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CHEP 2010 – Yehliu Geopark

After two and a half days of computing in physics, a nice reception on Monday and some visits to various markets and sights in town, we had a little trip to a nearby geopark in Yahliu, with some nice stone/rock formations by the sea.

Berlin – Wien – Taipei

Just arrived in Taipei after a long long trip via Vienna. At least this time the plane had a proper entertainment system. Actually they even had games with a little gamepad like remote also featuring a satellite phone and credit card reader. Fancy!
Anyways now I am in Taipei tired as shit and not able to chech in to my room for the next six hours… dammit.

Siem Reap – Bangkok

Probably the worst day of the tour spending roughly 12 hours in busses and taxies.
The best was the from Bangkok bus terminal to our hotel: about 13 kilometers in about two hours. Yes the traffic was that bad! But not just that: during the trip the car died 21 times, the car showed the gas sign basically since we left and we listened to the same 2m30s song on repeat for about 1h30m. Ahhhhhh…

Siem Reap

We spent another day in the area visiting a children hospital and an orphanage, donated blood and rewarded ourselfs with another full body massage (Khmer-style for 5$/h).