in Bangkok which we used for sightseeing and for a visit to the Moon bar.
	22 Nov: Moon Bar @ Banyan Tree Bangkok (10 images in 2 chapters) On Marie's birthday, November 22nd, after a full day in the busy streets of Bangkok, we had to get to a special place:) We found that place in the Moon bar at the Banyan Tree hotel. It's a restaurant and bar on top of the hotels building - which means, you get up all 61 floors and some stairs to the top of the skyscraper. That was one impressive view!
	24 Nov: Island #1: Ko Samui (59 images in 11 chapters) We flew out of Bangkok, the day after Marie's birthday, one before Thai protesters would close down both Bangkok airports, which wasn't really foreseeable, so we were just lucky. Having booked one night in advance in a travel agency in Bangkok, we stayed at that resort just a night, because we didn't like the neighbours. We moved just some miles to the Coral Cove Chalet which was a bit pricier, but affordable. Apart from the heavy rains they still had there at end of November, it was really beautiful!
	29 Nov: Railay Beach (40 images in 6 chapters) In Krabi (located somewhat between Phuket and Ko Lanta), a very famous spot is the Raileay Beach, reachably only by a difficult path or the longtail boats, which one usually picks. We decided to get a hotel right at that beach at the east part which was nice. From Railey Marie and I did some shopping in the city, a boat trip to Ko Phi Phi and we climbed the Railey Beach Viewpoint with flip flops (which was discouraged, but when you have to go you have to go :). The view was worth the climbing :-)
	01 Dec: Day trip to Ko Phi Phi (60 images in 8 chapters) While staying in a Hotel at Railey Beach, near Krabi, we jumped on a one day trip to the Islands of Ko Phi Phi. This is one of the trips where the tourists get on a crowded boat and chase from spot to spot for some pictures of places you get to see on pictures of the area anyways... Whatever, we did it anyways and got to Monkey Bay, Bamboo Island, Maya Bay and Ko Phi Phi's captial. We also went diving and took a video of that.
	03 Dec: Ko Lanta (15 images in 4 chapters) Ko Lanta was way the quietest place we visited in Thailand. With miles of beach, there's no big crowd of people anywhere. This is also not a party place, it's rather ideal to sit back and relax. Unfortunately, this was also the only place where we'd find unwanted friends, friends of type cockroach.

Sunday walk to the Karlsruhe zoo

At the last weekend of October 2008, sun was shining and weather wasn't as cold as end of October could let one expect it. Marie and me both took our bikes from the bikeshed and travelled to the zoo. Zoo fee was 5EUR and you get to see quite a lot of different animals, but also a lot humans (especially families, but - hey - what would you expect from a sunny Sunday afternoon)? We both took several pictures of the animals, me on digital, Marie on film, so you can only see my results...

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Exploring Toskana

In our one week holiday in July, Marie and me drove down to Italy's Toscana area. We were staying at Camping Rocchetta in Castiglione, near Grosseto which is in south of Toscana.
While there were lazy days with hanging around at the pool, we also did some excursions into the back-lands of the area, visiting some nice spots we had some recommendations for.

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A weekend in Stralsund

Start of May started with a Thursday as a holiday, so Marie and me took one day of vacation and extended the following weekend. On that opportunity, we drove all the way up to Stralsund, in the former DDR. I've been to Stralsund and to the Island of Rügen back in 1998 - many things have changed since then, most noticeably in Stralsund where the city has been rebuilt and re-beautified within the last years. Starting our tour from Stralsund where we stayed with Marie's relatives, we did some day trips to Rügen (Seebad Binz, Kap Arkona) and Zingst.

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Seeing the DTM @ Hockenheim

On April 13th, the DTM, a German motorsports league, started the new season in Hockenheim. As Hockenheim is pretty close to Karlsruhe, Marie and me decided to visit the race on Sunday, with access to the paddock.
The race itself was not filled with too much excitement, much to my regret, but after all it's been a nice visit, as I've been to a motorsports event for the first time (Marie used to see some motorbike races, so I think the race itself was a bit boring for her:-/)... After the race we also visited several manufacturers booths and peeked into the paddock again, to see the post-race cleanups.

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