Last post, new blog - again

Anjong,

I know this is crazy, but this blog is already out of space..... so i created another one.... the final one for all the pictures of the last travel and the last and final week in busan......


http://finaluyu.blogspot.com/


Check it out!!!!!

New Moon for Michael

Anjong,

tonight I started the second part of my asia travel. This time I teamed up with Marlena to discover foreign countries and to expirience completely (for us) strange cultures.

By thinking about everything I have learned and experienced  during my year in Korea I have to admit, that it doesn’t matter where you are in this world. Of course I thought before going to Korea, that it will be a very hard year. To live over here and to adopt the culture. But in the end I learned, that you can do so much better than you think.

Right now I am on the airplaine to Cebu (Philippines). It is close to midnight in the korean time zone and the moon is shining through the window. I never saw the moon so clear and close. The frosty temperatures in the plaine fit to the view outside. Now sometwhere between dark space and the deep ocean I feel more comfortable than ever. I don’t know why, maybe because you can think about so many things during a flight, maybe because it is the first time for a long time I don’t have to do some important or some fun stuff. I am just thinking about the last year and about all my friends.

Of course I feel a little bit sad by thinking of all the stuff I miss in Berlin, Zürich and my hometown. Everything what changes for  my friends and for my family. I think sometimes I just see their lives as a TV show. In the end I just see everything on skype and on facebook. But I can’t be with them during that time. It is like watching my favourite drama on TV, but actually they laugh, cry and grow up more and more without me.

On the other hand I met such amazing people here in Busan. And I know, that I will see their lives in about 4 weeks like another new show on „Real-TV“. It is kind of confusing to me, because I would really love to see all my friends at the same time, but I can’t.

If somebody would ask me where I wanna spent my life I could not answer the question. Seriously I had to think about this for infinity! But the question with whom I wanna spent my life  would be very very easy. It would be a long list, but I could answer in the end.

Furthermore I am really curious about all the people I don’t know in the world. I never pictured me finding so good friends in Korea. But that makes me ask myself if there are people maybe in Australia, Norway or maybe Transilvania conquering my heart as fast as they did.

I know, that every goodbye is hard and with every goodbye there is a new beginning and I am honestly thrilled while thinking about my life in Berlin again, even because John will join me in the big city, but I was a little bit afraid, that I can’t enjoy this.

In the end everything will be okay and I will be so happy to be with my friends and family! So I don’t have to be afraid or sad!

After writing this the moon disappeared behind a thick wall of clouds and so I hope that I will keep all the clearness I had while watching him. It is important to know, that people will stay in your life as long as you keep them in your heart. It doesn’t matter where you are, even if it is more comfortable to be with them.

Thank you moon!

Korean Magic II - FIX!

Anjong,

last night I was out with lots of ICEA 8th members! It turned out, that there were just koreans and me.... In the beginning the meeting was very korean based, but after a while I got "included" in the conversations... and the night turned out to real korean magic! We rocked the whole night! 

Big O!

Anjong,

now my last post for Yeosu Expo! Every evening they have a big water show. It is called the "Big O"! Big O stands for big ocean. So they tell a story by shooting some laser into a giant O which is watered all the time!

At some parts it really looked like the Stargate opens its way to a different galaxy!

So just check out the pictures!

Expo 2012 Yeosu - Day 2

Anjong,

today was the second day of my adventure with Dawoon t the Expo 2012. We saw a lot of more pavilions! We checked almost every country, but in the end we were too exhausted from the day and o course the night before....

Expo 2012 in Yeosu

Anjong,

yesterday I went with Dawoon to the Expo 2012 in Yeosu! His dad gave us his car and we drove the approximately 200km westwards.... The 3 hour ride was better than expected! So convenient.... more than KTX kkkkk

The Expo in 2012 is all about water, the sea and the coasts of the countries who join the exhibition...

Start to say goodbye...first....James!

Anjong,

tonight I met James again... It has been a very long I think about 2 month since I saw him last time.... But it was like I saw him yesterday... slid immediately into chatting and making fun kkkk

So we had dinner and coffee.... nothing special, but the place we had our dongasse (Schnitzel) was so good!

Clara - Back from Abu Dhabi!

Anjong,

last night I met with Youjung and Clara! 

I know you had not heard from her since last year.... thats because she left Korea for the last 6 month.... She worked in the "Holiday Inn" Hotel in Abu Dhabi!

And last week she came back! I am so happy to see her again! And of course to see Youjung again... I was away for 12 days, so long time no see :-)

ICEA 9th - Goodbye!

Anjong,

last night I came back from Thailand and I transferred immediately from the airport to the last ICEA 9th meeting. I missed the waterpark they went to, but the last party, I didn't wanted to miss it!

I wanted to play one last time with all the guys and so I did! We started with regular BBQ and lots of talking, because we hadn't seen for such a long time... I was so into talking to the people, that I barely talked to Dawoon...kkkkk

After 36h journey with Robert we rocked the whole night! I didn't expect to stay awake again for so long, but I didn't wanted to miss the last few hours with ICEA!

It was a really great night, so I just enjoyed.... I had lots of fun with the guys as you can see in the next pictures....

Ko Ma - Snorkeling!

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

after sleeping for 2,5hours Robert and me decided to go snorkeling! 

After getting home from the half moon party I searched my cellphone because of the alarm clock. But I didn't found it anymore.... I thought, that I was too bucketed but in the end it just was not there any more... So I thought I lost it in the taxi last night.... Robert and me were laying in the back of a Pick up truck, which was prepared with lots of pillows... so I thought, that it just slipped out of my pocket.... So we went to the taxi driver (his name is Sorn) and checked his truck... but there was nothing... luckily his neighbor took my cellphone out of the car, because the alarm clock was just too loud in the morning.... hahaha so I got it back... after getting it back we asked him if he also can help us with the snorkeling trip... he told us a price and we just went with it! 

Half moon party - One of the biggest party events in Asia!

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

last night Robert and me joined one of the big party events in asia!

Once upon a time people started to realize, that the moon and the stars are unbelievable intensive in Kho Phangan. I think it is because there is no light pollution around here, because it is in the middle of the ocean and here are really just a few houses. No streetlights!  I have never seen so many stars in the sky! In the cities we just see the big bright ones.... but over here it is like there are more than twice as much as you can see at home.....Of course the moon is even more intense than the stars.... It is really like a huge lamp in the sky.... 

Anyway people thought, that they have to celebrate the moon once a month! So they started to dance for the full moon and called it full moon party! Every month approximately 10.000 people from all over the world come together to celebrate this nature phenomena! And because people always wanna get more and more money nowadays they celebrate also half moon and black moon.... so there is a huge "rave" every week....kkkkk

And because people want to glow like the moon they get shiny tattoos! We got them too! Now you can guess which arm is Roberts and which is mine! kkkk

Kho Phangan - Neverland!

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

The first day on Kho Phangan was more than perfect! We had the best breakfast I had in a year! Everything you can think about was at the buffet.... Even if we spent the last weeks in hotels.... This one was perfect, maybe because we were dining in the middle of the Gulf of Thailand, maybe because we have 32°C with a soft wind on our skin, but maybe because we start to relax..... or the buffet is really just too good!

Night train or freezer?! - How to get from Bangkok to Kho Phangan

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

our journey from Bangkok to Kho Phangan took over 24hours! And yes the trip was worth it! I think we took all vehicles you can think of! At first we had to take a taxi to the Bangkok Central Station! And this Central station looked like old.... very old... like built up in the colonial era... And I think it was build during the time....

The second we entered a guy came straight to us and asked us where we wanna go....like everywhere, but after checking his outfit and his ID I told him and he sent us to an agency.... in the end we met the first ladyboy (he told us immediately) he took us to the agency and Robert was really really surprised, that he didn't figured...kkkk

Anyway with agency we booked our trip from Bangkok to Kho Phangan.... So the whole ride.... And for Thailand the service was kind of brilliant... Even if you had to trust the people... but sometimes it is good to trust people, right?!

Last night in Bangkok!

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

Out last night in Bangkok was shorter then expected! 

With this very characteristic sunrise in Bangkok our night started....

I was laying in my bed in the hotel when the light suddenly turned into a very warm and at the same time aggressive yellow light.... it was twilight time.... good for edward and Bella, but for Robert and me it was time to enjoy the last party...

Wat Arun - Porcelain temple

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

the last temple Robert and me visited during our stay in Bangkok was the big temple Wat Arun! It was a different kind of temple in compare to the others....

No gold, not so many statues, but a lot of porcelain! 

I think it was the most adventurous temple in Bangkok we explored. The stairs to the highest platform were so f***ing steep! You had to take care not to fall down again.... 

The grand palace - phra borom maha ratchawang

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

The great palace is really a masterpiece of culture and art! After the laying buddha we were very impressed and I didn't expect to get more flashed as before. But the grand palace in bangkok, where the kings of Siam (today Thailand) from the later 18th century till the 20th century lived, was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I can compare it to the big monuments I have seen in europe and Korea and this palace would be in the top five! Definitely!

I don't want to describe all the single pictures, but you have to check them out!

Wat Pho - Laying Buddha

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

the first temple we went in Thailand was located in Bangkok. It was the Wat Po temple where the first traditional Thai massage school ever located is. But before we arrived there we had to get there.....

They have a 46 meter long and 15 meter high laying buddha, and he is gold! I was pretty exited to see this statue and it was worth it! 

Sky Bar - New Korean friends

Sawasdee krab สวัสดีครับ,

I think you all know the movie Hangover 2! I saw this one even two times in the cinema....  And I think you all remember the scene where the wolfs pack has to meet the crazy mafia boss on top of the sky hotel. They met him with Mr. Chao! 

Anyway, Robert and me just wanted to feel like the wolf pack! So we went to the sky tower. Of course we had to  change our cloth, because we were running around all day in T-shirt and shorts. But we packed our pants and shirts and so we went to the toilet in the basement...kkkkk

Bangkok - First impression

Sawasdee  kar สวัสดีครับ,

Robert and me are now in Thailand! We arrived in Bangkok INternational airport two days ago and we rocked the city! My first impression was not as good as I expected. I was a little bit sad, because I thought, that this city is much more exciting! We went to our Hotel, took a shower and started the first day in bangkok. Of course we had no plan where to go, because we just researched stuff for the second and third day.... But I think to get a first imprression of the city it is always good to use the public transport. So we used first taxi, then the water bus.... but you will see what we saw during our first day...

Most significant thing are the cats and dogs all over the streets. They are not violent, but they are there.... They wanna have some food from the tables on the street.....

Tourist Party Diamond!

Ni hao 你好,

at the last night in Hong Kong we met a guy from the US and he invited us to some kind of foreigner party. They are pretty big on facebook and they were the number one party sensation for Hong Kong on Tripadviser.com so we were kind of spontaneous and we joined the party. There were so many people around, so we had a lot of fun!