After my return to Bali (Denpasar) I drove with my diving guide Jaka from the Bali International Diving Professionales (BIDP) to the diving sites Menjangan/Secret Bay, Puri Jati and Tulamben/Seraya (in the north of Bali). I...

I am so disappointed by Raja Ampat and the Pindito that I have stopped diving. It was so boring underwater that I even photographed myself underwater ;-) I photographed the Pindito under cloudy skies on purpose, and made no...

My flight with Japan Airlines (JAL) from Tokyo to Denpasar (Bali) was on time, so I could drive very relaxedly from the airport to my Hotel Stana Puri Gopa and rest there in preparation for the next flights to Sorong (Irian...

In the Park Hyatt Tokyo Hotel I had decided on short notice to move to the Hotel Okura Tokyo. Hotel Okura is not far from the business centres and the Imperial Palace. Hotel Okura also holds traditional rituals like the Japanese...

I waited for my guide in the lobby of the Park Hyatt Tokyo Hotels, and enjoyed the pleasant ambience. After greeting each other, we discussed the next days' tours with typical Japanese politeness.

We started our tour with a...

The thirst for energy of the up-and-coming industrialised nations such as India and China, with their 2.5 billion inhabitants together, will strongly increase the demand for uranium for atomic energy in the near future. The...

The Year of the Dolphin: www.yod2007.org

This will not help the cheerful creature much, as it is just one more feel-good action of our consumer society. I have had enough of on the one hand hearing about maximising...

After a short test period, I have decided on a new email programme. It is called FastMail and is really as fast as the internet address - FastMail.fm - suggests. I decoded to go for the "enhanced" membership, and the features...

I found the Sanssouci Palace to be very plain, and quickly asked myself: What am I doing here? Does this really interest me!? After a little walk around the palace, I paid a short visit to the city of Potsdam. I also risked a...

On the last day of my Berlin trip I headed towards Potsdam and the Sanssouci Palace. On the way to the palace we stopped at three important locations from recent German history. I cannot personally find the words to describe...