Rex Hotel in Saigon

The first one to mention it to me was my father in law (Danke Henry!). He said: “When you go to HCMC, do you stay in the famous Hotel Rex?”. I had never heard about it, but he told me about the Americans staying there during the American War (that …

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Absacker (aka nightcap)

Since its my last evening in Da Nang, I’d like to introduce you to my nightcap traditions that I have elaborated the last 3 weeks.

When I drive back from town with my little motorbike I often (very often) stop at Minsk bar for a “last beer” (CZ guys …

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Sugar cane drink

Just because it’s my last food shop in Da Nang (for this time), and because I never mentioned it.

With My, today for lunch. We went to a small food shop that she selected. I know 3 categories of Vietnamese food so far:

  • Soupy
  • Non-Soupy
  • Rolly

Today we took …

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Vietnamese Fast Food

Tonight I learned a new thing: Vietnamese also have Fast Food. Like McDonaldViet. My showed me such a place tonight. It’s called Star Beef. Believe it or not, we had something like a “Hot Stone” menu. Except that the stone was metal.

The lady that served the beef was …

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Friday night in Da Nang

Ok, it’s Friday night, the hard work part of my stay in Da Nang is mostly done – so I hit the road for a bar hopping tour.

Dinner on the road: street food along the beach (Nadine, Doreen, Hamarz, you know the place). What’s new: ordering became easy …

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Welche ist die schönste Bibliothek Münchens?!

Ich war in letzter Zeit häufiger in Münchner Bibliotheken, und habe hier ein paar aufgelistet.
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Indien Tag 2

Heute war unser 2. Tag in Indien – schon wieder seeehr spannend!

Hier wieder die Fotostrecke:

Nachdem wir schön ausgeschlafen hatten, und der hiesige Rhythmus sich schon verdaut anfühlte (will heißen Jetlag OK), ging es mit der Metro nach Old Delhi. Wie der Name andeutet ist das der alte Teil von …

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Indien Tag 1

Hi Freunde, es ist 22:00 lokale Zeit. Eben sind wir vom Essen zurück gekommen ins Hotel – und fix & fertig. Der erste Tag war gleich vollgepackt mit neuen Dingen. Und das nach einer Nacht im Flieger mit ca. 1 Stunde Schlaf und 4:30 Zeitverschiebung in die falsche Richtung… Hier …

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iPad Hologram

Hidden features of the iPad 😜
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A Proxy for offline surfing

This is a piece of software I would love to have: A proxy that runs on my notebook and that intelligently caches certain websites so I can surf them when being offline.

More specifically:

  • A proxy that runs on my notebook
  • The proxy knows what pages/sites I want to …
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