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24,602 steps = 9.71 miles - walking around yesterday.
Woke at at 4 but able to doze again by 5 so 6am wake up was ok. Hopefully today will be a excellent day. We'll see. No eating planned today. Perhaps konbini food.
#TravelNotes #Japan
#DasJP26

Swimming pool with a Kilimanjaro view 🗻 — unreal scenery.

The place itself: poorly maintained. No lockers, dirty showers, zero privacy, very public toilets. Entrance: 7,000 TZS.

Old pool, great weather. The view saves it.

📍 Moshi, Tanzania

#Moshi #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #TravelNotes #NomadLife #Travel #travelstory

Swimming pool with a Kilimanjaro view 🗻 — unreal scenery.

The place itself: poorly maintained. No lockers, dirty showers, zero privacy, very public toilets. Entrance: 7,000 TZS.

Old pool, great weather. The view saves it.

📍 Moshi, Tanzania

#Moshi #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #TravelNotes #NomadLife #Travel #travelstory

Swimming pool with a Kilimanjaro view 🗻 — unreal scenery.

The place itself: poorly maintained. No lockers, dirty showers, zero privacy, very public toilets. Entrance: 7,000 TZS.

Old pool, great weather. The view saves it.

📍 Moshi, Tanzania

#Moshi #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #TravelNotes #NomadLife #Travel #travelstory

Swimming pool with a Kilimanjaro view 🗻 — unreal scenery.

The place itself: poorly maintained. No lockers, dirty showers, zero privacy, very public toilets. Entrance: 7,000 TZS.

Old pool, great weather. The view saves it.

📍 Moshi, Tanzania

#Moshi #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #TravelNotes #NomadLife #Travel #travelstory

Swimming pool with a Kilimanjaro view 🗻 — unreal scenery.

The place itself: poorly maintained. No lockers, dirty showers, zero privacy, very public toilets. Entrance: 7,000 TZS.

Old pool, great weather. The view saves it.

📍 Moshi, Tanzania

#Moshi #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #TravelNotes #NomadLife #Travel #travelstory

Swimming pool day with a view of Mount Kilimanjaro 🗻
The view? Absolutely unreal.

The place itself… not so much. Poorly maintained, no lockers, messy changing rooms, dirty showers with zero privacy and nowhere to put your stuff. Same for the toilets — very open, very social, and definitely not clean. Hard pass.

I had to use the shower anyway. Entrance fee: 7,000 TZS.

The pool looks old and a bit like it’s falling apart, but the weather was great and that Kilimanjaro view fixed a lot. Not everything — but enough.

📍 Moshi, Tanzania

#Moshi #Tanzania #Kilimanjaro #MountKilimanjaro #TravelNotes #NomadLife #SlowTravel #RealityOfTravel #Africa #travel

I wander often and wonder always.

#travel #travelwithme #travelphotography #travelnotes #travelmemories

Once synonymous with danger, #Medellín, the second-largest city in #Colombia, now oozes innovation, creativity, and an infectious energy that captivates visitors. https://tnot.es/MDE

#travel #travelguide #travelphotography #traveltips #travelnotes

Photo by Juan Saravia.

The Time When I Lived and Breathe Furniture.
https://wp.me/p84YjG-8QA
#Yogyakarta #Indonesia #CafeStory #ExpatLife #TravelNotes #FurnitureIndustry #LifeChange #PersonalJourney #purpose #life #dejavu #zsoltzsemba #changes

https://zsoltzsemba.com/yogyakarta-cafe-furniture-showroom-memory-dejavu/

I went to a trip to the border with #northkorea

We went to the third tunnel, one of five (officially) discovered tunnels out of an estimated 100+ which undermine the heavily guarded border. Designed to transport 30,000 troops plus artillery within one hour.

#TravelNotes #traveltales

I'm in #Seoul for #FOSS For All; I had the honor of giving the opening keynote about #FOSDEM

I took this photo in the restroom of the university. It's a soap bar. You wet your hands, rub the soap, and wash your hands.

As you're standing in line to wash your hands, the act of getting soap looks exactly as you'd expect it to look like.

#traveltales #travelnotes

#London #England #UK by David Dibert.

#travel #travelguide #travelnotes #travelphotography #traveltips

Overall, I didn't expect to be this impressed, but Taiwan did impress me. Seemingly solid social fabric, good maintenance, things are planned well. Quite efficient and effective.

There's an impressive level of non-predatory convenience built at least into Taipei. Stuff is where you need it, shops sprinkle the streets, pricing is reasonable.

And if you're a foody.. recommend.

#travelnotes #traveltales

One fascinating aspect is how, being with six Indian coworkers for food, when one of them chooses a restaurant serving their home food, none of the others know the dishes. I know #India is large etc pp. Still, this drives it home even more.

#traveltales #travelnotes

I always take tuktuks (called auto, here) where feasible. Cheaper, quicker, and generally more fun. In a real car now, because other than one time in Iceland and one time in Moab, I've never driven through as much and deep water in my life.

We're stuck at an intersection trying to turn. The waves from the car passing by are rocking the car back and forth

#traveltales #travelnotes #hyderabad #india

Continuing my #traveltales #travelnotes, and staying on the topic of #masks

I'm in #Hyderabad for #KubeCon #India and forced myself out of the hotel on my arrival day at least once. Even walking to the ATM around the corner, I already put on my mask against all the dust and smog. Taking a tuktuk across town, I was immediately forced to put it back on and keep it on.

I love the buzzing and chaos on the streets, but I am also quite happy about my place with quiet and good air..

I'm in #Tokyo #Japan riding the local trains. Masks are not really all that common any more. It's kinda a trope by now that the seats near The Big German remain free. I'm used to it. And if anyone sits down near or next to me it's almost exclusively men.

I'm wearing my #mask as I do on planes and public transport, and for the first time ~ever in Asia the seats right next to me were taken up very quickly, both by women, one wearing a mask, one not.

1/2

#travelnotes #traveltales

Observations from my recent travels in Austria (Thread)

Headlines:
1. Nostalgia is a terrible travel advisor
2. Austrian food is not for me anymore
3. People stare too much
4. Austrian drivers are reckless
5. Viennese “Coffee(house) Culture” is overrated
6. Vienna airport is a joke

All of these are my personal opinions, and some of this is “old man yelling at clouds” stuff - but I just want to clear my mind of these things, so thanks a lot for bearing with me.

#austria #travelnotes #vienna

Chose to take a taxi to our hotel instead of waiting a couple more hours for a bus or an hour more than a couple for the train. It cost more, but it was worth it.

#TravelNotes #Taiwan #Taipei

While I am at it: The #organictraveller's #travelnotes on #Kerala are hopelessly outdated, help (and #boosts) very much appreciated!

If you are in #Kochi / #Cochin, #Trivandrum / #Thiruvananthapuram and around I'd be grateful to hear whether places listed in the https://www.organictraveller.de/organictraveller-kerala articles are still operating (in the described way).
I'm also keen to hear about newer places offering #organic #fairly traded/produced #food and goods!
ഒത്തിരി #നന്ദി

#askfedi #boostswelcome #ecotourism

While I am at it: The #organictraveller's #travelnotes on #Kerala are hopelessly outdated, help (and #boosts) very much appreciated!

If you are in #Kochi / #Cochin, #Trivandrum / #Thiruvananthapuram and around I'd be grateful to hear whether places listed in the https://www.organictraveller.de/organictraveller-kerala articles are still operating (in the described way).
I'm also keen to hear about newer places offering #organic #fairly traded/produced #food and goods!
ഒത്തിരി #നന്ദി

#askfedi #boostswelcome #ecotourism

While I am at it: The #organictraveller's #travelnotes on #Kerala are hopelessly outdated, help (and #boosts) very much appreciated!

If you are in #Kochi / #Cochin, #Trivandrum / #Thiruvananthapuram and around I'd be grateful to hear whether places listed in the https://www.organictraveller.de/organictraveller-kerala articles are still operating (in the described way).
I'm also keen to hear about newer places offering #organic #fairly traded/produced #food and goods!
ഒത്തിരി #നന്ദി

#askfedi #boostswelcome #ecotourism

While I am at it: The #organictraveller's #travelnotes on #Kerala are hopelessly outdated, help (and #boosts) very much appreciated!

If you are in #Kochi / #Cochin, #Trivandrum / #Thiruvananthapuram and around I'd be grateful to hear whether places listed in the https://www.organictraveller.de/organictraveller-kerala articles are still operating (in the described way).
I'm also keen to hear about newer places offering #organic #fairly traded/produced #food and goods!
ഒത്തിരി #നന്ദി

#askfedi #boostswelcome #ecotourism

My last visit to #NewDelhi dates back to before I started to put down #travelnotes on #organic shops and #Restaurants but when I found https://www.organicgermanbakeshop.com/christmas-special/ today, I got a nostalgic feeling. If I get the opportunity to come back, I'll certainly pay a visit to this special place, a #German #organic #bakery in #Delhi / #India.

#Pfefferkuchen #Zimtsterne #gingerbread

One of my favourite #zerowaste #supermarkets was located in #Salzburg / #Austria. Unfortunately it's gone, and I haven't found a replacement yet *). Nevertheless https://www.organictraveller.de/organictraveller-salzburg-zero-waste has new entries, among others a gorgeous #organic #bakery and a flagship store for the #plasticfree (or reduced) househould.

*) Let me know if you know about one. #askfedi

#organictraveller #travelnotes #travelguide #reducewaste

During #bitsundbaeume22 I realised I need a 2nd account for all the stuff I care about apart from #organic food, #trains, #bicycles and #sustainableTourism: So here comes @trish for the #activist part of me. #neuhier

The #organictraveller account will continue with #travelnotes, #restaurantreviews, notes on #ActiveMobility and #planetfriendly #food, in short: with the #goodlife. #althier

I'll unfollow some of you from this account and move you over to @trish, to keep things tidier.