Hello Jet Set Zero! My Name is Michael (27, Social Worker) and I’m from Germany … well actually I’m from Bavaria, that’s near Germany! You may ask yourself why I’m telling you this … first of all, because I really really like Bavaria! Its a great place to live, we have beautifull mountains, clearblue lakes, amazing food and most important – all my friends and my family are there!  And second – I have to apologize for being from this country! I hope you will understand, that sometimes without any purpose I will make some mistakes …  maybe I write “mäibi” wrong or my language sounds a little bit rude! Forgive me, I’m from Bavaria!

Why am I writing here? Easy answer – because I’m living the dream! The last eight month I’ve been traveling through Southeastasia – Thailand (1), Laos (1), Vietnam (2), Thailand (1) again, Cambodia (1), Vietnam (1/2) again and Thailand (1 1/2) again! Long time, a lot of storys, a lot of questions and only a few answers! But these answers I wanna share with you, I hope you will enjoy them and if you have more questions, just ask!

How do I know Jet Set Zero? I was lucky, really lucky! It began with one of my many visits to Bangkok … sitting at the table in my favorite guesthouse and thinking about what to do and where to go next it happend: Tyler showed up! He told me all about the idea of JS0, about his life, about his feelings, about his wishes – in only two days I knew that I’ve found a new friend! We had some great days with the whole cast, wondering through the city of angels and all of them where so amazing, friendly and open that I was sure never  to forget them!

After my next trip through Cambodia and a pretty difficult time in Vietnam (long story, maybe I will tell it to you someday) I decided to go back to Thailand, not really knowing what will happen … and I ended up sharing a room with Bogdan and Evan, eating with ThaiMum + Dad, going to a Lakehouse, making Party with Ladyboys, relaxing in Pai, watching Loi Kratong, having great and deep conversations, making new friends and definetly having one of the best parts of my whole journey! I was “at home”, with my big JS0-Family and for a moment there was no other place on earth that I wanted to be more!

Goodbye Jet Set Zero! In Germany we have a saying: “Everything has an end, only the sausage has two!” So true, isn’t it? Also my time in Thailand with all the new friends had to come to an End … and what an END! Last Dinner with ThaiMum + Dad, I swear I have never seen so many men crying at the same time! It was heartbreaking but yeah, life goes on! Goodbye JS0!

Hello Jet Set Zero, again! And here we are again! In the spirit of JS0 Jean-Pierre and I decided to go to Australia and to be totaly broke when we arrive there … well the “broke-thing” was not really a decision, more the fact that I enjoyed life without any regrets! And I still dont have them! For what? Money is just money … it makes things sometimes more easy, the rest of the time it is just “there”! So, at the moment we are couchsurfing in Penang (Malaysia), in two days we head to Kuala Lumpur and from there … PERTH, Australia! Our Goal? Guess what … life in the country, make some money, go on traveling! Jet Set ZERO continues!