January 2005: Thailand / Malaysia: KL, Sarawak
01 Bangkok: Happy new year! New book: Anne Rice - Blackwood Farm.
02 Bangkok: Phanthip Plaza. Cinema: The Door in the Floor.
03 Bangkok: Massage.
04 Koh Tao: 7+(3)+3hrs travel. Sairee Cottage. Sairee beach.
05 Koh Tao: Rent motorbike. Thian Og Bay beach.
06 Koh Tao: DM theory: Lydia.
07 Koh Tao: DM theory: Lydia.
08 Koh Tao: DM theory: Lydia.
09 Koh Tao: DM confined: Lydia. Diving: Sairee beach. Lydia finished as DM.
10 Koh Tao: Massage.
11 Had Yai: 9+(2)+5hrs travel.
MALAYSIA
12 Kuala Lumpur: 8hrs travel. Anuja Backpacker's Inn. Shopping. Cinema: IMAX - Polar Express 3D.
13 Kuala Lumpur: Arranging things for our Indonesia visa.
14 Kuala Lumpur: Petronas Twin Towers. Cinema: Aviator.
15 Kuala Lumpur: China Town. Central Market.
16 Kuala Lumpur: Zoo Negara.
17 Kuala Lumpur: Sunway Lagoon: Water Theme Park.
18 Kuala Lumpur: The Lake Gardens: Orchid Garden. Deer Park. Cinema: Ocean's 12.
19 Kuala Lumpur: Petronas Twin Towers Bridge.
MALAYSIA, Sarawak, Borneo
20 Kuching: 2hrs flight. St Thomas Diocesan Resthouse. Islam Museum. Sarawak Museum. Akuarium Bandaraya. Cinema: The Doll Master.
21 Kuching: Semenggoh Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre (3 Orangutans). Chinese History Museum. Cinema: Elektra.
22 Bako National Park: 1hr travel. Forest Hostel. Treks: Tanjung Sapi (0,8km, View Point), Telok Delima (1km), Telok Paku (1,2km, Beach). Proboscis monkeys on Telok Paku trek.
23 Bako National Park: Treks: Lintang (5,25km), Telok Pandan Kecil (1,5km). Proboscis monkeys on Lintang, Telok Delima trek and behind the hostel.
24 Bako National Park-Kuching: Proboscis monkeys in the mangroves by HQ. St Thomas Diocesan Resthouse.
25 Kuching: Sarawak Cultural Village
26 Sibu-Kapit: 8+2,5hrs travel. Kapit Rejang Inn. New book: J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
27 Kapit: Rh Jang Sg. Goh Longhouse.
28 Miri: 2,5+7hrs travel. Thai Foh Inn.
29 Miri: Niah Cave National Park.
30 Miri: Grand Park Inn. Lazy Sunday.
31 Miri: Just as lazy Monday.
February 2005: Brunei / Malaysia: Sabah
BRUNEI
01 Bandar Seri Begawan: 4,5hrs travel (6 vehicles!). K.H. Soon Resthouse. Jame'Asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque.
02 Bandar Seri Begawan: Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque. Jerudong Park Playground.
MALAYSIA, Sabah, Borneo
03 Kota Kinabalu: 0,5+1+2,5hrs travel. Hotel Suang Hee.
04 Ranau: Kampong Kokob (Rafflesia flower).
05 Semporna: 9hrs travel. Lee's Resthouse.
06 Semporna: Diving: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles) / Barracuda Point (Turtle, White-tips, Leopard, Nudibranches) + Mabul: Paradise (Crocodile fish, Nudibranches, Pipefish, Turtle).
07 Semporna: Diving: Sipadan: South Point (Octopus, White-tips, Turtles) / Barracuda Point (Turtle, Grey Reef sharks, White-tips, huge school of Barracuda) + Mabul: Seaventure (Frogfish, Crocodile fish, Humpheads).
08 Semporna: Diving: Sipadan: South Point (Manta ray, White-tips, Turtles, Napoleon wrasse) / Hanging Gardens (Turtles, White-tips) + Mabul: Drop-off (Leaf fish, Nudibranches).
09 Kota Kinabalu: 9hrs travel. Hotel Suang Hee. Chinese New Year! Cinema: Constantine.
10 Sepilok: Lion dance. 6hrs travel. Sepilok Jungle Resort.
11 Sepilok: Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre.
12 Kinabatangan: Uncle Tan's Wildlife Camp. Night boat Safari.
13 Kinabatangan: Morning boat Safari. Jungle trekking. Afternoon boat Safari. Night Trekking. New book: Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections.
14 Kinabatangan-Semporna: Morning boat Safari. 1+1+2hrs travel. Lee's Resthouse.
15 Semporna: Relax!
16 Semporna: Diving: Sipadan: South Point (Octopus, White-tips, Leopard, Turtles) / Barracuda Point (Turtles, White-tips, Napoleon Wrasse) + Mabul: SWV (Cuttlefish, Snake eel, Razorfish, Pipefish, Nudibranches).
17 Semporna: New job: Uncle Chang.
18 Semporna: Diving: Sipadan: South Point (Octopus, White-tips, Turtles, Leaf fish) / Barracuda Point (Turtles, White-tips, Napoleon Wrasse, Seagrass Ghost Pipefish) + Mabul (Mandarinfish).
19 Semporna: Diving: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, Humphead Parrotfish, Giant Trevallies, Leaf fish) / Midreef (Manta, Turtles, White-tips, Giant Trevallies).
20 Semporna: Diving 6FD: Sipadan: South Point (Schools of Trevallies, Manta, White-tips, Turtles, Octopus) / Barracuda Point (Turtles, White-tips). Uncle Chang party.
21 Semporna: Diving 1FD: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, Octopus) / Barracuda Point (Turtles, White-tips, Grey Reef shark).
22 Semporna: Diving: OW: Jon and Lorraine - Theory / Confined water (Sea snake).
23 Semporna: Diving: OW: Jon and Lorraine - Dive 1&2: Mabul: Paradise (Turtles, Cuttlefish, Barracuda school) / Paradise (Turtle) + SWV (Turtles, Nudibranches).
24 Semporna: Diving: OW: Jon and Lorraine - Dive 3&4: Mabul: SWV (Turtle, Nudibranches) / Paradise (Turtle, Cuttlefish, Barracuda school).
25 Semporna: Day off due to foot infection. Editing video. Uncle Chang party.
26 Semporna: Day off.
27 Semporna: Day off.
28 Semporna: Day off.
March 2005: Malaysia: Sabah
01 Semporna: Diving: Advanced: Ross: Sipadan: Barracuda Point (White-tips, Turtles, Napoleon Wrasses) / Lobster Lair (White-tips, Turtles) + Mabul: SWV (Nudibranches, Pipefish, Morays, Mantis shrimp).
02 Semporna: Diving: Advanced: Ross: Sipadan: South Point (Octopus, White-tips, Turtles, Napoleon Wrasse) / Hanging Garden (Turtles, White-tips) + Mabul: Seaventure (2*Frogfish, Crocodile fish, Nudibranches, Blue-spotted ray).
03 Semporna: Diving 3FD: Kapalai: Mandarin Valley (Ghost pipefish, Juvenile Emperor Angel, Frogfish) / Magic Rock (Stonefish, Nudibranches, Ribbon eel) + Mabul: Paradise (4*Cuttlefish, Mandarinfish)
04 Semporna: Diving 1FD: Sipadan: South Point (Octopus, White-tips, Turtles, Schools of Trevallies) / Hanging Garden (Turtles, White-tips).
05 Semporna: Diving 5FD: Sipadan: Barracuda Point (Leopard, White-tips, Turtles) / Staghorn Crest (Turtles, White-tips, Schools of Trevallies).
06 Semporna: Diving 5FD: Sipadan: Hanging Garden (Leopard, White-tips, Turtles) / South Point (Turtles, White-tips, Leopard, Schools of Trevallies) + Mabul: Seaventures (Frogfish, Nudibranches, Blue-spotted ray).
07 Semporna: Diving 4FD: Mabul: Paradise (Turtles, Pipefish, Frogfish, Nudibranches, Octopus, Squids) + Sipadan: Hanging Garden (Octopus, White-tips, Turtles) / Midreef (Turtle, White-tips, Eagleray, Barracudas).
08 Semporna: Day off.
09 Semporna: Day off. Making the Uncle Chang webpage.
10 Semporna: Diving 5FD: Sipadan: South Point (Turtles, White-tips, Schools of Trevallies) / Hanging Garden (White-tips, Turtles) + Mabul: Paradise (Cuttlefish, Nudibranches, Pipefish).
11 Semporna: Day off.
12 Semporna: Diving: OW: Heath and Simon - Theory / Confined water.
13 Semporna: Diving: OW: Heath and Simon - Dive 1&2: Mabul: Paradise (Turtles) / Paradise (Turtles, Squid, Frogfish).
14 Semporna: Diving: OW: Heath, Simon and Steven - Dive 3&4: Mabul: SWV (Turtles, Morays, Cuttlefish) / Paradise (Turtles, Squid) + Seaventures (2*Frogfish, GIANT moray, Stonefish, Cuttlefish).
15 Semporna: Diving: Advanced: Steven and Eoin: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, Giant trevally) / Hanging Garden (White-tips, Turtles).
16 Semporna: Diving: Advanced: Steven and Eoin: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, School of Trevallies) / Barracuda Point (White-tips) + Mabul: SWV (Cuttlefish, Squids) + Night dive Semporna: Tampi Tampi (Spanish dancer, tiny Cuttlefish, Mimic octopus).
17 Semporna: Diving: 5FD: Sipadan: South Point (Turtles, White-tips, huge Puffer) / Hanging Garden (White-tips, Turtles, Swimming morays) + Mabul: Paradise (Nudibranches, Pipefish, Flying gurnard).
18 Semporna: Diving: 5FD: Sipadan: Barracuda Point (White-tips, Turtle, Napoleon wrasse) / Hanging Garden (Turtles, White-tips) + Mabul: Seaventures (Cuttlefish, Nudibranches).
19 Semporna: Diving: 4FD: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles) / Hanging Garden (Turtles, White-tips) + Night dive Semporna: Tampi Tampi (Nudibranches, tiny Cuttlefish, Squids, Snake eel).
20 Semporna: Diving: 3FD: Sipadan: South Point (Grey reef shark, White-tips, Turtles) / Hanging Garden (Turtles) + Kapalai: Mandarin Valley (Juvenile Emperor Angel, Morays, Stonefish).
21 Semporna: Diving: 4FD: Sipadan: South Point (Black-tip, White-tips, Turtles, Giant trevally) / Midreef (Grey reef sharks, White-tips, Turtles, Giant trevally).
22 Semporna: Diving: 5FD: Sipadan: Staghorn Crest (Turtles,White-tips) / Hanging Garden (Turtles,White-tips).
23 Semporna: Diving: 3FD: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, Octopus) / Barracuda Point (Grey reef sharks, White-tips, 2*Octopus, Turtles, Napoleon Wrasse) + Mabul: Paradise (Nudibranches, Pipefish, Cowfish, Blue spotted ray, Mandarin fish, Snake eels).
24 Semporna: Diving: 11FD: Sipadan: Midreef (White-tips, Leopard, Turtles) / Barracuda Point (White-tips, Turtles) + Mabul: Seaventures (Nudibranches, Stonefish, swimming Ribbon eel).
25 Semporna: Diving: OW: Richard, Robert and Eva - Theory.
26 Semporna: Diving: OW: Richard, Robert and Eva - Confined water / Dive 1: Mabul: Paradise (Turtles, Cuttlefish, Frogfish).
27 Semporna: Diving: OW: Richard, Robert and Eva - Dive 2,3&4: Mabul: Paradise (Turtle) / SWV (Turtles, Painted frogfish, Nudibranches) / Paradise (Turtles, Frogfish, Bumphead parrotfish) + Night dive Semporna: Tampi Tampi (Painted frogfish, Cuttlefish).
28 Semporna: Diving: 6FD: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles) / Barracuda Point (White-tips, Grey reef shark, Leopard, Turtles, School of Barracuda, Napoleon wrasse, Tuna) + Mabul: SWV (Nudibranches, 2*Stonefish, Painted frogfish).
29 Semporna: Diving: 9FD: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, School of Trevallies) / Hanging Garden (White-tips, Turtles, School of Humpheads, Battacuda, Tuna) + Mabul: Paradise (Turtle, Frogfish, Ribbon eel).
30 Semporna: Diving: 4FD: Sipadan: Barracuda Point (White-tips, Turtles, Barracuda) / Midreef (White-tips, Grey reef shark, Turtles, Battacudas) + Mabul: Paradise (Turtle, Cuttlefish, Painted frogfish, Stonefish, Snake eel, Nudibranches).
31 Semporna: Day off due to arm infection.
April 2005: Malaysia: Sabah / Indonesia: Sulawesi
01 Semporna: Day off.
02 Semporna: Day off.
03 Semporna: Day off.
04 Semporna: Diving 2FD: Sipadan: South Point (Leaf fish, Octopus, White-tips, Turtles, Schools of Trevallies, Humheads) / Hanging Garden (Turtles, White-tips) + SWV (3*Cuttlefish, Painted frogfish, Nudibranches, Turtle).
05 Semporna: Diving: Advanced: Marco and Stefan: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, Octopus) / Barracuda Point (White-tips, Turtles, Squids) + Night dive Semporna: Tampi Tampi (Cuttlefish).
06 Semporna: Diving: Advanced: Marco and Stefan: Sipadan: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, School of Trevallies) / Midreef (White-tips, Turtles, Barracudas, Napoleon wrasse) + SWV (Yellow boxfish, Pipefish, Squids, Nudibranches, Turtle).
07 Semporna: Island boat trip: Sibuan and Sibangkat.
08 Semporna: Diving 2FD: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, School of Trevallies, Octopus) / Hanging Garden (White-tips, Turtles). Dolphins on the way back to Mabul.
09 Semporna: Diving 5FD: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, Schools of Trevallies, Napoleon wrasses) / Midreef (White-tips, Turtles, Barracudas, Napoleon wrasse) + Mabul: Paradise (2*Frogfish, Ribbon eel, Cowfish, Nudibranches, Pipefish, Turtles).
10 Mabul: Diving 1DSD: Mabul: Paradise (Frogfish, Ribbon eel, Mandarinfish, Turtle, Blue spotted rays). Arung Hayat homestay.
11 Mabul: Diving 1DSD: South Point (White-tips, Turtles, School of Trevallies, Napoleon wrasses) / Midreef (Turtles) + Mabul: Seaventures (Painted frogfish).
12 Semporna: Diving 5FD: South Point (White-tips, Turtles) / Barracuda Point (White-tips, Turtles, Barracudas, School of Trevallies, Flounder) + Mabul: Paradise (Frogfish, Ribbon eel, Cowfish, Nudibranches, Yellow boxfish, Snake eel). Lee's Resthouse.
13 Semporna: Diving 2FD: South Point (White-tips, Turtles) / Barracuda Point (White-tips, Turtles, Tunas, School of Trevallies, Blue spotted ray) + Kapalai: Cleaner Station (Stonefish, Baramundi, Blue spotted rays, Cowfish, Nudibranches, Juvenile yellow boxfish).
14 Semporna: Diving: Sipadan: South Point (Turtles, White-tips, Tunas, Napoleon) / Turtle Cavern & Drop-off (Turtles) + Semporna: Tampi-Tampi (Seahorse, Mandarinfish, Octopus, Cuttlefish mating).
15 Semporna: Lepa Lepa festival: Dancing contest.
16 Semporna: Diving: Sipadan: South Point (Turtles, White-tips, Black-tip, Grey reef shark, Eagle ray, Tunas, Octopus, Leaf fish, Swimming moray) / Hanging Garden (Turtles, White-tips, Giant trevally) + Mabul: SWV (Turtle, 2*Cuttlefish, Clown frogfish, Seagrass ghost pipefish, Flounder, Nudibranches). Lepa Lepa festival: Opening show.
17 Semporna: Lepa Lepa festival: Regatta Lepa.
18 Tawau: Al Jazeera Lodging House.
INDONESIA, Kalimantan, Borneo
19 Tarakan: 3hrs boat ride. Hotel Jakarta.
20 Tarakan: Waiting for the Pelni ship.
21 Tarakan: Waiting for the Pelni ship.
22 Tarakan-Balikpapan: 20hrs on the Pelni ship.
INDONESIA, Sulawesi
23 Balikpapan-Pare Pare-Rantepao: 14hrs on the Pelni ship. 5hrs travel. Wisma Monton.
24 Rantepao: Villages: Bolu- Batutumonga (Viewpoint)- Lokomata (Stonegraves)- Pana- Tikala.
25 Rantepao: Villages: Nanggala (16 barns)- Tondon (Funeral ceremony)- Lemo (Stonegrave)- Londa (Hanging graves and cave).
26 Rantepao: Villages: Ke'te Kesu (Village, hanging graves and cave)- Sangalla- Makale- Rantepangli- Sa'dan (Weaving centre)- Lempo (View point).
27 Rantepao: Market Bolu.
28 Rantepao-Tentena: 11hrs travel. Hotel Victory.
29 Tentena: Salopa Waterfall, Pamona cave, Latea cave, Viewpoint.
30 Tentena-Ampana: 2+6hrs travel. Hotel Oasis.
May 2005: Indonesia: Sulawesi / Malaysia / Thailand
01 Togean Island: 2+1hrs boat. Paradise Bungalows.
02 Togean Island: Diving: OW: Katja - Theory. Snorkeling Paradise beach. New book: Dean Koontz - Frankenstein: Prodigal Son.
03 Togean Island: Diving: OW: Katja - Confined Water.
04 Togean Island: Diving: OW: Katja - Dive 1&2: Taipi Island (Blue-spotted rays) / Coral Garden (Cuttlefish, Nudibranches, Blue-spotted ray). New book: James Herbert - The Haunting.
05 Togean Island: Diving: OW: Katja - Dive 3&4: Taipi Wall (Bumphead) / Mini Canyon.
06 Togean Island: New book: Jeffery Tayler - Facing the Congo. Snorkeling Paradise beach.
07 Togean Island: New book: Barbara Kingsolver - The Poisonwood Bible.
08 Togean Island: Diving: B-24 Liberator (WWII bomber: 3/5-1945).
09 Togean Island-Manado: Travel: 4,5hrs boat + 3hrs bemo + 8,5hrs car.
10 Manado: Angkasa Raya Indah Hotel. Visa trouble. Cinema: Laws of Attraction.
11 Manado: Visa hell! Manado Museum. Waruga stone graves. Cinema: Spartan.
12 Tangkoko National Park: 2hrs travel. Tangkoko Ranger Homestay. Dusk trekking (Tarsiers, Black macaques).
13 Tangkoko National Park-Manado: Sick.2,5hrs travel. Angkasa Raya Indah Hotel.
14 Manado: Recovery day.
15 Manado: Cinema: Hitch.
16 Manado-Lembeh: 2hrs travel. Sulawesi Dive Quest Resort. Diving: Tanjung Parigi (4*Frogfish, Seahorse, Cuttlefish, Dragonets, Stingrays, Waspfish, Nudibranches).
17 Lembeh-Manado: Diving: Hair Ball 2 (Frogfish, Baramundi, Ribboneel, Leaffish, Dragonfish, Dragonets, 2*Cuttlefish, Squids, Nudibranches) / TK. 2 (3*Frogfish, Waspfish, Ambon scorpionfish, 2*Seahorses, Crocodile snakeel, Nudibranches, Dragonets, Cuttlefish, Cockatatoo flounder). 2hrs travel. Angkasa Raya Indah Hotel.
18 Manado-Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur: 2hrs flight. National Monument. 2hrs flight. Anuja Backpacker's Inn.
MALAYSIA
19 Kuala Lumpur: Cinema: Star Wars Ep. 3 - Revenge of the Sith.
20 Kuala Lumpur: Shopping. Cinema: Kingdom of Heaven.
21 Kuala Lumpur: Shopping.
22 Kuala Lumpur: Cinema: Star Wars Ep. 3 - Revenge of the Sith.
23 Kuala Lumpur: Running around.
THAILAND
24 Had Yai-Phi-Phi: 10+4+1,5hrs travel. Harmony House.
25 Phi-Phi: Beach. Liverpool won the CL final!
26 Phi-Phi: Beach.
27 Phi-Phi: Diving: Bida Nok (Swimming Moray) / Palong (Leopard, 2*Cuttlefish).
28 Phi-Phi: Diving: Tonsai Bay (Tsunami clean-up).
29 Phi-Phi: Diving: Tonsai Bay (Tsunami clean-up).
30 Phi-Phi: Diving: Advanced: Stefan and Manuela: King Cruiser Wreck / Shark Point Phuket (Leopard).
31 Phi-Phi: Diving with Sommai: Bida Nok.
June 2005: Thailand / Myanmar (Burma) / Laos
01 Phuket: 2hrs travel. Dive Supply.
02 Bangkok: 12hrs travel. Welcome Sawasdee Inn. Arranging tickets/visa. Cinema: Sin City.
03 Bangkok: Shopping MBK. Cinema: The Amityville Horror.
04 Bangkok: Chatujak Weekend Market.
MYANMAR (BURMA)
05 Yangon: 1hr flight. Garden Guest House. Bogyoke Aung San Market.
06 Yangon: Shwedagon Paya. Sule Paya.
07 Mandalay: 14hrs travel. Royal Guesthouse. Mahamuni Paya.
08 Mandalay: Mingun Ancient City.
09 Mandalay-Bagan: 8hrs travel. Golden Myanmar Hotel.
10 Bagan: Bagan Ancient City (Tharaba Gateway, Thatbyinnyu Temple, Shwesandaw Pagoda, Shinbinthalyaung Temple, Dhammayangyi Temple, Anada Temple)
11 Bagan: Shwezigon Pagoda.
12 Bagan: Bagan Ancient City (Thargyarhit Pagoda, Htilominlo Temple, Mahabodhi Temple, Shwesandaw Pagoda). New book: David Chandler - Voices from S-21.
13 Bagan-Inle Lake: 12hrs travel. Queen Inn.
14 Inle Lake: Boat trip on Inle Lake.
15 Inle Lake: Burmese Massage.
16 Inle Lake-Bago: 16hrs travel.
17 Bago: San Francisco Motel. Market. Kha Khat Wain Monastery, Shwethalyaung Buddha, Shwemawdaw Paya. New book: Dean Koontz - Watchers.
18 Yangon: 2hrs travel. Okinawa Guesthouse. Nar-Gar Glass Factory.
THAILAND
19 Yangon-Bangkok: 1hr flight. Welcome Sawasdee Inn.
20 Bangkok: Cinema: Batman Begins.
21 Bangkok: Cinema: Assault on Precinct 13.
LAOS
22 Tadlo: (11+1+1)+(1+2)hrs travel. Tim Guesthouse.
23 Tadlo: Tadlo Waterfall.
24 Tadlo: Elephant ride. Waterfall.
25 Tadlo: Lazy day. New book: Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Everything.
26 Don Det: 2+4hrs travel. Nou Phit Guesthouse.
27 Don Det: Rent bicycle: Don Khon, Somphamit waterfall.
28 Don Det: Irrawaddy dolphins, Khone Phapheng waterfall.
29 Pakse: 3hrs travel. Nothing special...
30 Vang Vien: 10+3hrs travel. Malany Guesthouse.
July 2005: Laos / Thailand / Norway
01 Vang Vien: Tubing.
02 Vang Vien: Another rainy day! Massage.
03 Luang Prabang: 7hrs travel. Thavisouk Guesthouse. New book: Haruki Murakami - Dance Dance Dance.
04 Luang Prabang: Wat Pha Mahathat.
05 Luang Prabang: Kuang Si Waterfall.
06 Luang Prabang: Royal Palace Museum. Herbal steam bath and Massage.
THAILAND
07 Luang Prabang-Chiang Mai: 5hrs speed boat+5hrs bus. Namkhong Guesthouse.
08 Chiang Mai: Wat Phra Singh. Cinema: The Fantastic Four. Night marked.
09 Chiang Mai: Lydia´s birthday! Motorbike. Chiang Mai Zoo. Cinema: War of the Worlds.
10 Chiang Mai: Day trip: Orchid/Butterfly farm, Elephant dung factory, Chiang Dao Cave, Thaton White Buddha, Three Tribes Village (Long neck Karen, Lahu, Akha), Hmong village. Sunday market.
11 Chiang Mai: Motorbike. Shopping spree.
12 Chiang Mai: Cooking course. New book: Michel Houellebecq - Platform.
13 Bangkok: 14hrs train travel. Welcome Sawasdee Inn. Shopping.
14 Phimai: 6hrs travel. Phimai Inn Hotel.
15 Phimai: Phimai Nonmong School.Grandma dinner.
16 Phimai: Kim and Noi's Wedding: Wedding ceremony, Wedding party.
17 Phimai: Prasat Hin Phimai (Khmer ruins). Wedding party.
18 Hua Hin: 7,5hrs travel. Memory Guesthouse.
19 Hua Hin: Beach.
20 Hua Hin: Beach. 3hrs travel. Welcome Sawasdee Inn.
21 Bangkok: Shopping. Cinema: Somersault + The Machinist.
22 Bangkok: Last day in Thailand.
NORWAY
23 Bangkok-Islamabad-Oslo: 5hrs+7,5hrs flight (21hrs incl. stops). New book: Ian Christe - Sound of the Beast - The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal.
25 Sandefjord: Summer cabin.
25 Sandefjord: New book: Charles Wilson - Direct Descendant.
27 Bø: Visiting Grandma.
29 Sandefjord: Summer cabin. New book: Jørn Lier Horst - Nøkkelvitnet.
31 Oslo:
August 2005: Norway / Germany
28 Oslo-Berlin: 1,5hrs flight.
29 Berlin: Concert - Korn, P.M.T.
September 2005: Germany / Poland / Norway
14 Berlin: Concert - Norwegian Intersection: Madder Mortem, Audrey Horne, Red Harvest, Enslaved (Knaack Club).
POLAND
18 Krakow: 1,5hrs flight. Hotel Studencki Zaczek. Wawel Castle.
19 Krakow: Auschwitz / Birkenau. Kazimierz.
20 Krakow: Salt Mines of Wieliczka. Wawel Castle: Cathedral Royal Chambers, Dragon's Cave. Cinema: Broken Flowers.
21 Krakow-Berlin: 1,5hrs flight.
GERMANY
23 Berlin: Cinema: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
29 Berlin: Altes Museum: Egypt exhibit.
30 Berlin-Oslo: 1,5hrs flight.
October 2005: Norway
01 Oslo: Concert - Scream 15yrs Anniversary: Destruction, Hypocrisy, Conception.
05 Oslo: New apartment: Iduns gate 2 (Fredensborg).
06 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: Howl's Moving Castle.
07 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: Coca - the Dove from Chechnya, Brotherhood of War, Matando Cabos.
08 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: Sympathy for Mr. Vengance, El Rey.
09 Oslo: Moving. Films from the South Festival: Zozo, Late Bloomer, The Murmuring Coast.
10 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: Turtles Can Fly, Paradise Now.
11 Oslo: Moving.
12 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: Cruel War Stories, Four for None, Forgiveness, Cachimba.
13 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: Born into Brothels, The First Night, Lost Embrace.
14 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: Stranger of Mine, The Man Who Copied.
15 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: State of Fear, Seven Swords, Swallowtail Butterfly.
16 Oslo: Films from the South Festival: Beautiful City, The Art of Losing, Battle in Heaven.
November 2005: Norway / Germany
GERMANY
03 Oslo-Berlin: 1,5hrs flight. Cinema: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride.
05 Berlin: Rundlederwelten (football art exhibit).
06 Berlin: Dresden: Zwinger / Armoury exhibit, Semper Opera House, Procession of Princes, Frauenkirche Church, Royal Mews.
07 Berlin: Shopping. Nina's birthday party.
08 Berlin-Oslo: 1,5hrs flight.
NORWAY
11 Oslo: Job offer: Accenture.
18 Oslo: First day in new job: Accenture.
23 Oslo: Cinema: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
26 Oslo: Kim and Noi gets officially married in the Town Hall.
December 2005: Norway
02 Oslo-Hemsedal: 3,5 hrs travel. Cabin trip.
03 Hemsedal: Skiing, after-ski and party!
04 Hemsedal-Oslo: 3,5 hrs travel.
09 Oslo: Accenture Christmas Party.
16 Oslo: New book: Dan Brown: The Da Vinci Code
27 Oslo: Lydia comes. Cinema: King Kong.
31 Oslo: Happy new Year!