'SunSan' ( Henning Wessel) has passed away

[violet]

shocked.
so sad to hear this. He was one of the good ones.
Rest In Peace and my thoughts are with all his family and friends.
xx

[scoffer]

After taking some time to understand the meaning of this post I have to say:
Henning - I'll miss you, In real life you were a staunch guy.
Luv'ed ya heaps. Kev.

I'm guessing his wife might be in a land of hurt at the moment,
If you guys in country can assist, please do so.

You have my respect and admiration - Kev

[KL&fool]

Pass across peacefully, gentle soul. Your grace, generosity and affable personality resound throughout eternity. Many owe you a huge debt of gratitude. Those who never met you wish they had. Pass peacefully.

[scoffer]

Pass across peacefully, gentle soul. Your grace, generosity and affable personality resound throughout eternity. Many owe you a huge debt of gratitude. Those who never met you wish they had. Pass peacefully.

I'm still struggling with this news, but KL's words do ease my worries,
Rest In Piece Henny.
You were a kind soul and always a gentleman.

[andyinasia]

Thanks for all the condolences. I think, if some of you could add one or two anecdotes, as KiR has done, I'll put this thread in a link when I email his sister; that way his family will have a portrait of Henning and how he was regarded by the community here.

[penguint]

so sad, RIP, Henning. Henning was a great guy- we will miss him and his ever helpful posts terribly. on Kh 440, and many other sites too

[andyinasia]

so sad, RIP, Henning. Henning was a great guy- we will miss him and his ever helpful posts terribly. on Kh 440, and many other sites too

I know he was very active and helpful on Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree site - maybe someone who has an account can post something there, and any other tourism sites you know he posted on.

[LTO]

Knew him on a couple of other boards as well as this - TOA and LPTT.

Terrible news. Don't know what to say. At a loss for words.

RIP Henning.

[LTO]

so sad, RIP, Henning. Henning was a great guy- we will miss him and his ever helpful posts terribly. on Kh 440, and many other sites too

I know he was very active and helpful on Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree site - maybe someone who has an account can post something there, and any other tourism sites you know he posted on.

I'll see if I can dig up my old password for LP.

[scoffer]

so sad, RIP, Henning. Henning was a great guy- we will miss him and his ever helpful posts terribly. on Kh 440, and many other sites too

I know he was very active and helpful on Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree site - maybe someone who has an account can post something there, and any other tourism sites you know he posted on.

Done......

[Jacked Camry]

Dammit. Henning was a great guy. A real pleasure to know, a man who got on with anyone he met, regardless of their background. A bon vivant with a great love of food, drink and pleasant conversation. Very sad. Rest in Peace, my friend.

[violet]

SunSan/Henning helped me retrieve and store some things that I had left behind in Cambodia. He didn't have to help, but he did simply because he could. He was good at helping people, like with taking the effort to find an effective means of delivering aid to rural villages that weren't being helped any other way during the major flooding.

Poor Scoffer won't have anyone to abuse about food porn now.

A good man who will definitely be missed and will be remembered with affection by many. I owed him a drink and a meal... it will have to wait for another lifetime now. x

[jm]

One anecdote: In eight years of boat cruises, Henning was the only one to decide to jump in the river. No announcement, discussion of the pros and cons, he just stripped off his shirt and jumped in. An adventurous spirit.

[Chuangt2u]

RIP Sunsan. Youll be missed here.

[keeping_it_riel]

I remember when I had the idea of writing an article - 'The K440 Minimarket Challenge': the idea being that a bunch of us would descend on a well stocked minimart one Saturday afternoon and drink one each of every alcoholic drink they kept in their fridges and simultaneously, as a group, review each and every beer, lager and stout.

First name on the teamsheet was, of course, Henning and I recall that even as the event fell into total disarray as one by one we all got ridiculously drunk and slid under the table, Henning kept his head held high and took meticulous tasting notes. After drinking us under the table, he then scooped us all up off the floor, put us in his car and took us for a burger at the old Lone Star. What a trooper.