Travel thoughts Philippines

Travel thoughts Philippines

Show wonders to Lia

The crappy hostel with

The deep thoughts in the repair shop, everyone around us just repairing drones while we talk in German about the time

Tell reason for downs

The guy selling in traffic jam

Selling people

Turning right into main street, police man tries to make sure that we come home safely, everywhere police with big weapons, traffic super aggressive with many people beeping the whole time but also driving like madness, feeling of no step being safe when walking, everywhere around us are people who live on the streets, this is the standard there (homeless, slums), crazy diseases in people's faces and bodies, animals too (dog with open belly), seeing the unfriendly faces everywhere as the danger is in everyone's mind, extremely hectic vibe of everything happening very fast and so even any robbery or murder feels possible any time, open streets everywhere, bag check, every 10m a guard with weapon, forgot wifi password

How Lia smiles, when I was reading out my notes about thinking about how other people might think, as she then explains because this is so beautiful, nobody ever understands us why we do it, but each other do, both always practicing this skill, this ability also helps a lot with movie production (what does audience think?)

Following this thought, after one day we again have a highlight... Making us talk about how rich we are in general, maybe the richest person on earth, having this soulmate, so deeply connected no matter what, after a long and deep hug, looking into each other's eyes, realizing how it is always there and probably always will be, both have this amazing wave of happiness overcoming us again

The annoying dog and game

The weirdness I and we missed so much and have back finally

The fancy mall, different part of Manila

The terminal 4 which is 10km apart from terminal 3 and the delayed flights (every single flight)

The extremely full hall

The long wait very well used with crazily deep and also super funny talks, like basically all day again, mein böbbis is back, 24/7 talking without breakes

The power of flying, creating beautiful moments and talks, so crazily deep again, Lia crying because of love, both feeling this amazingly deep connection, looking out of the window, descending while holding hands and listening to roadhouse songs,

Video at street food

Strange guy selling us food, from friendly to super serious within a second

Even guardsmen in burger restaurant

All homeless people have illness, otherwise there is always a job for anybody

Guards with shotguns

Alona beach like a small tourist party area, way more Westeners than usually on the Philippines

The cold nights

Everywhere people on the street standing and talking, even on a Saturday at 4am in darkness

Children very bored and tourists the only interesting thing in their day

Helpful Philippinos when you have problems

Everyone is smiling, waving and saying hello when we pass by

Food in restaurant more expensive but therefore so much more filling than street food, pays off for comfort and size

Tarsier have a smartphone in their face every day when they want to rest

First Philippino breakfast

Somehow I am actually happy to be in this bus. Experiencing in what country I actually am is better than always just being in the luxurious, air conditioned tour buses. Apart from one short time in Cambodia I haven't been in such a bus and so now should be the time.
Feeling the traffic, the smells, being way closer to the street we are driving on.
I would love to talk with her about all that but just don't know how... I would at least like a twin-cable for my headphones though
The Philippines seem hard to travel, and it is way more stuff to plan, now that she took over this task I feel strange after planning every single place I go since over a year. It might be better to do it together and therefore probably is also my fault that I showed too less interest in planning as she was doing it always anyway. She puts in so much effort and still I can't show her the appreciation she deserves for that and somehow always just become mad on the stuff that doesn't go right to 100% rather than showing her enough how happy I actually am that she researches so much and therefore makes this travel time so nice.

Sorry for being a retard sometimes, I don't want to do wrong to a person who is just trying her best so that we are happy

What are you listening to?

Movie scene! Texting on our phones, Lia stretching her face out of the window, experiencing the evening traffic, seeing the country she travelled to, fitting music playing on her headphones and in the scene, seeing all the different vehicles, scooter, trucks, cars, old and new, people having small shops, slums on the river,

I desperately want a twin cable for headphones

You know that I'm happy that we went on exactly this bus?

Better than Chinese tour bus? 😌

I don't want a life without struggle and always comfort, I want a life with joy, experiences, and well... you

Because I'm the Inbegriff of struggle and discomfort? 😁

This situation is new to me, not being able to talk to her and still being right next to her. It makes me think about her probably the most intense I ever had. Holding her hand, sitting right next to her and looking how she looks, whilst sitting in a crappy bumpy bus in Asia with no air con and having classic music in my ear.
I deeply start reflecting that person, what she did in her life and what she will do, how many nice moments she had and will have in her life as she carries this ability deeply in herself, how much great work will she produce and how much potential she can use being exactly this person. I have travelled a while and seen so many different characters and people but why nobody like her? Making me realize how special she actually is compared to everyone else I've met so far.
Her youth formed her a lot and all the people she met since then. I cannot describe how lucky I feel that met this person but maybe destiny brings people together who share the same thoughts and ideas.
With her in my life I feel like having enough strength to create something big, something that has an impact on many people.

I remember the very first time I was in a bus in Asia, how much I wanted Lia to be next to me and cannot fucking believe now she actually is, how crazy is this, and how cool is it to travel together with her apart from the luxurious car drives in Australia, I want to do it over and over again in my life, many countries on my/our list

Many of my thoughts in notes came on bus drives, I told you these things do crazy stuff to my mind

The mass tourism in oslob because of whale sharks

Constantly fed all day every day to show them to tourists

All the plastic in the ocean

The different transportation, crappy bus and night ferry

Rooster sleeping next to us, screaming out of boxes in the morning

Drone battery, work?

The ballet dancing guy

The mice in the hostel, one of the worst hostels ever, eating through backpacks, knife in bed, no fan at night, no wifi and electricity in morning, as well as no water

The nice attic room at Malayah

The super friendly staff, always remembering names

The bad ATM situation on Siargao, hardest way of getting cash ever, slow intermittent wifi everywhere too

Every day an ice cream, vacation mode of chilling and talking a lot, beach island vibes

German number plates on big SUVs

Do motorbikes have turbo chargers?

The guy welding with sunglasses

Is a human just the fool of nature? Free will? Destiny?

Fighting against dogs

How stressy it must be for the bus driver to drive three or more hours, overtaking small scooters the whole time, beeping every minute and only having a few inches a space in between

What a life do I live? Travelling such a long distance for money I've earned within an hour, seeing worlds some people never can or will, being able to experience more than 90% of the world's population, on top of that having a small cat sleeping on my lap

Being so excited to reset everything soon, set the clock to zero and start a new life over again in the Netherlands plus the old life

People interrupting our conversation in order to sell us something

Rent for tables, 150-300 to sit, if wanna eat have to pay extra

GTA bus driver, maniac

Movie idea: picture of future wedding, would you influence your actions?
You see a person who is not the person you are now with, after leaving that person you just cannot get over him, have many different dates, always searching for the guy with long hair and beard with small tattoo, eventually deciding to forget the picture, seeing her old boyfriend suddenly again after many years of no contact, he know looks exactly like the guy on the picture

Long time no writing as paradise took over life

Feeling the strong wind in your face, the setting sun drying the water off your skin leaving salt behind, hearing the waves next to you and feel how the water splashes on you, the sunset creates an atmosphere of peace and pure relaxation, this adventure you are in is called life, and once again -maybe even the last time on this long journey abroad- you are living it, feeling what it means to be able to experience a moment, a second, a day, a life

The Manila people and all the other Philippinos

The big 2go ferry with restaurant, cafe, shop and bar

People: Manila