Daniel // SwissInHKG 🇨🇭
@wyssdaniel.swiss.social.ap.brid.gy
Born in Switzerland, living & working in Hong Kong & Vietnam, traveling in Europe and Asia, creating content on YouTube, father of a football player […]
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Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I […]
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mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I […]
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Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
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mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
Roi Et wasn’t on my #thailand list at all – and somehow it became one of my favorite places in Thailand. Quiet temples, a cold 13°C morning, and the best Isaan lunch by the water. Here’s my Roi Et travel story […]
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swiss.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Roi Et wasn’t on my #thailand list at all – and somehow it became one of my favorite places in Thailand. Quiet temples, a cold 13°C morning, and the best Isaan lunch by the water. Here’s my Roi Et travel story […]
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Three more pictures from yesterday’s hike in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 🥾
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Three more pictures from yesterday’s hike in Hong Kong 🇭🇰 🥾
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On a hike yesterday.
It was gloomy. But finally, after one week without training due to the business trip, I am training again.
It was gloomy. But finally, after one week without training due to the business trip, I am training again.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
On a hike yesterday.
It was gloomy. But finally, after one week without training due to the business trip, I am training again.
It was gloomy. But finally, after one week without training due to the business trip, I am training again.
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I was heading with my son to a Swiss BBQ on last Sunday. And here are four pictures I made, and I really do love them a lot. Pui O is a beautiful place.
If I had not told you, would you believe that this is Hong Kong?
If I had not told you, would you believe that this is Hong Kong?
October 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I was heading with my son to a Swiss BBQ on last Sunday. And here are four pictures I made, and I really do love them a lot. Pui O is a beautiful place.
If I had not told you, would you believe that this is Hong Kong?
If I had not told you, would you believe that this is Hong Kong?
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4 photos made today!
The warmup. The captains before the game. The fans. The goalkeeper after the game.
6 : 2 win vs. Hoi King in the HKFA JCL. A good start into the weekend.
The warmup. The captains before the game. The fans. The goalkeeper after the game.
6 : 2 win vs. Hoi King in the HKFA JCL. A good start into the weekend.
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
4 photos made today!
The warmup. The captains before the game. The fans. The goalkeeper after the game.
6 : 2 win vs. Hoi King in the HKFA JCL. A good start into the weekend.
The warmup. The captains before the game. The fans. The goalkeeper after the game.
6 : 2 win vs. Hoi King in the HKFA JCL. A good start into the weekend.
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I was traveling this week and didn’t take too many photos. But I tried it out from the plane, through a dirty window, at night. Not too easy.
But Ho Chi Minh 🇻🇳 looks nice from the top.
But Ho Chi Minh 🇻🇳 looks nice from the top.
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I was traveling this week and didn’t take too many photos. But I tried it out from the plane, through a dirty window, at night. Not too easy.
But Ho Chi Minh 🇻🇳 looks nice from the top.
But Ho Chi Minh 🇻🇳 looks nice from the top.
Bezahlen mit Crypto auf dem Night Market? Wäre definitiv dabei beim Testen. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x7ukfheciyt33m5g4yh4ssse/post/3lwvcpgae6k26
Daniel / SwissInHKG 🇨🇭🌏 (@wyss.social)
That could be a very interesting development for travelers to Thailand. https://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/business/2025/08/18/thailand-starts-testing-crypto-to-cash-tourism-payment-system
bsky.app
August 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Bezahlen mit Crypto auf dem Night Market? Wäre definitiv dabei beim Testen. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x7ukfheciyt33m5g4yh4ssse/post/3lwvcpgae6k26
What I did 24 weeks ago, I am trying today again.
I am testing with this post if the fediverse works properly, as promised.
And if I can see that post on my Bluesky account @wyss.social and my Threads Account @swissinhkg
I am testing with this post if the fediverse works properly, as promised.
And if I can see that post on my Bluesky account @wyss.social and my Threads Account @swissinhkg
July 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
What I did 24 weeks ago, I am trying today again.
I am testing with this post if the fediverse works properly, as promised.
And if I can see that post on my Bluesky account @wyss.social and my Threads Account @swissinhkg
I am testing with this post if the fediverse works properly, as promised.
And if I can see that post on my Bluesky account @wyss.social and my Threads Account @swissinhkg
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If you think you might have a big train station. Let’s compare with Guangzhou South.
April 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you think you might have a big train station. Let’s compare with Guangzhou South.
Mastodon brings me a lot of new, interesting subscribers. Check the description 😂 She is probably the more cute scammer, agree?
April 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Mastodon brings me a lot of new, interesting subscribers. Check the description 😂 She is probably the more cute scammer, agree?
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The second football game vs. Hong Kong’s Lee Man was challenging. But thanks to another clean sheet and a penalty we won 1:0. So I made a short reel for my son to celebrate! 🎉
March 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The second football game vs. Hong Kong’s Lee Man was challenging. But thanks to another clean sheet and a penalty we won 1:0. So I made a short reel for my son to celebrate! 🎉
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Match Day! 🙃
First league games in the higher leagues after the promotion. Good luck! 🤞
First league games in the higher leagues after the promotion. Good luck! 🤞
March 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Match Day! 🙃
First league games in the higher leagues after the promotion. Good luck! 🤞
First league games in the higher leagues after the promotion. Good luck! 🤞
I am testing with this post how the fediverse works. And if I can see that post on my Bluesky account @wyss.social and my Threads Account @swissinhkg .
January 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I am testing with this post how the fediverse works. And if I can see that post on my Bluesky account @wyss.social and my Threads Account @swissinhkg .
This story is 20 years old. But I never really shared it. I never posted it anywhere on the internet. It’s a story about a friend. A story about #thailand. And a #tsunami.
https://travel-explore.asia/2024/12/25/twenty-years-after-the-tsunami-a-personal-story-about-memories-and-remembrance/
https://travel-explore.asia/2024/12/25/twenty-years-after-the-tsunami-a-personal-story-about-memories-and-remembrance/
<h2>Twenty Years After the Tsunami: A Personal Story about Memories and Remembrance</h2><p><strong>Some memories stay with us forever. We remember exactly where we were during major events like 9/11 or life-changing moments like having our first child. Twenty years ago, on Boxing Day 2004, I experienced one of those unforgettable moments. On December 26, 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that killed at least 225,000 people across 14 countries. And I will never forget it.</strong></p><p><!--more--></p><p>Back then, I was living in <a href="https://travel-explore.asia/category/switzerland/">Switzerland</a> and didn’t know almost anyone from Thailand. In 2003, I met a girl named Bee. She was visiting her sister in the South of Switzerland. They had a small restaurant there, and on a local website, she was posting some entries in a so-called forum. Her sister wanted to play matchmaker. Yes, this was how things worked back then, long before Tinder took over. So I agreed to meet her. She spent one full day with me. I showed her around my hometown and took her on a tour through Switzerland. Yeah, I was 23 or 24 years old and already pretty adventurous. However, since she couldn’t speak English or German, we struggled to connect. She carried a small book titled “English for Lovers,” but communication was incredibly difficult in those pre-Google Translate days. Eventually, she returned to <a href="https://travel-explore.asia/category/thailand/">Thailand</a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="750" height="563" src="https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5359.jpeg?resize=750%2C563&ssl=1" alt="Kata Beach Viewpoint, Phuket" class="wp-image-806" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5359.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5359.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5359.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5359.jpeg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Kata Beach Viewpoint, Phuket</figcaption></figure><p>A year later, my mother passed away from cancer. The day after, I received a call from Thailand. It was Bee who had learned English, and she could finally speak with me. However, feeling unwell and having just lost my mother, I told her I would call back. But I didn’t. Moving forward, on December 26, I was celebrating Christmas with my uncle in Switzerland. At 11 pm, we decided to have a drink at his favorite Thai bar, the only one in town. It was likely not an official bar, and drinks were sold at cost, labeled as a private party.</p><p>That bar gave me one of my best Christmas memories. I enjoyed drinking beers and singing karaoke. I remembered Bee and told my uncle: I need to call her tomorrow! Just as we were leaving the bar, the earthquake happened.</p><p>The next morning, I woke up and remembered to call Bee. On my way to the landline phone, I checked my old Nokia mobile phone, where I had saved her phone number. That’s when I also received a couple of text messages. At that time, breaking news was delivered by text message. Mobile internet didn’t exist. It was the first time I read about the Tsunami. I realized Bee was working in Phuket, and I started calling her. But, of course, no one answered the phone.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="750" height="563" src="https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5397.jpeg?resize=750%2C563&ssl=1" alt="The Big Buddha nearby Kata Beach Viewpoint" class="wp-image-807" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5397.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5397.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5397.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5397.jpeg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">The Big Buddha near Kata Beach Viewpoint</figcaption></figure><p>Two days later, I finally found her sister’s phone number. She still owned that small restaurant in southern Switzerland. That’s when I learned that no one had heard from Bee. I made two or three more calls in the following days. As far as I know, no one has ever spoken to or seen Bee alive until today.</p><p>I often wondered: what if she had called me just before my mother died, or what if I had responded differently? What if I had called her back right away? We had plans to spend Christmas together – either I would visit her in Phuket, or she would come to Switzerland. If our plans had worked out, she might still be alive today. Or I would have been in Thailand on Boxing Day 2004. I know such questions are pointless and don’t change anything. But even now, 20 years later, I always remember Bee and the Tsunami at every Christmas party.</p><p>Thirteen years later, in 2017, I finally visited Phuket. The photos in this blog post are from that trip. </p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="750" height="563" src="https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5713.jpeg?resize=750%2C563&ssl=1" alt="Karon Beach in Phuket" class="wp-image-809" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5713.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5713.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5713.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/travel-explore.asia/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_5713.jpeg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Karon Beach in Phuket</figcaption></figure></p><p><a rel="tag" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://travel-explore.asia/tag/khao-lak/">#KhaoLak</a> <a rel="tag" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://travel-explore.asia/tag/memories/">#Memories</a> <a rel="tag" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://travel-explore.asia/tag/phuket/">#Phuket</a> <a rel="tag" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://travel-explore.asia/tag/thailand/">#Thailand</a> <a rel="tag" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://travel-explore.asia/tag/tsunami/">#Tsunami</a></p>
travel-explore.asia
December 26, 2024 at 6:12 AM
This story is 20 years old. But I never really shared it. I never posted it anywhere on the internet. It’s a story about a friend. A story about #thailand. And a #tsunami.
https://travel-explore.asia/2024/12/25/twenty-years-after-the-tsunami-a-personal-story-about-memories-and-remembrance/
https://travel-explore.asia/2024/12/25/twenty-years-after-the-tsunami-a-personal-story-about-memories-and-remembrance/
Test 👋 @swissinhkg
December 5, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Test 👋 @swissinhkg
So, I think that is it. I like @ivory. But just cancelled the subscription.
I see some of you are following my other account @swissinhkg - and that's now also my main account for the Fediverse.
I don’t like cross posting to many channels, and that's why I […]
[Original post on swiss.social]
I see some of you are following my other account @swissinhkg - and that's now also my main account for the Fediverse.
I don’t like cross posting to many channels, and that's why I […]
[Original post on swiss.social]
October 25, 2024 at 5:33 AM
So, I think that is it. I like @ivory. But just cancelled the subscription.
I see some of you are following my other account @swissinhkg - and that's now also my main account for the Fediverse.
I don’t like cross posting to many channels, and that's why I […]
[Original post on swiss.social]
I see some of you are following my other account @swissinhkg - and that's now also my main account for the Fediverse.
I don’t like cross posting to many channels, and that's why I […]
[Original post on swiss.social]
Looking back on two days in #vientiane, #Laos.
I enjoyed the start of my trip, even though I was fighting a cold. It was nice to explore Laos for the first time.
I enjoyed the start of my trip, even though I was fighting a cold. It was nice to explore Laos for the first time.
October 7, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Looking back on two days in #vientiane, #Laos.
I enjoyed the start of my trip, even though I was fighting a cold. It was nice to explore Laos for the first time.
I enjoyed the start of my trip, even though I was fighting a cold. It was nice to explore Laos for the first time.
Walking. It’s the best way to experience the city and learn about the locals, not from a taxi or a five-star resort. That’s what I did in Manila. Here is the story on my website: https://travel-explore.asia/2024/09/08/the-streets-of-manila-a-14-km-walk-through-the-pearl-of-the-orient/
September 8, 2024 at 10:40 AM
Walking. It’s the best way to experience the city and learn about the locals, not from a taxi or a five-star resort. That’s what I did in Manila. Here is the story on my website: https://travel-explore.asia/2024/09/08/the-streets-of-manila-a-14-km-walk-through-the-pearl-of-the-orient/