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Japan – complete travel gallery

40+ bonus pictures and the whole trip report in one click can be viewed in the Travels section. Mt. Misen panoramic view:

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Tokyo – in and around the metropolis

Back in town slowly fading out the trip to Japan. Regardless, I did two day trips to the Izu peninsula and the Fuji five lakes region. The remaining days I spent subway-hopping in Tokyo. Thank […]

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Kyushu – five days around the island

The last couple of days I have been travelling quit a bit and also more spontaneous than before. The sense of backpacking came with it and it felt very good! After a quick stop in […]

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Osaka to Hiroshima – along the Inland Sea

Traveling along the Inland Sea from Osaka to Hiroshima with stops in Himeji (castle) and Miyajima (floating gate). The Shinkansen makes the voyage very efficient and there haven’t been any extraordinary mishaps. Smooth riding all […]

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Kyoto / Nara – the ancient Japan

Learning the daily basics like ordering food, taking the bus, riding trains (changed trains at Tokyo station!), using vending machines… is a lot of fun. Kyoto is used to tourists and is therefore perhaps a […]

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Tokyo – the first steps in Japan

A nice heat wave and a wet taifun welcomed me in Tokyo this week. Add a decent jet lag to all of this and some pretty slow days turned out at the beginning of my […]

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Photo book Shanghai

After the city trip to Shanghai with Claude and Phil, I experimented with my MacBook and created a photo book.

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Les super Canadiens de Montreal

Since the Vancouver Canucks are out of the playoff race, let’s jump on the bandwagon of the Montreal Canadiens:-) After all they knocked out #1 Washington Capitols and now #2 Pittsburgh Penguins in the eastern […]

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Vancouver 2010 – Winter Olympics

Thanks to Dany’s access to tickets for the men’s hockey final and closing ceremony of the olympic winter games, I’ve experienced a once in a lifetime weekend in Vancouver! This journey started with an SMS […]

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Events gallery

Beside all the trip reports, some events also deserve to get their impressions shared. The new menu item starts off with galleries from this year’s skiweekend in Lenzerheide and some old memories from Burning Man. […]

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Vancouver 2008

The Vancouver trip report is now transferred from blogger to here.  This was the first visit back to Vancouver since leaving in 2003 and seeing a lot of friends from the good old times. The […]

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Berlin 2006

Restored trip report from Berlin in May and July 2006; shortly before and after the Soccer World Cup 2006 and during the last Loveparade in Berlin.

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Shanghai 2005

Restored travel report to Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hong Kong in 2005.