Reasons not to go...

Indeed, there are some reasons that make me feel that I do not want to go. First, there is my family in Falkensee (which is bordering Berlin-so yes, I am a real Berliner, do not worry :-) which I will not see for the next twelve months. On the other hand I can leave with knowing that they are supporting me in what I am doing. Next, there are those three girls on the left, embodying my last year in Freiburg. They are my appartment-mates, helping me, teasing me, and cleaning my dishes :-) Thanx for being there.

Another reason that really makes me want to stay is Sara-Lena, popping into my life when I was innocently working at Kaufland and my boss asking me to teach a beautiful girl how to use a cash register. I really have a great time with her and it makes me sad that I have to leave her behind. She`ll be in my heart - just look at the picture how cute she is :-) In this respect I want to greet my Kaufland- and L'Tur Crew. Good old times are gone but for sure, good, exciting new times will come

How it began...

In the summer of 2004 I finished the first part of my education in the field of tourism. My original plan was to work with a tour operator in the South of Chile. Yet things came differently. In March 2004 I was granted a scholar ship for further 1,5 years of education to finally graduate as a "Bachelor of Hospitality and Tourism Management". This is going to happen in two days when I hopefully will pass my final oral examen. During the last two years my ambitions grew to travel around the world, live and work in different cultures, get to meet people, and make use of the long-studied foreign languages English and Spanish. It seemed that everybody in my surrounding had already experienced such a journey and my interest grew and grew. After having listened to a bunch of friends, customers of the travel agency L`Tur I worked for, and other people I decided to book the "Round-the-world-ticket" in October 2005. Each month new routes, ideas, and plans were added and my final route turned out to be a lot different than the original one. My journey is now to start on May 8 with the first flight to Bangkok. In Bangkok I meet my friend Uli and we will continue through Thailand, Laos, some parts of Cambodia, Malaysia, and Singapur. After ten and a half weeks Uli flies back to Germany and I travel on to Bali (12 days), Australia (4 months), Newzealand (3 months), Mexiko (3 weeks), and to my final destination, the USA (4 weeks). More details are to follow - so keep on looking at my blog and enjoy following me throughout the next 365 days....