Good Morning Vietnam! Ha Long Bay

By Judith Scharnowski on Mar 25, 2015

Ha Long Bay is one of 7 Nature Wonders of the World and features thousands of limestone islands in various sizes and shapes. Do: Book a two-day-one-night-cruise and don’t choose the cheapest offer (we got a good deal with Lemon Cruise). The cruise company will pick you up in Hanoi and bring you back the following day. See: Caves, the beautiful island scenery...

Good Morning Vietnam! Hanoi

By Markus on Mar 22, 2015

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....

Sabaidee, Luang Prabang!

By Judith Scharnowski on Mar 19, 2015

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...

Angkor Wat

By Judith Scharnowski on Mar 11, 2015

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...

Two towers and two thousand malls

By Judith Scharnowski on Mar 6, 2015

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...

Number one so far

By Markus on Mar 3, 2015

We loved Singpore. There, I said it. But then again, everybody says that. Hence, here a few reasons why we do. It’s big – but not humongeous.  It’s by no means a small city, counting over 5 million heads, but somehow it does not seem as ridiculously big as other megacities. Maybe because the city centre is actually crossable (does that word even...