View from the crater rim of Mt St Helens
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Travel
Hawai‘i Panoramas
Four panoramas from the island of O‘ahu. Hawai‘i has sunny days as well as mysterious fog and offers beautiful mountains as well as poetic beaches.
Back in Australia
After touring around Europe and America my lucky stars finally led me to spend the end of this year back in my beloved Melbourne. It has been almost a month now since I breezed through a short comeback visit to Kuala Lumpur and landed back in Australia. I had a few reasons to return. The strongest one? The chance to participate in a terrific Sydney startup accelerator. Wishes do come true.
Tingles of vertigo
My second hike in the Sequoia National Park was an easy stroll compared to the strain of Alta Peak the day before. Scenery and sights, however, were no less impressive. The six-mile trail led me from Wolverton to the massive rock of Watchtower and then to the cold waters of Heather Lake. I’ll let the pictures speak for me, even though they can capture only a fraction of the overall breath-taking experience…
How I hiked to Alta Peak, 3,415m, and didn’t die
After the StartEngine interview didn’t yield any results, I decided to use my time in California for traveling and hiking. This US trip was simply a situation where you cannot lose :-). Funnily enough, my first hike in the Sequoia National Park put this attitude of invincibility to a major test…
The beauty of Japanese calligraphy
When I went to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art two years ago, I completely missed its perhaps most beautiful part: the pavilion for Japanese art. But this year, as it appears, is good for calligraphy. After seeing the seemingly unrivaled works of Arabic calligraphers in Kuala Lumpur, I bated my breath again, this time for the masters from Japanese islands…
After sunrise
The sun has risen only moments ago and Venice Beach is still engulfed in long shadows, but the molten copper sky above the Pacific is promising of a new morning. As you blast your ears away with your own trance mix and hit the concrete path with your marathon skates, you are flooded with that sublime feeling of being back…
How to find your car with text recognition software
This is really clever. If you’ve forgotten where in the eight-floor garage you left your car, just type in your license plate number and the computer will search images from security cameras, identify your car using image processing software and point you to its location.
StartEngine Interview
We had our interview with the StartEngine startup accelerator yesterday. After battling the infamous L. A. traffic we found the towering office block on Wilshire Boulevard and were greeted by Howard Marks and Paul Kessler. And the thirty minutes for which we flew thousands of miles started ticking away…
Return to Los Angeles
I’m gripped by the familiar pre-departure excitement as I’m waiting for my morning flight with American Airlines. PRG – LHR – JFK – LAX. A very open-ended trip that I had to arrange on a five days’ notice…
I Love Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is a city teeming with contrasts. Its motto is “Truly Asia” and it truly is Asia as I had been imagining it. Affordable luxury, mouthwatering street food, packs of scooters riding on the sidewalks, sumptuous shopping malls, heat, moisture, narrow streets, skyscrapers and a thousand other things make KL an extraordinary stopover on the way to/from Australasia…
Letter to a dear friend
“The greatest benefit of my Australian stay is very immaterial: it’s the knowledge of my own freedom and power. That feeling when you realize that your life is in your own hands and almost everything you can think of is attainable. Have you ever experienced this? I guess I had to be torn away from my routine life (not just by traveling to another continent, but by other blows as well, as you know) to reach this enlightenment. I have discovered the power of breaking one’s own limits. When you suddenly find yourself ‘on the other side of the line’ and do something that was impossible for you, you realize the limit existed only in your head. I have always liked to swim and in Melbourne I paid for unlimited access to the University pool. The first two months I could swim three kilometers per week, tops. But then I found out that I can give it more… and now I do fifteen kilometers weekly. I know but few sensations that are better than destroying a long-time I can’t…”
My First Month in Australia
The calendar says I arrived in Melbourne one month ago, but I feel like the life I left back in Europe is years away. My world has not been the same ever since I saw unfamiliar constellations in the starry sky.
Excitement in the Air: Enrollment and Orientation at the University of Melbourne
This week was the Orientation Week at Melbourne. Thousands of new students are enrolling in subjects, finding their way around the campus, discovering all the challenges and opportunities and of course getting to know each other. Summary? This place is amazing!
Ten Thousand Miles Through Space And Time
How long does it take to make the 24-hour journey from Prague to Melbourne? It is a flight more through time than space.
Going to Australia
In three weeks, I will be on a plane to Melbourne, Australia. A six-month adventure begins!
Leap In The Dark
Imagine you could pause your current life for a year and travel the world. Imagine quitting your job and interrupting your college studies. Imagine packing three sets of clothes, a camera, a laptop, and a book of philosophy, and leaving for the Near East and Asia. For the ancient temples of Turkey, for the veiled women of Iran, for the mountain ranges of Pakistan, for the heat of India, for the monasteries of Tibet, for the wonders of China. Hitchhiking, riding a bike, taking trains, walking. Living on a few dollars a day, enjoying every day to the full and having no definite plans. Meeting people and immersing in their culture.
Pictures From Munich
A few snapshots from the beautiful Bavarian city of Munich. I will be going back there one day!