I have been thinking of doing my Open Water Certificate for over a year. But then we went on a Saturday night to Joker’s Bar, and that’s how every good story starts or my plan to get my OWD certificate in 2023 ends ;-). Being back from January to March 2024 I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to finally start diving on Koh [...]
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After not being able to go for my usual 2 months to Koh Lanta trip during wintertime in Vienna in 2021, a different opportunity was lurking around the corner. Pretty spontaneously a friend of mine — a long-term Co-Koh Lanta traveler, suggested going somewhere closer to Europe. After a couple of thoughts that we have been brainstorming [...]
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Just a short warning before you continue to read this post. This is the second part of Quarantine Diary: Day -1 Leaving Koh Lanta. And just to be totally honest with you, this is the not so fun, a bit sad, very exhausting and super annoying part. So buckle up, grab your wine glass, beer, or shot glass and let’s get [...]
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Having booked a flight for Wednesday, 18th of March 2020, 2 weeks before my originally planned return to Vienna, I was devastated! How can you leave a place that you call your 2nd home and you are looking forward to for 10 months 2 weeks earlier than planned. Two weeks out of six! I have to admit that I managed this shitty decision [...]
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Monday morning, the start of a calm week … you would wish! Or at least I would have wished for a productive but still calm Monday. But nope, that’s not what is happening right now. The perfect description of this Monday would literally be “Hell breaks loose and the world goes even crazier”. And one of the reasons is [...]
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Although the Corona situation has been going on for a while now, I will start a bit before my first official quarantine day, Day #-4. The day where everything has still been amazing and fun and relaxed, at least in the part of the world, where I have been. Just a usual lazy Sunday. Lazy Sunday Schedule You have to know, that a couple of [...]
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