We survived the “bus ride from hell” and made it to Hanoi, Vietnams biggest city – and it sure has to offer a lot. The old quarter buzzes with life, consisting of hundreds of shops and stalls, and thousands (or millions) of scooters. Crossing the street is an adventure, every single time. Do: Walk around the Old Quarter and try random street food....
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The street that connects Vang Vieng with Luang Prabang is about 150 kilometers, contains countless curves and holes and leads through a mountain area to 1’700 meters above sea level. What started as a nice little road trip with only the two of us in a Minivan ended up as a 6 hour torture: more and more locals got on the bus, filled barf bag after barf bag and...
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Laos – a country few people seem to know a lot about, and that’s somehow portrayed as a backpackers dream. Seemed enough reason for us to visit it. For lack of better planning, we decided to fly into Viantiane, the capital of Laos. It was the smallest plane we’d used to far, and we had a stopover in Pakse, a small town in the South of Laos. Even though we were...
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Since every traveler we met who had visited Cambodia was enthusiastic about Angkor Wat, we planned a stopover in Siem Reap to explore the area. We were welcomed once more by our two friends heat and humidity at the airport: They almost killed us when we stepped off the plane. The short ride to our guesthouse in downtown took us past an endless seeming strip of...
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Kuala Lumpur seemed to be just another big asian city at first sight. We arrived early in the morning with the overnight train from Singapore. It took us about 7 hours to arrive at KL Sentral station which is located in the middle of town. The metro system in KL is not as advanced as in Singapore, but it worked fine and brought us quick to our Airbnb. We were about...
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