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  • diving_whale shark_midnight blue elephant_annika Ziehen

    GONE DIVING.

    by aziehen

    Actually not true. I’m just sitting on my couch and dream of whale sharks, turtles & co. But my site seems to have gone under while I’m switching to another web host. It will all be worth it, but in the meanwhile please excuse the mess here –  The Midnight Blue Elephant come back up shortly!

    April 13, 2015
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  • marrakech_morocco_maison de la photography_baudelaire_midnight blue elephant_travel_annika ziehen

    HOW TO TRAVEL THE WORLD. WITH WORDS, PICTURES AND STARS.

    by aziehen

    I’m not a big fan of inspirational quotes. Some speak to me, but add a sunset or ladybug as backdrop and you have lost me. Mind you, I’m also not a big fan of poetry in general. Maybe I’m lacking a gene that you need in order to appreciate the description of silence or water meandering. Then again, while not being a fan of...

    April 9, 2015
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    EAT SLEEP LOVE, FAR FAR AWAY, MOROCCO, MUSIC
  • bangkok_love story_thailand_midnight blue elephant_annika ziehen

    BANGKOK, BABY. A LOVE LETTER TO A HOT CITY.

    by aziehen

    I think love and travel go hand in hand. You meet places, you leave places, you miss places. Just like you meet, leave, miss people and everything that happens in-between which you may or may not call love. There was no love between me and Bangkok when we first met, it was really just a drunk one-nightstand Quite literally because I had just stumbled...

    April 2, 2015
    Comment 1
    EAT SLEEP LOVE, FAR FAR AWAY, STORYTELLING, THAILAND
  • elephants_thailand_nikki beach_elephant sanctuary_midnight blue elephant_annika ziehen

    BREAKING BAD – THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

    by aziehen

    It’s Monday and time to address the elephant in the room. And yes, that was lame. And yes, I am also jumping on a band wagon here after a recent incident that was in the news, but after all this blog is called The Midnight Blue Elephant, so I won’t apologize for either. If you care to read my little about me page, you...

    March 30, 2015
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    FAR FAR AWAY, THAILAND
  • midnight blue elephant_thailand_chiang mai_bangkok_koh tao_travel_annika ziehen

    LIFE LATELY. MARCH EDITION.

    by aziehen

    The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind. Sorry, I actually hate this expression and hope you do too. But holiday life has indeed been somewhat busy and while I’m trying to decide where my sandy little feet will go for dinner I thought to give you a picturesque overview of what has been happening. I took full advantage of the business class...

    March 13, 2015
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    EAT SLEEP LOVE, FAR FAR AWAY, HOTELS ♥, STORYTELLING, THAILAND
  • underwater love_new heaven diving_koh tao_thailand_midnight blue elephant_annika ziehen

    UNDERWATER LOVE.

    by aziehen

    I thought I would panic once submerged in water. And if I did what would happen to me? I will hold on to you and you will breathe slowly, says Erkan, my dive instructor. Not the answer I am hoping for, because really the only thing worse I can imagine than panicking under water is panicking under water while someone is holding on to...

    February 27, 2015
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    EAT SLEEP LOVE, FAR FAR AWAY, STORYTELLING, THAILAND
  • hout bay_south africa_annika ziehen_midnight blue elephant_why i hate travel

    WHY I HATE TRAVEL.

    by aziehen

    I wanted to title this post Why travel is bullshit, but then I thought bullshit was a rude word, I shouldn’t use in a headline and so I changed it. But really, it is bullshit. You would think that I couldn’t dislike something that makes me so unbelievably happy, gives me butterflies like no guy ever has, and turns me into a better version...

    February 21, 2015
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    FAR FAR AWAY, STORYTELLING
  • mitbringsel_haribo_cape town_souvenirs_midnight blue elephant_annika ziehen

    TRAVEL MUSINGS, MISHAPS, AND MITBRINGSEL.

    by aziehen

    For all the years I lived in Cape Town whenever I would fly home or go on a trip I wrote an airport post for my old blog. Something about being at the airport always got me musing about moving from one place to another and life in general. And really what else is one to do than ramble and drink a couple of...

    February 6, 2015
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    FAR FAR AWAY, SOUTH AFRICA, TAKE (ME) AWAY
  • cape town_south africa_daydreaming_blue sky_cat_pizza

    DAYDREAMING OF SUBURBIA. OF CATS, PIZZA AND VERY BLUE SKY.

    by aziehen

    When I was sixteen I came to Cape Town for the first time. A big part of my family lives there and over the years all of my cousins from German had gone for a visit except for me. So when my older sister wanted to go I asked for a Christmas present in form of a plane ticket and begged her to take...

    January 26, 2015
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    DAYDREAMING, FAR FAR AWAY, FOODPORN, MUSIC, SOUTH AFRICA, Uncategorized
  • hammam_morocco_savon noir_beauty secret_el fenn_marrakech_midnight blue elephant

    A TRAVELER’S BEAUTY SECRETS: SAVON NOIR & THE MOROCCAN HAMMAM.

    by aziehen

    I’m not a girly girl when it comes to beauty things. I think sitting at a salon, getting my hair cut, is really boring, the few times I got a manicure I managed to immediately mess it up as soon as I was done, and I think the only great thing about being single in the winter of Germany is that you don’t have...

    January 18, 2015
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    BEAUTY SECRETS, FAR FAR AWAY, MOROCCO, TAKE (ME) AWAY

To buy or not to buy...

mitbringsel_haribo_cape town_souvenirs_midnight blue elephant_annika ziehen

TRAVEL MUSINGS, MISHAPS, AND MITBRINGSEL.

Published by aziehen

For all the years I lived in Cape Town whenever I would fly home or go on a trip I wrote an airport post for my old blog. Something...

February 6, 2015
Comment 1
FAR FAR AWAY, SOUTH AFRICA, TAKE (ME) AWAY
hammam_morocco_savon noir_beauty secret_el fenn_marrakech_midnight blue elephant

A TRAVELER’S BEAUTY SECRETS: SAVON NOIR & THE MOROCCAN HAMMAM.

Published by aziehen

I’m not a girly girl when it comes to beauty things. I think sitting at a salon, getting my hair cut, is really boring, the few times I got...

January 18, 2015
Comments 2
BEAUTY SECRETS, FAR FAR AWAY, MOROCCO, TAKE (ME) AWAY

MUSIC FOR THE ROAD

marrakech_morocco_maison de la photography_baudelaire_midnight blue elephant_travel_annika ziehen

HOW TO TRAVEL THE WORLD. WITH WORDS, PICTURES AND STARS.

Published by aziehen

I’m not a big fan of inspirational quotes. Some speak to me, but add a sunset or ladybug as backdrop and you have lost me. Mind you, I’m also...

April 9, 2015
Comments 0
EAT SLEEP LOVE, FAR FAR AWAY, MOROCCO, MUSIC
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DAYDREAMING OF SUBURBIA. OF CATS, PIZZA AND VERY BLUE SKY.

Published by aziehen

When I was sixteen I came to Cape Town for the first time. A big part of my family lives there and over the years all of my cousins...

January 26, 2015
Comments 2
DAYDREAMING, FAR FAR AWAY, FOODPORN, MUSIC, SOUTH AFRICA, Uncategorized

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bangkok_love story_thailand_midnight blue elephant_annika ziehen

BANGKOK, BABY. A LOVE LETTER TO A HOT CITY.

by aziehen

I think love and travel go hand in hand. You meet places, you leave places, you miss places. Just like you meet, leave, miss people and everything that happens in-between which you may or may not call love. There was no love between me and Bangkok when we first met, it was really just a drunk one-nightstand Quite literally because I had just stumbled from a plane onto Khao San Road, landed in a bucket full of nondescript alcohol, and left the next morning with a queezy stomach and not much memory of what happened the night before. A regular occurrence as it seems with Bangkok nights and one-nightstands all over the world. But as it sometimes goes, even with those one-nightstands, some stick with you and once you recover from the boozy haze you may even remember them fondly. I liked this one night in Bangkok enough to return within a year and then another year. You may say I have a crush on Bangkok. Of course the beginning of meeting someone new...

April 2, 2015
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ELEPHANT LOVE.

marrakech_morocco_maison de la photography_baudelaire_midnight blue elephant_travel_annika ziehen

HOW TO TRAVEL THE WORLD. WITH WORDS, PICTURES AND STARS.

Published by aziehen

I’m not a big fan of inspirational quotes. Some speak to me, but add a sunset or ladybug as backdrop and you have lost me. Mind you, I’m also...

April 9, 2015
Comments 0
EAT SLEEP LOVE, FAR FAR AWAY, MOROCCO, MUSIC
bangkok_love story_thailand_midnight blue elephant_annika ziehen

BANGKOK, BABY. A LOVE LETTER TO A HOT CITY.

Published by aziehen

I think love and travel go hand in hand. You meet places, you leave places, you miss places. Just like you meet, leave, miss people and everything that happens...

April 2, 2015
Comment 1
EAT SLEEP LOVE, FAR FAR AWAY, STORYTELLING, THAILAND
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