Alex Kiesel / Dialog

Cardplaying in the Schlossgarten

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One Saturday, Marie and me met with Timm and Isabelle for two hours in Karlsruhe's Schlossgarten; we played a funny game whose name I already forgot.

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Being in Berlin the first time

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As my brother Maximilian left Karlsruhe end of last year went to Berlin, we long had the plan to go visit him there - in Friedrichshain district. The time was there in mid March, when we got a cheap flight to Berlin. In the three days in Berlin we had, we decided to do some sightseeing there, with a visit to the government district, including the Kanzleramt and the Reichstag; a visit to Potsdamer Platz, an area that was raised from ground in 10 years after the Berlin wall had been teared down. Of course, we also included a trip to the largest remaining original part of the Berlin Wall, the East Side Gallery.

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Timm's birthday

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On December 14th, we gathered again in the Kap to celebrate Timm's 31st birthday. We, that were Kerstin, Olli, Gunnar, Frank, Jan, Ingrid, Tom G., Nico, Michi, Rene, Jan R., Marie and me, Isabelle and - of course - Timm. Last year's pictures are online, too.

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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.

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Miscellaneous shots.

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In Bangkok

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.

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Moon Bar @ Banyan Tree Bangkok

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!

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Island #1: Ko Samui

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!

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Railay Beach

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 :-)

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Day trip to Ko Phi Phi

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.

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Ko Lanta

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.

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Sunday walk to the Karlsruhe zoo

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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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