Thursday, September 30, 2010

..Coup dEtat.. live in Ecuador :)

wellwellwell.. at laest I made it before they closed the boarder (I think getting out of Ecuador should not be a problem, but as Peru and Colombia closed the boarder to back up the Ecuadorian president, I could not have entered.

then on the other hand.. it didn´t have to be this very day, when I arrived at Quito (capital) as they started the riots :P got some nice picture of people manifesting and burning tyres to block the road ;) ..found the place where I wanted to go to, where all the bars and discos are, but unfortunately it´s the meeting point of the supporters of the president that is hold "hostage" by the police in a hospital :P
so I got myself a nice place close to the airport.. cheap, with cable TV (probably smart to watch TV and not go shopping in the center ;) and a closed parking lot (just in case people start looting ;) hehe ;) ..nah.. actually five banks have been robbed (or they tried) and most of the shops are closed because of no police force is present in the streets.
so as far as I could figure out, they wanted to cut the salaries of the police and their answer is a strike and local people manifest against corruption and their president. ..as always it´s hard to say who are the bad guys.. I heard the president made things better but also favored the rich people and the economy stayed the same over the last years (very bad).
So my plan of partying this weekend have probably been canceled and I will be moving on soon (probably tomorrow, if the situation consists). But no worries.. no shooting in the street, no burning cars or people lynched on street lights ;) hehe ;) just better not to throw myself into that debate ;)

so about Ecuador.. mentionable is the scent of Eucalyptus over the last two days. There are millions of Eucalyptus trees here in the Andes and it reminds me of Sauna all day long (aaaahh.. would be devine to take a steam bath! ;)
still haven´t tried "cuy" but I remembered the english name: it´s chipmonk, if I´m not wrong ;) ..had some good cheese today and I LOVE their milk coffee.. it´s hot milk with instant coffee and suger and I haven´t had it for years.. in fact, I´ve totally forgotten that I used to make this myself back home ;)
drove to some lagoone in the mountains (pretty high up) and found myself alone there.. normally you would pay a dollar entry, but there was nobody around. Restaurant closed.. totally abandoned. I wonder when high season is of the place.. took though some nice pictures and will upload them soon in my Picasa.
..yes.. they have dollar here as local currency, but their economy is so low, that you deal with 5 cents. A full meal in a restaurant can be as expensive as 1.50USD :P
so they have dollar, but mostly it´s handling cents (I like more paper money.. less heavy and doesn´t make noise in your pocket ;)
it´s pretty chilly here in the mountains (will soon head to the beach ;) but closing all my air-pockets and waering jeans and sweater under my bike gear helps a lot. In fact, I felt a lot of different temperatures.. between freezing and melting and can handle quite a spectrum of it :)
Haven`t learned too much of Ecuadorian history so far.. just Simon Bolivar (national hero) wanted to unify Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru but somehow failed and Colombia took a big part of Ecuador, so now it´s pretty small ;)
hmmmm.. that´s it I guess.. sometimes my mind is pretty blank and don´t know a lot to write.. as over the last 2 weeks I lived a zillion things and most of them can´t be given in a blog (or are not adequate to be posted here ;) hehe ;)

oh.. yes.. should see that I can capture some impressions with my new camera :) the people are pretty traditional and wearing hats and clothes, it reminds me a lot of Peru (like the foretaste of Peru ;) doesn´t have a lot in common with Colombia, as it seems to me..
today I´ve seen some snowy mountain tops :) (while closing my jacket ;) the landscape is really nice! Even if it doesn´t change a lot.. must the the Andine region ;)

how could I forgot this¿?!¡ ..I just made it over the Ecuator today!!! :D haha!! YESSS!! 0`0"0 latitude (or longitude? :P ..got some pictures of the place as well. so I´m half way down ;) hehe ;) naaahh.. I guess that the distance from Fairbanks to the Ecuator is more than from the Ecuator to Ushuaia (well, I won´t reach Ushuaia anyway, but I tell you.. I´ve driven a veeeeery long way down to here and hopefully it´s not the same ammount of km left ;)
made by the way 35 000 km so far.. :D weeeha!!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

..finally could leave Colombia..

ah.. it was just WAY TOO GOOD!!! :D I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!! and it´s with Brazil definitively amongst my favorites! :D (I´ll be back)

hmm.. didn´t find time to update my blog in the last ten days.. just too much party and sex ;) hehe ;)
I made that flight in Armenia.. cost me 25USD and lastet 25min, but could make some circles (had a Variometer with me) and made it just fine to the football court to land (came in pretty low, but just made it ;) hehe ;) that´s the issue if you don´t know the place or the landing zone.. but yes, it was fun and it was a big milestone for me! :D ..driving up the hill with my friend and the glider cost me my clunch lever breaking off again and I got it glued with some epoxy, before I continued my trip to Pereira. Stayed a night there in a nice Hotel and drove then to Cali, to spend the weekend there.. but guess what.. it was just too good to leave quickly and I stayed a whole week in that place! :D want to know why? ;) met a girl in a bar and we spent some really intense and crazy times together.. she showed me some wicked places in town and now I´m officially a Swinger! :D MUHAHAHA!!! YESSS!! it was totally awesome having orgies and trying out new stuff.. now I could say: what ever you have seen in a porn, I´ve done it! ;) hihi ;) ahhh... good times!
also partied in a place called Eliptica, that´s a covered outdoor place that plays a lot of electronic music and I was contact juggling and entertaining the people ;)

what more.. had a nice ride to Popayan and the next day to Ipiales. Was twice nice in the morning and raining in the afternoon. So I got wet and was freezing one more time when I arrived at the hotel. Had some very quite nights.. just watching TV (cartoons ;) and ordering some food to my room. No drinking. No partying. Just relaxing in a warm bed and recovering (processing) from the last week..

to cross the boarder was really easy and didn´t cost any money. Just one offical confused my with another guy and thought I left Ecuador the last time too late (but never been in Ecuador), so when this was settled, I got my papers and could drive into the country.
the food is not really stunning.. was better in Colombia, but maybe there are some hidden jewels here in Ecuador as well. Will figure out.. what is sure that the people here eat "cuy" (cute animal, looks like a grilled rat tough). Will for sure upload a picture, if I see them roasted on a grill :-/
the landscape looks really nice (I´m at 3600m.a.s.l. here and it´s pretty cold in the night!). Mountains with soft slopes, covered with bushes and gras. Deep canyons with small rivers in it and really good roads that I have to pay for (it´s 20 cents every 100km, not much but was free in Colombia for motorcycles).
I arrived in the early afternoon at Ibarra and got an idea where to travel to in Ecuador.. for being less party-vibe and less relaxed-easy-going than Colombia, I won´t spend too much time here. (well, let´s see what happens). But I heard Peru is really cool, so I don´t want to spend too much time here, rather go on and stay in Bolivia a bit longer ;) If the countries are very regulated, they are kinda boring (let´s see how Chile and Argentina will be).
but I don´t want to judge about Ecuador too early.. took me also some time to get into Colombia and finally I was so connected to it, almost turned into Colombian ;) hehe :)
hmm.. I feel there´s stuff missing, but some will be written into a censored entry ;)
so wish you all the best and hear from me soon! :)

P.S. Note for me: read the special entry (not published)

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

..partied as hard as never.. :P

phew... finally I got time (and energy) to update my blog.. tons of things happened in the last days and before this day ends, it shall be all added here ;)

first of all.. the ride out of Villa de Leyva was really nice! a bit cloudy in the beginning and freezing along the way, but then changing to blue sky and and warm weather. I haven´t used my map in a while.. there are street signs and not that many roads to get lost (and can always ask people ;)

on the way to Bogota, I stopped at the Salt Cathedral to check it out. The name is very misleading, as it sounds it would be a Cathedral built of Salt, but it are actually tunnels in a Salt mine with some crosses and biblical statues.. I would call the place "Mines of Moria" and put a Gandalf fighting with a Balrog in it.. it would be a hundred times more awesome ;) hehe ;) but was impressed to walk around in these HUUUGE chambers and corridors, up and down stairs, being 170m below the surface. They even show you a sweet 3D-Movie and you can pickax your own salt ;) ..I was quite licking some stone and walls down there, being fascinated of the 85% pure salt stone :) ..just got a bit worried in the end, if it might be raining outside (bike in the open), but instead it was sunnier than before :D
continued into Bogota, found the BWM store and left my bike there.. had to wait tough 1.5hours because the guy had other customers.. having had a very empty stomach, this cost a bit to me :P but then finally.. after some coffees, all done and getting a courtesy ride to the city center.

then the chapter Bogota.. I normally don´t write about parties (it´s just too private and anyway, only my mom and few friends read this ;) hehe ;) but for the whole weekend just consisted out of partying and sleeping, I should write it down here ;) hehe ;) was tough very hard on my body and just today felt recovered from the hard work of going out Thursday, Friday and Saturday ;)
so first of all.. got some ideas about selling my bike down in Argentina.. it will NOT be possible in Brazil, so I think my roadtrip might end in Buenos Aires. There´s a internet page of bike travelers and I will put it online there early enough. Met actually another young guy who rides his 650 up to ?? but started in Argentina and made the part, that I´m still missing :) looking forward to it!!! :D haha :D

then about going out in Bogota.. I´ve NEVER spent that much money going out.. but for making part of the very high society (people who can buy a bottle of licor for 90USD (the same people whose girlfriends get a boob job being 18 years old ;) so I couldn´t tell you exactly how it came that it was soooo incredibly expensive, but I spent probably 700USD in 3 days :P
well.. now I´m living cheap again.. you get a nice room in a good hotel here (outside of big towns) for 15 USD and can eat tasty food for 5 USD.. so some people would live a month of what I squandered in such a short time ;)
there was a lot, but a very lot of drinking involved and well.. partying until forever ;) hehe ;) So I left on Thursday to the Zona Rosa, where most of the big clubs are. Found some nice electronic music and was contact juggling until 3am, when the place closed (by law). But then another place called Ibiza around the corner opened, where they let you in if you buy half a liter of Whisky for 50 USD. For being the only place open and me still in the mood of partying, I ended up there and talked to one of the girls attending the customers (there were not a lot of people there, but still electronic music ;) --> to mention: most of all they play "Crossover" what is a wild mix of stuff that I don´t like ;))
so when this place closed I went with this girl and her brother to another place that opens until ?? (at least noon Friday.. or actually.. somebody told me, it´s open from Thursday midnight to Sunday midnight.. could be true, because I´ve never seen it closing ;) hehe ;) must go together with some payments to the police.. but whatever.. it´s the after-after-pary-place ;) so we where there until ?? and ended up resting for a while in a Motel place and I just made it back at 14pm to my Hostal to get a bit of rest (was sooo fucked up!). Got up at 7pm, eat some BBQ and then from 9pm to 11pm I had to rest again because still everything floating :P
going out at 11pm to have a mellow night and ended up in the same club with electronic music (there was no alternative and I really like it, exept for 7USD-beers :((( got a free entry for having good Karma ;) then at 3am when they closed, I went with some friends (one is DJ) to another club called Radio Berlin, where also electronic music and open until 6 or 7am. Got in for free with my friend and had good times too ;) hehe :) went back to the Hostal, slept from 11am to 6pm with some wake-ups and left with friends to eat a Sandwich and get some money (don´t have any more money with you than you want to spend!! ;) ..I got about 1 meal in 24hrs and more booze than (I thought) a human being can process ;) drinking Gatorade to hydrate again and going out early.. around 9pm to the Zona Rosa again (after I checked other places that were closed or didn´t have any even this week-end). Rode quite some taxi, for it´s a big city and I wouldn´t go out with my bike.. yeah.. totally missed to check for my bike, missed out a lot of things ;)
so getting in again for free in three different clubs (dude.. I made some friends in few days ;) and partied, partied, partied.. more than you could ever imagine!!! Bogota is the party-heart of Colombia and I thought, I need a break after Bucaramanga ;) until 3am in the same club, then to the club where I met this girl on Thursday.. another very long time (and very good party) and from there to the after party that never stops.. until about 3pm in the afternoon Sunday.. then we got a Motel and slept for about 16hrs!!! haha ;) super, super crazy!! but yes.. I´m glad to have lived all this. Now.. I´m a bit more relaxing and I would not want to spend that much money in so few days again, neither being so hard on my body (dude, this was pretty devastating!)

..to be continued..

..continuation..

..but there is of course way more than I want to post here (I'm glad my Mom just read the part above, while sometimes she is three blogs behind but not this time ;)

the story with the BMW-center.. well.. I couldn't reach the guy at the shop, so I was surprised when everything was done on Monday. Went there to pick up most of my stuff, load the bike and make it to some Hotel not too expensive to spend a last night in town.
first of all.. it was never that clean and that shiny!! incredible!!! don't know what the guys did (probably cleant it with toothbrush ;) but it looks way better being waxed and polished! :D they fixed somewhat the button to start it (almost didn't start anymore.. and now it's way better again). There was some maneuverability issue and seems to be better (today got a little "jam" again) but all in all, it rolls just fine and makes a beautiful noise, sweet to listen to! :D
changed the back tyre and checked some stuff for me.. very good work and all in all 110USD :) 40USD were 6 lamps for display illumination (it's just a small thing, but nice to have in tunnels). So can't complain about that.. just.. when I drove it about 15 minutes.. it died!!!! never happened before.. just stopped and was impossible to start again :((((( was a little bit stressed at this point and then quite more stressed :P ..but well.. a call and they sent a pickup to get my bike. Just took 15 minutes and bike was back on the way to the shop. I ended up then, because I looked for a place not too far away, in the redlight district and got offered two live-fuck-show-flyers when just walking down one block ;) hehe ;) a place where you don't want to walk around alone at night.. and well, always wanted to see that, but lived by far enough crazyness for the moment, so I had a very relaxing night with watching TV and going to the movies before with my friend Marly. we went for Resident Evil 3D and this movie is just THE SHIT!!! in 3D one of the most thrilling experiences I've ever had in a Movie-Theater! :D haha :) Zombie-Splatter and a storyline that goes under my tongue!! :D ahhh.. what a beautiful peace of Art!!
..so then the issue with my bike was, that because of disconnecting the electronic unit of the display, it messed up with the electronic of the motor (thank you BMW). Then the evening before they told me, they could start it easily and didn't find anything.. that's the worst!! if you have sporadic errors whose source can't be found!!!! but anyway.. then the next day they knew more and explained it to me and see.. no problems since then! :) (imagine having a technical problem that only can be solved by BMW in Bogota and you're just 500km away from there :P

hmm.. so I made it out of town on Thursday noon (lost some more hours and spent the night in the dirtiest hole of the town :P ..Marly stayed over night, but this time it was just sleeping in each others arms, for my part just enough.. could not really share a lot of love with somebody else after Myle. Probably takes some more time.. (what doesn't mean that flings are a bad thing ;)
took me an hour to get out of that town!! never ends and a lot of traffic!! the landscape tough turns quickly into something very beautiful and was a blue and sunny day with just some Cumulus in the far (now I know their names again ;). Problem was that soon I hit these Cumulus for driving up in the mountains.. :/ got a bit freezy and foggy, as the clouds were swept over the road (looks pretty cool! :) and made it over the top and down on the other edge, where it gets warmer and you get a pretty look down into the canyons that went all over the place :) have no pictures of my last two days.. should make some before leaving this place called "Armenia" :) again: pictures would not give back what I experience by riding through this magical country! but at least giving you an impression. I'm sure, Switzerland has as well many of such beautiful and magical places to offer, but we tend to appreciate more when far away ;) hehe :)

so it took me about 6 hours to get to a small town in the mountains (where sunlight vanishes quickly), where I got a cozy room with TV and private bath for 10 USD (payed a 3 USD upgrade for a hot shower version ;) and got some streetfood and watched TV and relaxed (finally!!) just mellow, no more input.. just processing ;)
on the way there I realized that passing cars in this roads don't really matter.. it's just dangerous! seems more a hobby and entertainment than saving you time.. after 45 minutes on the road (everybody passing me for driving slowely), I got them ALL at a stop at a construction site, where I just passed by on the side when there was no incoming traffic ;) that's the way to get the pole position! :) then still this morning, I climbed my way ahead to not be behind slow trucks, that are slower than my first gear! :P had a great (and still safe) ride! :) over more mountains, into some more clouds, but heated handle bars and closed jacked prevented most of it :) was just riding a little bit today.. the place Armenia is very close to where I started (especially compared to the ride of yesterday ;)
lately.. since I got the new helmet and with my again-working Ipod headphones, I can listen music while riding without having my ears in pain ;) hehe ;) I totally like it!! totally like Psy-Trance! and it's just awesome to fly through these worlds, listening to some pumping beatZ! ;)
here I got my panniers fixed (another 20 USD invested.. I hope I don't fall soon.. they are still in bad shape since many thousand Km ago.. so I should be able to prevent their shape until all the way down.. feeling saver and saver on that lil' dragon! ;) and got something organized to Paraglide tomorrow.. let's see how's the day, the conditions.. will still be around 50 USD to rent equipment, but hey.. if I can fly in this site by organizing it on my own, it's a new Milestone!! :D then let's see.. option 1: end early for some reason and head for the hot springs for a night and then to Cali. Version 2: flying for too long, stay another night here and go to Cali the day after from Armenia.
today I made a little tour to Salento.. just 35 minutes away and BEAUTIFULLY sited!!! it lies on a crest, overlooking a nice little town (damn, and I forgot my camera :P and on the other side you look down into a 300m large valley that has been a stream once (today just a little river with lots of rocks inside.. makes it look really beautiful with all the white rapids :) and the valley flat with soft green fields and trees.. in the sunlight shining in eye-feeding tones!! just so damn pretty!!! :D the crest on the other side has many side arms, as veins coming towards the river, being soft green and having trees in the deeper levels.. yeah.. too bad, no pictures of the scene! :(
met lot's of nice people (they don't see travelers like me every day ;) and played some jaw-harp, refreshing my skills. and then.. just before this blog, I finally took my double-sticks and my rope-dart in my hands and made some fancy excercises ;) good to move your body! ..being in Solento, I could see the rain in the far over Armenia, but just was at the right spot for the right time.. stayed dry and had a fun ride back into town! :) the place here is not too big, not too small.. really like it!! if not for the sake to be on Friday and Saturday in Cali to make one more last time party here in Colombia, then I'd stay more I guess :)

well.. that's probably it.. too bad, things go through my head and finally their lost when I'm in the point of writing my blog. As the experience changes over time and things are written sometimes completely different, because just one day passed (but well.. then maybe it had to be filtered in a certain way).
so yes.. the epic trip continues! it's mostly warm and sunny and the landscape is STUNNING!!! :D good to ride a bike! ;)

you too may have a great time out there!! be blessed and take care! :)

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

..back on track..

phew.. so many things can happen in so short time?!?!

first of all.. the good bye with Myle was wonderful! went to a nice Hotel for 24hrs, having best treat and giving us best treat as well ;) hehe ;)) YESSS!! was totally unforgettable! :D there was a steambath and a swimming pool, lots of tasty food and even more alcohol that we brought along ;) hehe ;) *sigh* what wonderful times these were!!! ..then on Saturday we made it uphill to some party (I really loved it, after I was almost not to motivate to go there.. but thank you Myle!! :) sharing bed for a last night and then leaving on Sunday noon. It was really hard (as you could expect such a good bye after so many incredible times.. :`(
she begged me in tears to stay another day, but I really couldn´t.. wouldn´t have changed anything, but still had moments the next day, where I wished, I would have.
so I drove four hours to San Gil and looked for Shawns place that has been recommended by Myle (well.. he has been recommended). The place is not too impressive (and expensive) but popular because of Lonely Planet :P didn´t really feel as meeting people, but enjoyed the nice backyard terrace, where you can see the city and the circling birds in the sunset.. made some music (haven´t done this in a while) and enjoyed myself.. well.. no mostly missed Myle and went to bed very early. Felt emptyness through absence of this beautiful love and care.. but yes.. no Yin without Yang ;)
the ride by the way was very nice!!! sunny and through the Chicamocha canyon.. climbing up mountains with beautiful view, passing the National Park and over the tops of the mountains :) don´t have any pics of it, because I found just riding is worth it! :) ..and once more I got the impression, I know how to ride that bike after about 35 000km doing it! :) haha ;) had so many different situations and cargo on it.. so I got pretty much a feeling for it, since I mounted it first time in Anchorage ;)

the next day I went rafting.. was totally AWESOME!!! :) and worth the bucks it cost. We went down a level 4 and 5 river (maximum you can do with rafts) and it was really thrilling!! :D almost got swept out of the boat ;) but managed to stay inside for the whole ride (not all of us ;) and got the sweetest spot in the front, where you get it ALL! :) ..there are plenty of pics online in my picasa (sorry, put them all in, once I paid for pics to be in a boat with my friends, what finally wasn´t the case anyway ;) hehe ;)
haven´t done rafting before in my life and glad I started with the upper limit ;) all you need is a guy that nows what to do and screams loud enough: "left backward" "forward" "inside" "forwardforwardFORWARD" ..and some pawns that can row ;) hehe ;) got a crashcourse about rescueing people and how not to fall out or how to behave in the water.. what to do when trapped under the boat and so on.. ;) but went all pretty smoothly! :)
then I changed to another cheaper hotel with parking and TV and had a chill night in my private room.. got up the next morning early and went to explore a cave.. very, very wet and a lot of mud! ;)
the most thrilling thing is that you have to dive in and out.. through the more or less cold water, pulling you along a rope. all the light comes from small helmet lamps and you have to crawl a lot, sometimes through water that high that only 20 cm rest to breath :) some nice stalagmites and stalactites and the usual halls.. not the most impressive cave that I´ve seen, but dirtiest one ;) hehe ;) was a fun excursion for the morning.. it´s nice to go inside the earth from time to time :)
then I picked up my stuff and took off to Villa de Leyva, where you can do Canyoning, as I read somewhere.. it´s super beautiful to ride through the mountains of Colombia!! :) got to the highlands here and am staying in a nice Finca-Guesthouse with lots of space around close to the small colonial town but out in the green :) super peaceful here! :) once more.. looks like Switzerland.. so pretty ;) hehe ;)
well.. at the moment I´m freezing my toes off, because my shoes got wet through all my activities and it´s pretty chilly up here at 2300m.a.s.l. but got a nice private room for me with big bed and private bathroom with hot shower for about 20 USD a night (good treat ;)

oh yeah.. another story was that local kid that was bothering me in San Gil to give hime 2.50 USD (good ammount of money here) and I didn´t really like his vibe so didn´t want to give him cash (could even run off with more), but he kept following me and hasseling me until I felt really unconfortable.. not too many people in the street and the guy getting angry. But then passed some busses luckily and I stopped one of them and hopped on :) the guy was cursing me, but I was safe.. the driver didn´t even charge me for bringing me a few blocks down, where I walked back on another way to my hostal. Well.. this is what you can find in touristy places (where in Bucaramange, I was just fine!). and thought about to take my pepperspray along when being in such places.. just for the case :P

then today I went for grappling down 38 meters into a big hole and exploring a small cave.. then climbing up on a tree! :P was pretty exciting!! grappel down is easy.. learned that in Nicaragua, but climbing is still pretty tough for me :/ got better at it over the last years (through other trips) but at a certain point, the guy on the edge was more pulling me up than I could give force into it ;) but not that much fear of hights as I used to have ;)
then we went for a hike along a crest.. falling on both sides down to a river.. a really wicked hike!! there´s the "paso del angel" where it´s just very small and steep down on both sides.. a real leap of faith ;) hehe :) then checking out a waterfall from above and walking upstream one of the rivers.. really, really beautiful place!! (I hope the pictures show a little bit of it ;)
on the way back passed in a winery, but unfortunately they didn´t let my test their wine ;) ..the funny thing about the trip today was that I would have had to pay more, because of just me (and the boss of the agency coming with me and a helper for the grappling and climbing), but because I have a own ride, I got it for the same price.. but then I had to bring the along to the place ;) hehe ;) didn´t think that.. thought they would have their bike (instead of taking a car), but then I was the driver and at a certain point, there were to other men on my bike with grappling gear ;) (highest load I probably ever had.. prefer definitively girls ;)

well.. might add some other stuff later.. HAVE to go!! need food and moving my body away from this computer.. it´s almost 2 hours already updating online stuff and mails :P ..finally got my skydiving movie online in Facebook.. should check it out ;)

Friday, September 3, 2010

..Roundup..

..just packed all my bags and boxes.. glad to have it done!

during the last week, I accomplished quite a few tasks.. bought a new camera for 130USD and really like it! :D the result can be seen in the album "Colombia" in picasa.. remember that the old one already made problems in the states :P was about time to get a new one!! :D
then my Ipod failed completely and when the guy told me, takes a week and a complete formatting, I begged him to try another charger and see.. works better than ever!! so with a 8 USD charger I solved all my Ipod issues and now it even plays when charging ;) I should never have used that crappy asian USB charger :P
then I let a dentist clean my teeth.. was pretty painfull (poor gums) and charged me 50USD!!! as I think is too much for the job.. but anyway.. he told me I got some small caries :((( and I finally went to another guy who checked my teeth and told me 5 teeth, he does it for 75USD and takes an hour. So I got my date the day after and let the torture pass. It didn´t actually really hurt (just once for a second) but I generally don´t like blank metal on my teeth (the very reason, why I don´t play the traditional jaw-harp.. *sniff*). So he drilled a bit around, scratched some stuff off and put new things on and put them in shape, so I can bite again as before :)
took him nearly two hours and I think, he fixed about 8 teeth and did a really good job (as it feels/seems to me). ..so yeah.. this is done.. keeping yourself working as supposed ;) hehe :)
was thinking about a tattoo again last week, but didn´t have time now finally.. but got the idea.. would be my dragon tattoo and of one side enters a leaping tiger or lion in fire colors and tribal style and on the other side a hammerhead shark in water colors and tribal swims out.. :D hehe ;) yes.. let´s hope this comes true one day, if I meet a talented artist.
I´ve seen some cool 3D-movies lately for not too much money and they really rock!! looking forward to Resident Evil 4 in 3D!!! :D muhahahaa!!
it´s nice to go out to drink something, go to the movies and dinner with my lovely Myle or to watch a movie together and cook at home in the peaceful mountain hotel on Ruitoque! :) in half an hour I gonna pick her up and we go to a nice Hotel with Jacuzzi, Sauna and Swimming pool ;) hehe :) ah.. dude.. best times ever!! :D

..still.. there is upcoming pain of saying good-bye. In love, you get first the sweet part and then the bitterness ;) hehe :) but hey.. I HAVE to move on and I´m sure everything will be all right. Giving myself time to think and feel, to process the last weeks, to appreciate and to be grateful for my life!
there lies quite some road ahead of me and I should get my ass back on the seat! ;) I got lazy with all my projects, but glad I took time to do them! :D haha! :D now there is nothing left, that I would stay and do in a few weeks.. more like short adventures diving, flying or falling ;) hehe :)

all in all I truely can claim having an intense and magical time!! that a human being can pass through live in such a marvellous way.. isn´t it amazing!! :D haha! :)
so wishing all your dreams come true and following my way, embracing every single part of it! :)

cu soon and namaste! :)