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Would we like to begin a little bit rude, and look forward to this February once the weather for the town of Leer in Ostfriesland little closer to four degrees morning, noon six, perceived two degrees. Light Rain, Ice Pellets are not excluded. Tost Hinterm dyke choppy sea under thick clouds mountains.
Ina Drechsel from Leer laughs. She wears a light, salmon-colored top and a beach trousers. Her husband, Horst has not much longer, and he laughs too. The two are doing well, and you guess what: They are not empty - the two are at 30 degrees and sunny on Koh Lanta, an island in the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand.
And what is the best part: If the good life with them, says they must not go back. Ina and hot as he is now called - its the Thais can not pronounce the German name - have emigrated. Up and away. After Thailand. Add to paradise. Or what some people think that.
Ina and Horst, both 48 years old, are not lottery winners and no tax refugees. Ina and Horst are earth and bourgeois. They have only their own private dream of constant sunshine and smiling people.
Many friends had initially kept crazy. Ironically, in Thailand wanted the two contractors from Leer unstop a German bakery, a cafe with Ostfriesen Ostfriesentee occupied and rye breads. And they had a logo out that of the Jever Brewery ( "Frisian-herb") is similar. Some times only ordered a shot, when she learned of the plan. InAs mother wept. The two were probably mad! Where was it at all, this Koh Lanta?
Beach hut and Diving with Mantas
The Empty looked at their guide. The fact that Koh Lanta consists of two islands, namely Koh Lanta Yai and Koh Lanta Noi, and is home to 20,000 inhabitants, stood there. That the people are predominantly Muslim and most of them on the shrimp farms and coconut plantations to work.
And that parts of Ko Lanta Yai, and several smaller islands National Marine Park in 1990 had been declared. Against the plans of the Thai government to the islands to declare a nature reserve, had the Islanders, however, successfully defended. The business with the tourists, they wanted to be a couple of environmentalists from outside can not spoil.
15 years and came Horst Ina regularly here. In the island of Hin Daeng could be so wonderful with the manta dive, Ina enthuses: "And anyway, the water is clear and full of seafood." Often Ina Horst and remained two or three months on the piece continued. On Koh Lanta, they had a small beach hut rented by the sea, and occasionally they also explored other dive areas - in the Philippines or in Indonesia.
If they were empty again, they were homesick for Thailand, sometimes for weeks. But watt mutt, mutt datt, they thought. There was, finally, the construction companies. And now and then but it was also seen by the right. But the times have been harder for the construction industry in East Friesland. As more and more competitors came from the East and more and more clandestine. That business was barely profitable. When the Ökoregierung in Berlin came to power, increased thermal insulation in order to Drechsel. But it was no longer as before.
When Ina and Horst in the spring of 2007 by friends learned that on Koh Lanta Santos, the bakery had closed and her verhökerte inventory, the time was ripe. The two Ostfriesen did not hesitate long. The company was sold in Leer, after 18 years, and 80,000 to 100,000 euros seed money to loose.
Ostfriesentee under palms
With 170 kilograms of luggage and Ina Horst came to Koh Lanta and rented a Suzuki. Moreover, they had so the hut by the sea. But how will a contractor baker? Ina once dominated just a few cakes. Fortunately acquaintances knew right from Lake baker: Günther and Beata, who had lust and three months' time. But when the baker Lake arrived in October 2007, was the work permit for Ina Horst and yet not there. The company however was purchased - all officially - and "Nang Sabai" baptized.
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The time ran. As the document was finally here, the ambitious pair stayed just four weeks, the pretzel bread baking and learning. But everything went well. Soon was the first in the Black Forest gateaux Regal, liverwurst and rye breads. The company sign with the slogan "Ostfriesische-herb 'dangles on the road. The tea steamed under the palms, the first guests arrived.
Koh Lanta is booming so, since a few years ago, a car ferry was put into operation. Since settling here, more and more sun-starved Europeans, which marks its spot on the street are: "Hammarby Bar, Café Brits," "Cafe Francais". Even 50 to 60 Germans living on the islands. The course came first in the "German Bakery". And then came the tourists.
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The hotels on Koh Lanta is very nice and the beaches are gorgeous, but the breakfast! "Usually there's only schrumpelige sausages and cold fried eggs," says Ina. Quick presented the Neubäcker on the situation. Every morning is the cafe for breakfast for guests is now open. On the wall hang the flag and the Ostfriesland by the City of Leer.
We offer eleven hot coffees and six cold. A rye bread with liverwurst there for 90 baht (about two euros) and Toast Hawaii for 80 baht, and you can get a "Mr. Toast with pork and asparagus order. The ingredients come almost exclusively from Germany - via an importer in Bangkok.
Quick Drechsel had to recruit staff. Nine Thais now working for them. The workday begins at 4 clock morning. Have they presented the so? "We knew however that there is nothing for nothing," says Horst, "But back? No we do not want back."
Now the two left-outs can only hope that Bangkok is not already crazy plays. When in December the international airport demonstrators frozen, broke even on Koh Lanta of tourism.
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