My birthday, Hanoi
8. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
With two friends I know from Leipzig, who are in Vietnam at the moment, too, I celebrated my 29th birthday :) We went to a nice Café with a Vietnamese - American concert.
The next day I enjoyed myLue lisää
Halong Bay
12. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We booked a two day/ one night tour to Halong Bay. Because we didn't care about Tai Chi in the morning nor cooking classes, we chose the cheapest tour package, which was marked as "not good tour"Lue lisää
Back to Hanoi
13. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After visiting Halong Bay, we went back to Hanoi and spent some more time with our couchsurfing host Hanh and her cousin. They took us to more local food places and an Ice-cream-drive-in :)
In HanoiLue lisää
Dong Hoi
15. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Just a small town, where we stoped for two nights to visit the caves (around 40/70kms away). Anyway, after we've arrived we had some time to wander around the really empty roads, enjoy the sea andLue lisää
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park
16. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We rented a scooter in Dong Hoi to visit three caves today. After arriving in the national park we went first to Phong Nha and the Tien Son Cave.
After this our second stop was at the Thien DuongLue lisää
Hue
17. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Just spent one night here on our way to Hoi An. Anyway, we really enjoyed all the great food and cheap Cafés.
Hoi An
18. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Hoi An is a small and touristy fishing village. In the evenings lanterns are lit up in the streets as well as along the river. One of the specialities is White Rose, a kind of dumpling, which weLue lisää
Mue Ne
22. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Mue Ne is a long long road between two villages filled with hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and not much more. But there are some things to do. We walked around the massive Red Sand Dunes andLue lisää
Ho Chi Minh City
24. lokakuuta 2015, Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Our last stop in Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh City. We stayed here for 4 days with a lovely family with two super energetic children. Even if we saw the dad, who actually hosted us , ust once, the wholeLue lisää
Phnom Penh
28. lokakuuta 2015, Kambodza ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Our first stop in Cambodia was in the capital Phnom Penh. We stayed here for 3 days with our couchsurfing host Ryan from the US. For food, we went to a restaurant, cooked at home and also orderedLue lisää
Battambang
31. lokakuuta 2015, Kambodza ⋅ 🌫 6 °C
This is the second biggest city in Cambodia, but it feels like a small village. For two days we walked around the sleepy streets, saw some temples and made a new friend ;)
Siem Reap
2. marraskuuta 2015, Kambodza ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
In the evenings after visiting the temples we relaxed in Siem Reap. We went to a bbq with friends and to a nightmarket on another evening.
Angkor Temples
3. marraskuuta 2015, Kambodza ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
For two days Ali and I visited Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Te Prohm (famous for being in the Tomb Raider film) and many more temples. We cycled from Siem Reap to the temples, climbed steep stairs andLue lisää
Kongnokkheane
7. marraskuuta 2015, Kambodza ⋅ ☀️ -3 °C
Here we crossed the border between Cambodia and Laos. It was quite exciting, because we tried to avoid as many scams as possible. We were quite sucessful and after this and a 15 hours bus-ride weLue lisää
Pakse
8. marraskuuta 2015, Laos ⋅ ☀️ -3 °C
In Pakse we visited a temple and walked along the Mekong river. On the next day we climbed up many stairs to see a big Buddha.
Bolaven Plateau
9. marraskuuta 2015, Laos ⋅ ⛅ -10 °C
Today we went by scooter to the Bolaven Plateau. From the range of waterfalls available to see, we chose to have a look at Tad Fan and Tad Yuang. In addition, we made a short visit at a coffeeLue lisää
Vientiane
11. marraskuuta 2015, Laos ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
We stayed for 3 days in the capital of Laos. It's not a big one, but with some nice sights. For example we visited the Pha That Luang temple, which is the emblem of Laos. On our last day we managed toLue lisää
Udon Thani
14. marraskuuta 2015, Thaimaa ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Just a short overnight stop one hour after we passed the border to Thailand. It has a huge shopping mall and has a night-market that is at least the same size. I've seen the first christmas tree forLue lisää
Phitsanulok
16. marraskuuta 2015, Thaimaa ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
We hitchhiked to here from Udonthani. For around the 500km journey, it took us 6 different cars and 11 hours. We even got a ride on the back of a pick-up truck. Everyone was so friendly and helpful.Lue lisää
Chiang Mai
17. marraskuuta 2015, Thaimaa ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Chiang Mai is such a beautiful city. I really liked it here. Many temples, markets, nice restauranrs and Fish Spas. It tiggeled quite a lot, but my feet are now much smoother for sure :)
Mae Sot
21. marraskuuta 2015, Thaimaa ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After another good hitch-hiking experience with a short guided tour included, we spent one night in Mae Sot before crossing the border to Myanmar. We did couchsurfing with Franzi from Germany, whoLue lisää
Hpa-An
22. marraskuuta 2015, Myanmar ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After crossing the border at Mae Sot/Myawaddy, we got a car to Hpa-An. The ride was slow, four hours for 120km, so we continued on a pick-up truck for the next 400km... was not much faster ;)
Yangon
24. marraskuuta 2015, Myanmar ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Finally, after midnight, we arrived in Yangon to stay for a few nights. We walked around, tried tasty Burmese food and had fun with our two hosts Janis and two days later Stefan. Again, both fromLue lisää
Mandalay
25. marraskuuta 2015, Myanmar ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
In Mandalay the people were so friendly. Everyone waved at us or stopped to take a photo. We hired bicycles and went to Mandalay Hill and U Bein Bridge. In the evening we got a nice view of the palaceLue lisää
Monywa
27. marraskuuta 2015, Myanmar ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We went to Monywa for one night to see many Buddhas on the next day. We took photos of a huge standing one, a reclining one, a one-day-will-be-finished sitting one and many small ones with anLue lisää