Hong Kong

After a 17 hours flight with a stopover in London, I finally arrive safely in Hong Kong - the city with the largest number of skyscrapers in the world. 🏙️
Victoria Harbour

Before I fall asleep in my (rather less) premium room in a hidden guest house after the exhausting journey, I explore the harbour at night. ⛴️
Lantau Island

Well rested, I make my way to Lantau Island - the largest island in Hon Kong.
After a 2-hour queue, I'm finally on the cable car up the hill - it was worth the wait! 🚠
At the top, in the villageもっと詳しく
Hong Kong by night

strolling through the city at night, exploring the various night markets and celebrating new year's eve with millions of people at victoria harbour 🎇🎆
Recovery from the hectic city

The city is loud, colorful and big - no question about it. So it's all the better that I can find some recreational areas to relax in. 🌳🎋
I also made a few friends straight away 🐢🐢
Hong Kong from above

getting up early to see Hong Kong from above without having to queue for ages. 😅
I take the Peak Tram up the highest hill on Hong Kong Island - Victoria Peak.
Once I reach the top, I am amazed -もっと詳しく
Nan Lian Garden

before heading to the airport, I spend the last hours in Hong Kong visiting the Nan Lian Garden 🌳🪷
bye China 👋🏼

Hong Kong was loud, big, colorful, crazy, and very exciting! 🏙️💥
The fast-paced city is one of the top 10 most expensive cities in the world and now has around 7.4 million inhabitants.もっと詳しく
Good morning Vietnam

After Hong Kong, I head to Ho Chi Minh (formerly Saigon). When I arrive, I quickly realize that the city is anything but more relaxed and smaller than Hong Kong - which is what I actually hadもっと詳しく
Strolling through Ho Chi Minh

In Ho Chi Minh, I visit the War Remnants Museum, write a postcard in the famous central post office, visit the café apartments and explore Chinatown 🏮🏤
A street food experience

Street food has been part of the Vietnamese cultural landscape for a century. From cities to remote villages. From vendors on bicycles to pushcarts and stalls. In Vietnam, street food rules theもっと詳しく
Mekong Delta

3:40am and the tour can start.
Two hours later, we reach our first stop by boat - a small floating market. Ms. Ha - our tour guide - provides us with fresh exotic fruits, Vietnamese sweets and, ofもっと詳しく
Can Tho

In Can Tho, I feel like I'm the only tourist. There is mainly street food and hardly anyone speaks English. Most communication takes place via Google Translater. 😄
I have my laundry washed hereもっと詳しく
..the tour continues

We visit a small village and eat pho with the locals. such incredibly warm people!
We learn how chili is grown there and visit several noodle factories. 🍜🌶️🥬
We meet locals singing karaokeもっと詳しく
48h in Nha Trang 🏝️

After the hectic and eventful last few days, I treat myself to two days at the beach. 🌊
Nha Trang is also known as the Ballermann of the Russians, and I meet a few of them, but this is kept to anもっと詳しく
Hoi An

After a 10-hour bus ride in a less comfortable overnight bus, the day starts in Hoi An with a shopping tour in the market, a boat trip through the coconut forest and a cooking class afterwards.もっと詳しく
The City of Lanterns

Day 2 in Hoi An: I drift through the old town, visit some temples and try the very famous "coconut coffee" 🥥 ☕️
In the evening, the city is illuminated by hundreds of lanterns (This is by theもっと詳しく
Hải Vân Pass

The next day starts a little more stressfully. I miss the shuttle to the train station, so I book a GrabBike, which takes me to Da Nang train station in just under an hour. 🫠
From there, I takeもっと詳しく
Hanoi

When I arrive in the capital of Vietnam, I am greeted by rain and cooler temperatures. 🌧️
After checking into my hostel, I meet up directly with Steffi to plan the next few days.
The nextもっと詳しく
3 Vorarlberg girls in Vietnam

By chance, we meet another girl from Vorarlberg at our hostel and visit Hanoi’s most famous street - Train Street together. 🚊
It‘s super touristy and of course, the Vietnamese people tookもっと詳しく
Halong Bay Experience

After a 3-hour bus and ferry ride, we reach our accommodation somewhere in the middle of nowhere, in the countryside on the island of Cat Ba. 🌴🌿
Next to papaya trees and banana palms, we canもっと詳しく
Cat Ba national park

The next day, we decide to visit Cat Ba National Park.
We first take the moped to a cave and then continue from there to the starting point of the hike.
After countless steps, we reach the top andもっと詳しく
Vietnam‘s „dry Halong Bay“

We decide not to sleep directly in Ninh Binh, but in Tam Coc, because this is where most of the sights are. Starting with the Mua Cave and the Mua Peak, which you reach after about 500 steps and has aもっと詳しく
Tam Coc

The next day we go on another boat tour. Among other things, we drive through a 1 km long cave and make stops at various temples. Parts of King Kong - Skull Island 🦍- were also filmed in this area.もっと詳しく
Escaping the cold

Unfortunately, the weather in the north doesn't quite play along and I decide to spend my last few days in Vietnam in the south again (instead of the Sa Pa and Hajang Loop 🥲). Off we go to Phu Quocもっと詳しく