Last Friday I received my visum for Myanmar by post. Everything went smoothly – perfect. The visa itself consits out of a entry and stamp in my passport and three Din-A4-pages with entry- and exit-data on it.
At the moment I am worried about the situation in Thailand and Bangkok. As I am arriving in BKK [...]

As Vienna has no Myanmar ambassy in Austria, I have to get my Visa at the embassy in Berlin.
I had to send

my passport,
the Visa-documents,
three passport-pictures,
an envelope with my adress and german stamps

to the embassy in Berlin. Beyond this, I had to

transfer the amount of 25 EUR for the Visa to an account in Germany.

The interesting [...]

Today I met Robert and Wolfgang - both had been in Nepal last year (check Wolfgang’s Nepal-Blog here: www.sugarmelon.com/nepal). Robert showed me his pictures from his trekking-tours and with Wolfgang I had some chats about India and Nepal.
There are two possible routes, travelling through Nepal and arriving in Kathmandu.
Route 1 is from Darjeeling, passing Kakarbhitta and [...]

Friday early in the morning I was standing in the indian embassy in Vienna at Opernring 1 (1010 Vienna). Some people were standing in the small line: Two backpackers, one business-traveller and an indian couple.

I was excited… Gave the ambassador my visa-sheet, an image, my passport and 50 EUR for a 6-month-travelling-visa (shortest you can [...]