http://blackwing.de/blog snippets of blackwings life Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:43:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After some busy time in Germany with a lot of work and so on the next tour is almost there. This upcoming Saturday I will take a plane to Montreal in order to attend the World Congress on Chemical Engineering - together with some colleagues of mine. Fortunately we all ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/08/20/preparing-for-canada-2009/ The last part of my trip was all in all: big booming cities - After all those relaxing days in small to medium sized towns and cities, I visited some of the Asian mega cities: Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Bangkok. First I reached Kuala Lumpur by AirAsia from Vientiane - ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/04/27/big-city-life/ After another bumpy ride from Viang Vien to Ventiane in a "Super VIP" Bus (they should take courses in Malaysia, to find out, what VIP means...) - Basically: It was hot, I felt squeezed in and the ride virtually took forever. And it was expensive. Transportation in Lao all in ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/04/14/vientiane-the-sleepy-lao-capital/ After some days without blogging... I'm back to it :) Internet connectivity in Laos, especially in Vian Vieng was a nightmare... Slow, unreliably and really expensive - So I decided not to waste time by blogging, but for chilling out instead... So, let's get to the details:I left Luang Prabang by ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/04/10/viang-vien/ After meeting Ulrike, Katharina and Dorothea we decided to get on a TukTuk to the KhuangSi waterfall - And after bargaining and getting of the cab at least 5 times we got a good price and finally got there. The waterfall is located about 30km southeast of Luang Prabang and ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/04/05/luang-prabang/ Yeah, I got some Internet access again - finally. Now, I am in Laos - to be precise, in Luang Prabang. LP is the world famous unesco listed world heritage site right at river Mae Khong (= Mekong). Getting there was a multi-day adventure. First I took a local bus from ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/04/03/river-mae-khong/ Today I rent a mountainbike in order to get around a little more. The guy from the guesthouse showed me and another fellow from GB where to see some nice stuff and get around. So we had a quick stop at the tourist info to get a free map and ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/03/31/mountainbiking-around-chiang-rai/ I spent the last day in Chiang Mai with the long-planned cooking course - which was an absolut highlight! After driving to a market outside Chiang Mai with an detailed introcution to fruits and vegetables we started the course at a nicely located farm around Chiang Mai. First a, stir fry ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/03/30/from-chiang-mai-to-chiang-rai/ Sometimes, plans change... And so on 27th/28th I did my Jungle Trekking Trip - Just because this trip, that I was wanted was not available at the 28th :) What we basically did was hiking for some time through the jungle, getting some dip into a waterfall to refresh and finally ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/03/28/jungle-trip/ Yesterday night I reached Chiang Mai in northern Thailand via an AirAsia Flight from Bangkok. Because of major Thunderstorms the flight from Dubai had to take a time-intensive reroute by taking a southern route, almost over krabi, which resulted in a late arrival around 19h (ETA was 1840, but before ... http://blackwing.de/blog/2009/03/26/chiang-mai/