Ever wondered why they call it “sound bite”?
There are various reasons people get annoyed by me, but the one I am most proud of: I ask too many questions.
I can’t help it, I’m curious. I want to know how things work, why people do what they do the way they do it. Or sometimes just: what they do!
Do you know how radio news production works? Read more
Where’s the adventure?
This beats Joseph Conrad, no?
The way into the forest is no joyride to begin with. The van we get to the park entrance is driven by a maniac. I manage to sleep (because I fall asleep like nothing in moving vehicles), but the girls on board actually yell at the driver several times to drive more slowly and safely.
When I arrive: bad news. Read more
Equipped like Indiana Jones, my blade and I followed the others on the “trek” to the “Giant Rafflesia”
Organizing a trip to the Highlands has a bit of the feel of dealing with the Mafia…
Concrete Jungle
The big KL seems to like me more than Melaka. For lack of time to research, I drop by the No. 8 guest house, the place Caro stayed at back when she was in KL. With the metro it is easy enough to reach, and after some searching I finally find the place. Although more expensive than anticipated, the hostel is nice except for the construction going on and the bed bugs that I find on my second night. Seriously? Again? The search for an alternative is fairly sobering, however. All other places are really expensive or in worse condition than the hostel under construction. Later I will find out that other places are even worse on the bed bug front and in fact it seems pretty hard to find a bed in KL without them.
Preface:
What started as simply jotting down notes of the places I have been has changed in Tioman. I felt more inspired writing about this place than any before, so it actually reads more like the chapter out of a novel. Let’s call it realistic travel fiction 
. If anyone is in contact with publishers who might be interested in material like this, you have my email! 
March 28
I’ve grown wild in the two weeks on the remote Tioman Island
March 28
Rolling the dice in Singapore – wait, is that even legal?
I am finally entering the gate to Southeast Asia. The Emirates were not exactly what I had gone traveling for. In this state city, there is little to feed the stereotype of the dingy city of pirates and seafaring people, however. Singapore is a busy modern city with a reputation for strict laws that appear ridiculous. Don’t flush a public toilet: get a fine. Throw away trash: get fined. Every bathroom advertises the “right way” to wash your hands, every escalator has a sign reminding users of the “correct” way of riding it.
The more surprised am I when I arrive at the station in Little India and find trash on the street. Read more
I am Paul-Christian Britz aka @pcbritz, an aspiring German journalist with a degree in American Studies, Political Science and Film Studies. I am currently traveling the world and am looking for a journalistic traineeship in 2013.
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