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Life has always been unpredictable. In January 2014 we came to Beijing to travel around the world with each other.
We had to bury this dream.
Circumstances caused painful wounds. But wounds heal when taken care of. And when something dies, it gives space for something new to grow. I decided to continue this page because I realised we have been on
The Long Journey
for quite some time now. It is not so much about where we go but how we live our life.
For the rest of this year we are staying in a wonderful dive resort in the Philippines. Education and diving for work. This is the time to dive and let the soul have a rest. It is time to meet people and to get a better insight into marine life and -sadly- marine pollution.
First of all we write this journal for ourselves. But it also is a great tool to keep our families and friends informed about us. And of course this is a public blog because we believe many of you can find something interesting here, just be inspired
...or simply enjoy the pictures.
So here are the latest happenings in our life!
[Update] Thank you all for your applications! We were truly touched about the reactions. Now time is up and a candidate was selected. Again: Thank you all for your participation! Ladies and Gentlemen! We are looking for you! Yes YOU! We have been in contact with governments all over the …
Yesterday [1. update: 19th May] at km 1.645 something interesting happened: We came home from a day in the city. Stop-and-go. In the evening using the light …and a lot of horn. Sweet Jesus, I love this air horn. People can actually hear me. 😀 However, we arrived at home, …
Finally we decided it might be a better solution if Kathy can ride a motorbike as well. At least our Changjiang 750. Although I am almost as healthy as Superman, I might find my personal Kryptonite sometimes and then someone must safe me. There is one driving school in Beijing …
With some delay comes this article. We are sorry for that but recently we spent a lot more time with our Changjiang 750 than with any other important issue. Let me start with the final assembly: The Assembly On Monday, March 24th I arrived in the place which is gonna be …
With a little smile in our faces we can say we clearly cracked the 1000 visitors. For some pages this might be the hourly traffic but for us (and me in particular) this is quite a surprise. So, we are happy that there are really people who get on our …
And we thought that is so easy. I have this wonderfully brutal way to always remind myself about my naivety. But sometimes it is really not my fault. To make the long story short: In order to recover after necessary operations we were forced to postpone our journey for about …
For several days I locked myself up together with only my Laptop, dozens of pizza, gallons of Coke, a more or less functioning VPN and neon light 24/7. The result: 48.000 km of travel route. Wow, now I need some sleep! After this first plan, the next steps will be …
Yesterday we visited the workshop to see the ashes our Phoenix will rise from. The workshop is located in the north-east outskirts of Beijing and it is not so easy to get there. From where we live it takes us about 2,5 hours by subway and bus/taxi. Since China celebrates …
When it comes to motorbikes and equipment there seem to be two categories of sales scenarios you find here in Beijing: The Exclusive You buy a terrible expensive machine not because you love to ride a bike. No. Because you have a lot of money and you want to show …
Ok, this took a while. Finally we found a nice guy and a nice store. At Jackie’s store we felt understood. Jackie does not only speak English and is an original Beijinger he also knows what he is talking about and the price he offers seem to be fair. He has been helping …
