Jascha Grübel

Author: Jascha Grübel

  • Flattring

    You might think I missed an ‘e’ in flattering, but I didn’t. Today I’d like to present you a social micropayment service. As you might have noticed, a new button has arrived under my blog called ‘flattr’ – there is also a facebook like-button, press it if you liked what you read. What is this…

  • Indotrip: Bira

    So today I’m running a bit late in writing you for several reasons. Today I’m going to tell you about our stay in Bira. A sleepy seaside village at the south-eastern part of South Sulawesi. If you come under the week you may even wonder how there could be tourism at all in such a…

  • Indotrip: Hotel Carolina

    One remarkable place on our trip was the Hotel California – wait Hotel Carolina – we stayed in Tuk Tuk, a peninsula on the peninsula of Samosir in Lake Toba. If you’re still confused by California, Tuk Tuks (really not the transportation!) or the peninsula on the peninsula, take your time. For the others I…

  • Revamp

    I decided quite a while ago to change the look of my blog. Tonight I went through with it. I found a design and made some minor changes to fit it to my imagination. I hope you like the new design. With the new design an improved accessabilty of older content was introduced. Now you…

  • Indotrip: The Beginning is the End

    This had been the three fastest weeks of my life, at least it felt like that. I remember  like it was yesterday how I waited at the Jakarta International Airport for two hours because my two good friends Hanke und Adrian wouldn’t come out. But actually yesterday I saw them walk back into the Jakarta…

  • A more quiet Time

    So folks, I barely ended my stories about Ujung Kulon, just to announce the next trip. Starting this sunday I will trip around Indonesia with two friends. We will hit Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and Bali in the said order. I cannot promise to write you within this three weeks, though I will try to. It…

  • About Ujung Kulon: The final Chapter

    We arrived in Tamanjaya thinking our car would await us and we would go straight back home. Far from the truth this thought was. Our driver hadn’t arrived yet, but we didn’t worry yet. We did our business like paying for the guide and the boat and getting a free lunch – to get the…

  • About Ujung Kulon: Pulau Peucang

    The jungle we left behind us, but before we dared to get back to civilization, we chilled at the beautiful Isle of Peucang with it’s snow-white beaches. With a tiny boat we crossed the strait and got of at the complex on the Peucang Island. There is a ranger station, a tourist office, three buildings…

  • About Ujung Kulon: Green Part 3

    Last but not least. The third day of green, until it turned blue. What? You’ll get me in a second, or two. Staying in the second shelter was not too comfortable, but I guess that’s the price you have to pay for an adventure. We couldn’t really sleep (it was only 6p.m.) and talked for…

  • About Ujung Kulon: Green Part 2

    The second part of the green is dedicated to the second day of my trip. You have already seen the beach of the second day, now you may see the forest. It was a long and hard marsh that day, but in the end, when we reach the abandoned shelter, we also reached happiness. Happiness…