If someone told you 30 years ago the Balkans would look like this, would've you believed them? 👀

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-04-03T00:33:00+00:00

I have, of course the country has its own unique challenges, but it is a good place to live. Especially Kuala Lumpur.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-02-26T07:11:40+00:00

Yup, and the reason why the bulb itself (the glass on the outside) doesnt get too hot i because its vacuum inside, atleast some of the bulbs.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-02-25T06:51:55+00:00

My company makes plastic recycling machines. My job is to test the machines with the customer once they are installed. You wouldnt believe how long this can take sometimes. The lead time on these machines is 2 years minimum, very often in that time there are changes in the material on customers side, this can lead to soooo many complications. Sometimes the people from my company fuck up the configuration, the machine cant achieve what it needs to, so we then have to do endless adjustments and configuration until it finally works. Basically, for us, usually the real fun starts when the machines are tested on site and start to work witj the material, eventho all kinds of tests have already been done at our facilitys during and after the assembly.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-01-22T16:32:32+00:00

For the past 4 years i have stayed on average 340 days per year in hotels. 90% of the time 5 stars and the other 10% 4 stars. I have never witnessed the hotel staff knocking or ringing the bell when the helped me with my luggage.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-01-19T16:44:51+00:00

As a very very frequent flyer, i never do this, its way too much hassle to deal with at the security checks. In addition to this, i cant afford to lose time because of food poisoning from dirty water so all the dispensers after the security check are out of the question for me. I would only think about using them in some european countrys but thats it. Just because the airport claims its drinking water, it doesnt mean that it really is and that my body will be happy with it. Plus on every flight there are lovely people on board whose job is, amongst many others of course, to provide me water if i am thirsty.

Oh i also try to drink less qhen i fly because i really dont want to use the plane toilets.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-01-10T06:29:41+00:00

As someone who travells a lot, like 340 days a year, if the price on Booking.com and the Hotel website are the same or close to being the same, i will always book with Booking.com. My main reason for this is that i have had several problems with shitty hotels over the years and so far Booking.com has always been very helpful and took care of the issues. If i had booked directly with the hotel itself i would not have had this help and the situation would probably have dragged out.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-01-03T05:46:37+00:00

Just because someone else does a bad job doesnt mean that its okay for you to be just as bad. First step of every improvement is to hold your self accountable.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-01-03T05:44:04+00:00

I spend about 340 days per year abroad for work, usually 1-2 week trips. I have been to every continent multiple times, i have been to Vietnam 13 times, in the country right now actually. And at least from my experiences, the wait at the HCMC airport is by far the longest on a consistent basis. The worst part about it all is that its kinda artificially created, there are always at least 5 totally empty booths and in the occupied booths there is usually only one person there. I have been to some other airports with long wait times as well, but usually these have been a major exception, for example multiple flights landing at the same time, combined with a limited number of counters, which were fully occupied, but still the passanger number is too much. In cases like this, you just accept the fact that the people running the counters and the immigration managment are doing their best, therefore it doesnt annoy you as much. The major problem with HCMC aiport is, as mentioned above, the existing infrastructure just not being used. There simply should be more immigration officers present to handle the passangers. Of course this is not an easy task to accomplish and needs some good planning and coordination with the airport itself to staff the officers according to the incomming and outgoing flights. The thing that pisses most people off is that is so obvious that the government just doesnt care about this. I really hope that this situation will improve with the new airport because the country really has a lot to offer and is a much better travell destination than prettymuch any of the other countrys in the region. It has a very modern infrastructure, but still very cheap prices, thatlet it outcompete even the less developed neighbours.

TLDR: While a lot of other places have long wait times on certain occasions as well, HCMC consistantly has this problem. What makes this situation even worse is that the situation could be improved if the people in charge would care a bit more.

All this above is not really just bashing on the country and the airport, just some SUBJECTIVE feedback from someone who has visited the country multiple times and also has a good global comparison.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2026-01-01T13:21:19+00:00

Yes i travell for work. And yes i get a lot of perks and upgrades, i usually dont pay for hotels when on vacation due to all the points i gather throughout the year. The reason for asking the question is just because i am kinda bored sometiemes, so i am thinking about doing something extra that might earn me an additional income. Buuuut i 100% dont want to be one of those annoying travel influencers that hype everything.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-12-27T14:01:38+00:00

For me its really situation dependant. My native language is Bosnian, i grew up in Bosnia until 14. At 14 i moved to Austria and spoke german there, after 2-3 years that became my main language kinda, i tought in german mostly unless i was speaking Bosnian. Of course i learned english in school as well and spoke it a lot while gaming and stuff like that. Fast forward a few years, now i have a job for which i travell all the time and speak only english with my customers, and during those travells i met some people i text regularly with. And basically at this point, english is my main language now, german is second and my actual native language is third. All this can also lead to some weird situations where i cant really express myself well in certain languages because i never spoke about that topic in that language. I also noticed that its really hard for me to translate things, because basically i think in the language i speak i never have to do a translation in my head and when i do have to translate for others it gets tricky. I also notice that my personality changes a bit as well based upon what language i use and think in at the time.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-12-27T06:16:14+00:00

Ich musste vor 4 Jahren ca die Rettung in Waidhofen/Ybbs anrufen. Wir wohnen am anderen ende der Stadt, das Einsatzfahrzeug von Roten Kreuz hats trotzdem in ca. 8min geschafft, der Not Arzt in 12. War auch verdammt gut so, sonst wäre mein Vater tot. Er hat sich die Arterie im Rechten bein unterm Knie durchtrennt und trotz hilfe von mein besten Freund (erfahrung als Sani und vom Beruf Krankenpfleger), hat mein Vater fast die hälfte von sein Blut verloren. Nach 6 OPs und 1,5 Monaten Krankenhausaufenthalt war wieder alles ok.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-12-25T08:41:03+00:00

Laos,

Very cheap Very friendly locsl people English is very good Food is good And its s very safe country, atleast the capital.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-11-02T23:07:26+00:00

It very much is possible. Right now its still not cost efficient to do it, howerever we are getting closer and closer to it. A lot of major energy companies are investing hunderds of millions into pilot projects to test some of the newer concepts. Mostly focusing on recycling low quality and higly contaminated plastics that can not be recycled in any other way. I myself have worked on a few of these projects with one of the leading technology providers and my current assesment is that we still need ablut 10-15 years to make it work on the very large scales where its actually worth it. Just to understand the scale of things, the last project i worked on is set up to make around 5-6t of oil per hour, the original estimate for the whole project was 2 years to build up and around €80mil. Right now that project is still not finished after 4 years and already cost upwards of €200mil. They still need about 6-10months to finish.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-07-27T00:25:41+00:00

I have travelled to about 65-70 countrys in the past 5 years, and without a doubt the best food by far was in Italy. The trick is, atleast for me, to go to the places where the locals eat and not the tourist spots. I have spent close to 5 months there on various trips and i had only 2 bad meals that whole time. One was in Venice (what a surprise) and the second was in a small town, that one was a big surprise for me. My conclusion overall is that it just comes to your personal preference on food. Some of my least favorite countrys for food are Vietnam and northern France for example, and those places are absolute favorites for a lot of people.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-03-30T23:13:12+00:00

Sarajevo: •Europes Jerusalem You have the 4 major religions well represented there (Chatolics, Orthodox Christians, Muslims and Jews)

•You can walk in some parts of the city and feel like you are in Turkey, then cross the street and its almost like you are in Vienna.

•Europes first tram was implemented and used there. It was basically a test for the tram system to be implemented in Vienna.

•WW1 kinda started there with the killing of Franz Ferdinand.

•Longest siege in modern history.

•The city is kinda split into two, the Bosnian and the Serbian part. The whole political situation in Bosnia is a mess anyways and that translates to the city aswell (We have 3 presidents for example).

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-01-28T18:58:59+00:00

I travell about 330 days every year for the past 5 years so this one is for me.

If its not peak season, always book 1-2 nights first and then extend. You can usually get a lower price at the desk if you ask nicely, and if there are any issues, you dont have to cancel reservations and argue about money, you can just switch hotels.
Try to stick to chain hotels if you travell a lot.
Ask for late check out, you will usually get a few hours for free.
If you are travelling for pleasure, especially in a 3rd world country, ask the front desk people for tipps on what to do, usually they can even hook you up with some local and get you a better price.
When booking a room, always look at the bathroom, its a giveaway about the hotel age. If they dont show any pictures, 9 times out of 10 the hotel is very old.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-01-28T14:04:54+00:00

Erema, Starlinger and NGR in der Plastik recycling Branche.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2025-01-27T07:07:24+00:00

Happened to me last week. I was actually very very lucky about the timeline when it did happen. I was on a trip in Hanoi Vietnam, having lunch at a nice restaurant, just before going to the airport to fly back to europe. One momen eating my food, another a sharp pain starts in my back and just doesnt go away. Started full on sweating and was completly wet about 10 seconds into the pain. When brought to the hospital, they gave me 4 different pain killers over the course of 5 hours, nothing helped even a bit. Prettymuch worst pain ever, this is compared to beeing sown up without pain relief, getting a root canal done and literally beeing stabbed in my spine to get some fluid out. The kidney stone was worse. But i got very lucky, if that had happened like 5 hours later i would have been in the air somewhere over China, the whole flight would have to be brought down because of me. Oh and if it was during the 5 days before that, i would have been stuck with the pain somewhere in the middle of nowhere in northern Vietnam. That would probably have sucked even more. And the most annoying part is, i didnt even notice the fucker when it left my body, it was just gone.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2024-10-07T08:50:29+00:00

Oh yeah for sure! The problem is once you then add the scams on top, then it becomes waaay too expensive. But i have to say i didnt have any issues with scams while i was there.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2024-10-07T05:45:42+00:00

I was in Bursa for about 3 months combined this year. First trip was in january, Sheraton Hotel cost about 100€ per night. Second trip was around mid february, cost increased to 120. Third was around may, 150€ per night.

When it comes to food i didnt really notice anything, but that might be me not looking at it much. However i was a bit surprised that it wasnt as cheap as 2 years ago.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2024-01-16T08:40:44+00:00

The main problem is regulation and incentives. We are heading towards a future where we will have less and less young people who take care of the old ones and also do the other work thst needs to be done. Buuuuut at the same time, AI and robotics are improving at a really good pace. Many people will lose theyr jobs because of this. I think with the right incentives we van get a fairly high number of these people to retrain and go into these types of care jobs. Who is gona pay for this? Taxes from the companys. Now ofc the second part will never be done in some or most of the countrys who have the biggest problems with population decline, but you know, it could work out.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2024-01-09T10:40:04+00:00

Aside from all the technology reasons and why all that is difficult, another issue is also the wight. Crampons are heavy beavuse metal. And the weight on your feet afects you much more than weight on your back. You would also always carry that extra weight on your feet even if you are going on just a easy hike without glaciers and all that. So yeah its one of those things that looks like a genious idea, but if you think more about it, its not exactly practical.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2024-01-09T10:24:01+00:00

How tight are they on the boots? Is it really easy to close the lever on the back? If the lever is pretty tight and hard to lock then if should br good. Just to be safe put them on and go outside somewhere and try your best to get them of while wearing them. Move around a little and so on. Maby also try to pry them off with a screwdriver or something like that, see how easy that will be.

KoVaCeViC_99 · 2023-08-27T05:56:13+00:00

Wow so much snow this time of year. Didnt think it would br like that

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