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    Athens

    21 mai 2024, Grèce ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    And back in Europe. Acropolis and ancient agora were quite nice, the other locations are quite small in comparison. I especially liked the agora with the reconstructed Stoa (covered walkway, probably market stalls) you can walk in, it's a lot more impressive than some ruins that you can't get close to.En savoir plus

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    Singapore

    17 mai 2024, Singapour ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    The contrast to the other countries is stark.
    So much green space in the city, and it's really quiet. In some places you even walk next to the highway but can barely hear it.
    Probably since there isn't that much traffic with the good public transport and a proper city design with noise cancelling architecture.
    It feels pleasant to walk around here, and it doesn't really matter in what direction you go. Everywhere there is something inviting to discover, even if it's just some stores or cafes.
    You never feel out of place and no one bothers you while you walk around.    En savoir plus

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    Nusa Penida

    5 mai 2024, Indonésie ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    Probably some diving.
    After that back to Bali, maybe some surf beach. Then 15th flying to Singapore for few days then to Greece Athens.
    The West side is a lot better than the north, but in general everything is very stretched out over the island. You really want or need a scooter, at least if you want to go to the picture stops for tourists.En savoir plus

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    Lotus flowersBa Thien Hau TempleBinh Tay market

    Saigon district 5

    14 avril 2024, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    A bit more exploring of Saigon.
    Went towards Chinatown, there is a flower market on the way. Lots of colored flowers.
    A whole city block with lots of repair shops for bikes and tons of spare parts, even quite old parts too. A temple or two was also in the way.
    Lots of markets too, most either for food especially dried or spices. And others just for clothing, with dozens of small independent stalls.    En savoir plus

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    Walking street, bars and restaurants and loud enough music to damage your ears.
    Old post office

    Ho Chi Minh aka. Saigon

    6 avril 2024, Vietnam ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    Big city and finally the public transport is in Google Maps, so you can get around easily without grab/taxi.

    Watched dune 2 with couple people in the hostel, sadly a let down. Didn't know they split the move in three parts(at least), thought there were only going to be two. So it looked pretty but not much happened most of the movie.
    Cinema room was nice though, leather seats, that can fully recline and lots of space between people and rows.

    Went to the war remnant museum and Independence Palace, showed how brutal the war was in the end.
    The museum primarily focused on the war crimes and atrocities, like the chemical warfare with stuff like "agent Orange". Used to deforest but at the same time caused a lot of human injuries and birth defects.    En savoir plus

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    Summer palace 3Just a random side road

    Dalat

    4 avril 2024, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Town in the Highlands, a bit less heat in the day here. But no air-conditioning anywhere, so still hot indoors most of the time;)
    Visited the "crazy house" there, which is basically more of an art Installation than house/hotel. Lots of wall paintings and hardly any right angles. Reminds you of Friedrichsreich Hundertwasser meets fairy tale theme. (Like a theme park without the rides)

    And i went to one of the summer palaces of the king.    En savoir plus

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    Hoi an

    23 mars 2024, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    I went to Da Nang and heard about the lantern festival in hoi an on the full moon so i only stayed one night there. Going back to da nang to travel further afterwards.
    The festival was nothing special, it's every day. The only extra thing is they turn off the electric lights for one hour. But they don't really replace them with candles or lanterns, so it's just darker.
    But I met nice people here, so it was worth the change of plans to come here;)
    Bicycle to the beach in the day and stroll around the river markets and bars in the evening.    En savoir plus

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    Theater

    Hue

    20 mars 2024, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Made my way down from Ninh Binh to Hue, one overnight in Vinh. But it was non stop raining, so i kept moving. Could be a nice non touristy city, quite new-ish. Since it was destroyed in the war.
    Waiting out a bit the rain here.
    Visited the imperial city here as well. And it's big enough to fit a small city.    En savoir plus

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    Sa Pa

    13 mars 2024, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Small city out in the mountains, popular spot for some hiking and overnight stay in homestay with locals.
    Does look quite interesting with the lights and the fog.
    Still got a bit of a cold, so haven't done hiking yet.En savoir plus

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    Ha Giang Loop, Day3

    12 mars 2024, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    On the third and last day we went to the king's palace. Afterwards through Yen Minh to the weaving village where they showed us traditional hemp/linen production.
    Then with a shortcut back to Ha Giang so people could catch the afternoon or evening bus.En savoir plus

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    Ha Giang Loop, Day1

    10 mars 2024, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Ha Giang loop is a popular motorbike route through the limestone hills and mountains.
    You can either rent a scooter or get an easy rider, basically a driver that takes you on the back of his bike around.
    I did the 3 day 2 night tour with Odyssey hostel. We were 4 people in the group plus the 4 easyrider.

    The first day was very foggy and cloudy, so we couldn't see much.
    We went first to heavens gate then to du gia waterfall with a lunch stop somewhere in between and stayed overnight close to the waterfall.    En savoir plus

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    A traditional house, small shrineLiving / tea roomKitchen with rain barrel(the white on the right)Master bedroom with carvings and perl ornamentsSmall open courtyard in middle of the house

    Hanoi

    6 mars 2024, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    I thought Bangkok was busy, kuala Lumpur even more. welcome to Hanoi, even busier and more chaotic on the roads, hardly any place to walk due to parked bikes and stores, so you mostly walk on the road and dodge the motor bikes.
    And so much pointless honking, non stop.    En savoir plus

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    Malacca

    25 février 2024, Malaisie ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C

    They do love their led lights here. At night everything seems to light up.

    Probably going to Singapore next, the islands(perenthian and tioman) on the north side are still a bit too much in the rainy season.En savoir plus

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