“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.”
Shirley MacLaine
About me:
Hi, my name is Tobi Stricker!
I quit my job end of February 2017 to pursue my dream: Traveling the world. On my blog Mutual Horizons I want to give you an update on the things I experience as well as my personal photo of the day. In addition to that I will also share with you some general things I learned and experienced in form of longer articles for your benefit.
Mission:
One thing that I’ve learned during my travels so far then it is that, like Shirley MacLaine said, people are not as different than you might think. It is my mission to inspire you as my reader to go out there and see for yourself. Life can be frustrating in times where our political leaders and media try to rise the fear for what is different and try to keep it out by shutting down the borders. To counter that it is even more important to raise the cultural understanding and acceptance with positive media.
Vision:
It is my vision to take a part in that by interviewing people on my travel to show not the differences, but the similarities to you my reader. In addition to that I will also ask these locals about their favorite places to go to and also about some inside tips to come up with short and pragmatic travel guides for their home town. Often when I go to new places I only have one or two days to stay and not enough time to read pages of guides. But I still want to know something about the people, the main stream sights and have some insider tips. I will provide you with these short guides based on the knowledge of people who actually live in these cities.
I am happy to also upload travel guides like these from your home town. Or are you interested in meeting up or taking active part in my adventure feel free to contact me!
“Only together we can make this world a better place, let’s start the journey into new Mutual Horizons!”
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Living in Blumenau, Brasil
My time working and living in Brasil After my time in Switzerland I moved to Blumenau Brasil for a work related assignment in January 2020. Besides work I was able to experience a new culture make great friends and see many beautiful places. Within this post I would like to write about my highlights. First […]
Top 10 Sights of Switzerland
After living one year in Switzerland I want to sum up my time within this article. Overall I can say I had a blast. The alps and lakes offer so many activities and new places to discover. This can be overwhelming in the beginning. So a little top 10 guide should help. Starting out with […]
Climbing Mount Kinabalu
This post is about my trip to Borneo to climb the highest peak of central South East Asia: Mount Kinabalu.
Return to Europe’s historical center of Athens
In the end following the tracks of ancient Greece – Travel log no. 97 Early in the morning I arrived in Greece and took the tram to Athens. I met up with my host Vaios who had prepared some traditional BBQ. We had some really good conversation about the ancient history of Greece. Like where the […]
The fantastic metropole of Singapore
Reunion in one of the most western melting-pots of Asia– Travel log no. 96 I arrived early on Tuesday morning excited to meet Johan again. My first contact with Singaporean culture I had on the bus station. A really friendly old man paid my bus ticket and explained me the system and ways of his […]
The country of thousand islands – the Philippines
Exploring the capital Manila and the island of Mindoro– Travel log no. 95 My Philippines experience began probably with the worst flight you can imagine. The airplane left Taipei at 3 am. Luckily I met a really nice Filipino Carl who was my seat neighbor. After arriving in Manila he even gave me a ride […]
Reunion in Taipei, Taiwan
Meeting up with Wang family and exploring Taipei – Travel log no. 94 After 4 intense days in Vietnam I flew off to Taiwan. In Taipei Sabrina’s sister Fei and her mum picked me up. Sabrina lived with my family in Germany for one year during a Rotary Exchange year. Finally I was able to explore […]
My time in Vietnam
Exploring Northern Vietnam, Hanoi and Da Nang – Travel log no. 93 At first I flew into Hanoi to explore my first real communistic country. On the airplane from Bangkok I met a couple Romain and Katie. Together we drove into town. After checking in I had enough time to explore Hanoi. After a nice dinner with […]
The lost temples of Angkor Wat
Exploring the temple complex of Angkor Wat – Travel log no. 92 In the morning I left Bangkok to drive to Cambodia. On the bus I met two other Germans. Tim and Sven are also from Kiel really close to my home town. Together we planned on discovering the temple complex in Siem Reap the next […]
My stay in Bangkok
Exploring the capital of Thailand, it’s markets and temples – Travel log no. 91 In the morning at 4 am the bus arrived in Bangkok. Together with two friends from Slovenia I went to the famous Khaosan road close by. Unfortunately by that time even here most of the places were closed. Never the less we […]
