Takeouts!
Trip Start
Sep 22, 2007
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Trip End
Aug 16, 2008
Marl, Germany
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Peru
A German girl to her friends at a crowded bus stop.
"I payed for a seat so I want to have a seat."
Alex and Lena, a German couple in El Pirata, Mancora discussing the topic socialism, communism, maoism with Rebecca.
Alex: "So communism is actually the same as Buddhism!"
Ecuador
John and Sarah (USA) at Cloudforest Hostel, Chugchillan:
"The Germans are good breeders!"
Johannes, a 19-year-old German about his love affair with a Colombian girl:
"That was pure passion, I can tell you!"
Argentina
Buenos Aires, Christoph from Switzerland and his Dutch drinking companions had a weird toast:
"Spritzen!"
They told us they had been watching many German porns ...
New Zealand
Drunk Kiwi at shabby Empire Hotel, Ross, South Island:
"You know, I hike a lot ... What I see ... The Germans always shit in the bush!"
Road sign:
"Arrive Alive Drive to Survive!
Bathroom sign at Bus Stop Backpackers, Otago Peninsula:
"If it's yellow, let it mellow.
If it is brown, flush it down."
Beach close South of Dunedin, South Island. A friendly German to an Englishman:
"Look over there! There are dolphins!"
Englishman checks his guide book and answers:
"No, they can be seen in Kaikoura!"
Road Sign
"Historic Place
Turn Right
300 m"
Guest Book entry by Germans at Lion's Den, Coromandel:
"Sweet ass, we have nice two days here. You can good relax and chillen. On this two days we do so much. On the night it was a little bit too cold but the nice feeling make all good. Good live here. Sweet ass Christian, Britta and Uli"
China
Boten, border crossing Laos - China. Chinese guy on the bus sees us and wonders
- "When these people get children, will they also such (blonde) hair?"
Zhongdian, Yunnan. Old Hippie from Berlin about his Hippie life and religion:
"At the moment, I'd call myself 90% Buddhist, 5% Hindu and 5% Sikh."
"My Ex the second oldest foreign nun in Thailand."
Sign at restaurant toilet in Zhongdian, Yunnan:
"Only pee, no stoll"
Shop sign on main road, Zhongdian, Yunnan:
"Satisfied race thing shop"
Sign above the urinal at Sam's guesthouse, Chengdu, Sichuan:
"One step closer, closer to civilisation"
(The ashtray someone had put on top of the urinal was full of cigarette buds - and pee)
Road sign, Chengdu, Sichuan
"No blowing, slow going"
The only traveller's restaurant in Kashgar, Quinghai. It has an English menu and is praised in the guidebook as the traveller's hole of the area. Rebecca to the waitress:
"We have a question."
The girl:
"Question??? I don't know."
Fellow traveller the at Traffic Hotel, Tashkurgan, Quinghai:
"I'm from Croatia. I came here on a scooter."
Pakistan
Carpet vendor in Karimabad:
"I was a Taliban. But then the Americans caught one of my friends and gave him weapons. So, I decided the whole thing makes no sense and gave up being a Taliban."
Muzaffa, our guide on the Nanga Parbat Trek:
"The guy where we'll stay tomorrow is a Taliban."
Two days before meeting point in Kathmandu, Nepal. Thomas' brother sends an e-mail:
"Fuck! Flight missed!"
Nepal
A jungle lodge in Gorkha Hamlet Hotel, Sauraha. Bugs buzzing outside in the lush garden. When we ask for a mosquito net, the guide says:
"There are no mosquitos here."
Same guide on a trek in Chitwan National Park:
"You are the honey, I am the bee."
India
Barber shop on the main street, Agra:
"Infection-free shaving!"
Signs on road from Manali to Leh
"If you drink whiskey driving is risky."
"Don't be a gama, in the land of the lama."
"Do you go to a party? Then why drive so dirty?"
"Better Mr. Late, than never."
"No hurry, no worry."
Pushy street vendor approaches us in Leh, Ladakh, beating his drums.
"Do you like drums?"
Rebecca:
"I HATE drums!"
Comments
.... sounds familiar
I can't help it - some of those comments and roadsigns sound darn familiar :) I hope you'll have some more take-outs, it is so much fun reading them! :)
... when will you marry? (Or did you already?)