„Georgetown, the capital city of the Malaysian island of Penang, a romantic little town inspired by various cultures, colorful, beautiful with some interesting street art to watch out for.” some travel guide wrote. “What a lie!” We thought.
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Langkawi, an island northwest of Malaysia, that borders Thailand is one of the friendliest places I’ve been so far. Everyone seems to be happy and helpful. Haven’t had one single bad thing happen to me! I had planned to stay for 2 nights and ended up spending a week there. There is NO party at…
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Koh Lipe, a “tiny little remote island south of Thailand. The beaches are breathtaking and there are lots of pirate style beach bars you can hang out at. It’s quite chill and there are diving monkeys that swim towards you. It’s actually really hard to reach as you have to jump off a fisher‘s boat…
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Travels have started again! After two months in my old childhood room (which my mom had redecorated with linen (!) paintings of myself 😆❤️), I decided to leave the Lost daughter Shrine behind and start to travel again. Thailand it was to be for a little.
Cancun, located in Carribean Mexico, beautiful to look at on Google, crowded and invaded by after effects of mass tourism: part-time holiday vacationers, who always know best what goes wrong. Cancun is an interesting 90 minutes drive away from Cancun and you’ll find transport at the airport easily. More on the bottom of the article.…
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After living in Brazil for almost 2,5 years it was time to come back to Germany for a bit. It has been a rollercoaster ride of various feelings – both good and bad – but I wouldn’t want to miss any of these. The cultural differences couldn’t have been bigger and I soon came to…
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New Year’s is coming up in Brazil. And while we are mostly all getting drunk with sparkling wine, collect tiny statues of chimney sweepers or lady bugs in Germany to finally shoot the hell out of these firecrackers at midnight, Brazil has far more rituals to entertain one another than the Germans do.
After 2,5 years living as a Gringa in Brazil I’ve seen some weird stuff I want to share with you. With the help of some friends and the Facebook Group “Worldwide Expats in Brazil” I created a list of some shocking, hilarious, weird and strange stuff that happens in Brazil! Some of that is mostly…
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Ilha Grande is a tiny little island south of Rio that doesn’t have any roads nor any big cities. It’s quite the opposite to loud and busy São Paulo and that’s where I wanted to take my friend who visited me from Germany. By the way I’m the crazy smalI one on the right. We’ve known…
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São Paulo’s got some dodgy areas you better not go into. That’s what people tell you. I ended up spending 5 hours in one of these and this is how it happened. . .
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