Nachtelfirokesen (engl. night elf with a mohawk)

A short note upfront: this is one of the rare occasions where the German word is smoother than the English. We will stick with German.

"Nachtelfirokesen" are probably know to everybody who plays WOW (World of Warcraft). So was I told. I also was told they originally were thought to be an invention by some smart marketing guy to help promote the game by the help of Mr. T.

All bull***, we met one on Piha Beach in Auckland ;-)

The new 17 pics (Start with pic 164) were the last pictures of New Zealand - Good-bye southern hemisphere. We are already in Hong Kong, busy with hotel-room-window-sightseeing and sleeping as Philipp doesn't feel very well (either the Sushi or the Nashis ...). So we rest until the "Po Chai Pills"  (I cannot believe there is a Wiki-page for them) do their work.

@Mums, don't worry, he is already feeling better! And yes, I make sure, he drinks a lot ;-)

Are you afraid of heights?

Just a quick note: We will do this tomorrow. No, I haven't done absailing before, why? And yes, I am usually the one who freezes her a*** off (pardon my french) below 25 degrees. Sounds like a straight forward "fun" holiday activity, doesn't it?

Philipp does absailing every year but this little tower is a 30-m-piece of cake compared to the 100m into a pitch black cave that is waiting for me tomorrow.

Well, travelling is about stretching your boundaries, right? Hope to be back online the day after tomorrow ;-)

If you're my mum ...

... don't, really don't and I mean that, click on this link.


p.s.: I'm writing this post so this means I'm alive :o) and Martina is too

Missed the session?

Don't worry - this is what you could have seen:

Wanna say hello?

We are currently staying at the recently opened brandnew Sydney Harbour YHA. Great place directly located next to the Sydney Harbour Bridge basically "on top" of The Rocks at Circular Quay. Apart from a few "hatching problems" - like being evacuated twice yesterday due to a (false) fire alarm - this place is awesome and comes with a fabulous kitchen, a huge roof-top terrace and (Thank God!) in-room bathrooms. Wireless still is not for free but they need room for improvement, don't they ;-) ?

It also has a live webcam on the roof-top terrace which can be controlled via internet.

So this is the game: We will be in front of the webcam tomorrow Friday, Nov 27, 8:30 am Sydney time - which is 22:30 Germany time (or 4:30 pm New York time) on Nov 26. We will stay close to the BBQ which can be seen when the camera is turned downwards a little.

If you want to see us "live" you just have to log into the YHA webcam page and take control of the camera to move it downwards a little. It would be great if you take a picture of yourself with your camera screen and send it to us so we can also see you ;-)

The Suzuki is a she ...

Our Suzuki Sierra on Fraser Island showed quite a personality. She doesn't open her door to everyone ...

Fraser Island Clip

Here we go - 4.5 minutes of fun at Fraser Island:

Pics, "electric shadow" and a new layout

As you may have noticed, today was "re-modelling" day on our blog. That happens when it is rainy outside and the colorful fireworks all around your appartement are your inspiration. The first (and next) pics are up - see links on the right. Also we have cut our first "electric shadow" (chinese for movie) from our dinner at the Teppanyaki place yesterday. Thank you, Christoph, for taking us there!

Burning Banana, here we go ... Feuer!

We passed the 1st border

... and I smuggled an Elk

the good side of a cold

We are known for often squeezing 48 hours into 24 mostly between Frankfurt, Munich, Walchsee, Zurich and sometimes even Seoul for a night - and if snow needs to be involved also adding 1500 km on the Autobahn on a single weekend. Sometimes this pace just doesn't work well - either with schedules, friends or health. This time my health put a stop to packing boxes, renovating my appartement, meeting friends, dogsit Ronja, clarify admin stuff and worry about Philipp falling off a mountain at the same time. A cold now cleared my calendar for the one thing I wanted to do for the past ... hmm, six months. Reading travel guides. I am getting more excited about our trip with every page I read. Travel tips are very, very, very welcome and much appreciated! Thank you.

There are great places to visit out there - I already found Dieter's favourite and Heike's (No, Heike, you should not click this Link!!!).

Speaking of a cold: This is the right moment for my (meanwhile second) favourite YouTube-Video - bless you!