Off to new adventures
2018年8月9日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 31 °C
Long awaited, I finally embark on this adventure. And I actually enjoy the fact that I'm going to do this just by myself. I didn't realize how much I had missed this exciting feeling of not knowingもっと詳しく
Strolling around Saigon
2018年8月9日, ベトナム ⋅ 25 °C
Having just arrived, I strolled around the vicinity of my very "budget" hostel and started to sample some of the food. Loved the night market at Ben Than.
A packed first day
2018年8月10日, ベトナム ⋅ 28 °C
My first full day in Vietnam, and also my last as a pedestrian, was packed like this vendor's bicycle. I walked around the central area of Saigon and visited some of the important sites: Opera House,もっと詳しく
Childhood memories triggered
2018年8月10日, ベトナム ⋅ 30 °C
Growing up in socialism leaves a mark. I was not prepared to be reminded this much of my childhood. The level of public communist/socialist propaganda and art/architecture is astonishing but not asもっと詳しく
Must-try food in Vietnam: Phở
2018年8月11日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
I absolutely loved this soup (or rather stew) which usually comes either with chicken or beef bits. On the side you get any number of leafy vegetables which you can add to the stew and make the tasteもっと詳しく
Museum of fine art
2018年8月11日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
The last place I wanted to see before heading out on my trip towards the north, was the Museum of fine arts. Even the building itself was interesting and seemed to carry a lot of older and newerもっと詳しく
First day on the motorbike
2018年8月11日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
The adventure has started: I rented the motorbike without problems and set out on my first long-distance ride in the afternoon. After my first 3 hours of driving in Vietnam, I must say that the chaosもっと詳しく
Vũng Tàu
2018年8月12日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
It's 811 stairs to climb up Tao Phùng Mountain and another 133 inside of the Christ the Redeemer statue until you reach it's arms, from where you have a nice view of the South China Sea.
La Gi - Coco Beachcamp
2018年8月12日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
In most places I couldn't stay two nights in a row if I wanted to keep my schedule, so I continued to La Gi (~95 km) in the afternoon. Not really satisfied with hotel prices, I settled for an unusualもっと詳しく
Po Klong Garai Temple
2018年8月13日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
A bit more than halfway on today's leg to Nha Trang (~300 km), I had the chance to visit Po Klong Garai, or also: Tháp Chàm Phan Rang (Cham Towers of Phan Rang). It was an impressive andもっと詳しく
Nha Trang
2018年8月13日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
It was supposed to be a famous beach town. What I found was a tourist trap, full of newly constructed hotels and resorts as well as a lot of ongoing construction. The town centre consists of travelもっと詳しく
Driving to Quy Nhon
2018年8月14日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
The trip took me from Nha Trang to Quy Nhon today (~210km). It was very windy and not easy to drive. But there were spectacular views along the coast again. Something new also happened: my first flatもっと詳しく
Hội An at night
2018年8月15日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The ride from Quy Nhon was about 300 km, so it took the whole day. Nevertheless, the picturesque colonial town gave an amazing first impression after dark. I tried an interesting new food option (rollもっと詳しく
Hội An - lovely mix of styles
2018年8月16日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
During the day, Hội An revealed its full charm. It's an interesting mix of Chinese, French and Vietnamese architecture with some Japanese influences. It's beautifully located on the banks of theもっと詳しく
Chance encounter in the old town
2018年8月16日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
For a while now I had been toying around with the idea of a few basic language lessons, and when walking around the old town of Hội An, looking for a language class, I was pulled in an educationもっと詳しく
Pit stop in Đà Nẵng
2018年8月17日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
My rental contract forced me to do an oil change every thousand kilometres, so I went to the almost neighboring city Đà Nẵng and combined it with little sightseeing. The most interesting featureもっと詳しく
Hải Vân Quan - turning point
2018年8月17日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
I already knew I wouldn't be able to go all the way up to North Vietnam, so I decided to make this my turning point and enjoy Hội An and the surrounding area a bit more. Hải Vân Quan, a mountainもっと詳しく
Hội An - chilling
2018年8月18日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Today I took a long needed rest from driving or sightseeing and spent the day sampling different local foods and chilling at the beach, only making the most necessary trips.
Tuy Hòa - surprise food
2018年8月19日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
I had to start going back towards Saigon at some point, so today's drive got me as far as Tuy Hòa (~390 km), another beach town. What appealed to me the most there, were the seafood restaurants on aもっと詳しく
Ride to Đà Lạt
2018年8月20日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
These 250 km felt like a trip through three different countries. For the first time, I left the lowlands near the coast with its rice fields and crawled up a mountain pass with spectacular viewsもっと詳しく
Đà Lạt
2018年8月21日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
It was significantly colder than what I had experienced so far and everyone (including me) was wearing jackets. The town felt much more European and the architecture seemed partially experimental,もっと詳しく
Đà Lạt - Crazy House
2018年8月21日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
Everybody was talking about the Crazy House, when they heard I was going to visit Đà Lạt. So I saw for myself: It was truly a crazy architecture and you shouldn't be afraid of heights, as you canもっと詳しく
Đà Lạt - Thiền Viện Trúc lâm
2018年8月21日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 24 °C
This beautiful monastery with its quiet green gardens was an amazing contrast to the otherwise very busy everyday life in Vietnam. Overlooking a lake and with the mountain in the background, it reallyもっと詳しく
Flat tire #3
2018年8月21日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 27 °C
On the last long stretch of the trip, the 310 km back to Saigon, I had my third flat - this time it was the front wheel for a change. But it didn't really stop me for long...
Last day in Saigon
2018年8月22日, ベトナム ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
On my last day in Saigon I managed to visit the Independence Palace, which had been closed the last time, and I took a few rounds through to town before I had to give back the rented bike the nextもっと詳しく