Just posting this so that in 20 years I can say I had the idea first… Electric car motors are generally direct transmission (without gears) because they are effective over a much wider range than internal combustion (IC) engines. As a result they have a much smoother acceleration, no transmitted pulse from the individual strokes [...]
We stayed a few days in Luang Prabang, went cycling, went to some beautiful turquoise waterfalls and had a fancy hot-pot by the river. We even saw a “ballet”, though it was a far stretch of the word! After Luang Prabang we headed south to Vang Vieng. Vang Vieng is a terribly touristy town. It’s [...]
Recently we came back from a three weeks backpacking through Thailand and Laos. We started in Bangkok, spent a couple of days acclimatising, then took a night train up to Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai has (literally) hundreds of temples – you couldn’t run a hundred yards in that town without bumping into a Buddah – [...]
Weather forecast was dismal (rain and fog)… which meant hardly anybody went to Brauneck/Lenggries this Sunday. Hardly anybody accept Lukas, Lina and I that is. And when we got there, on the first gondola ride up, the sun broke through the clouds, and we enjoyed a great view all the way across the plains to [...]