We also stayed in Ha Long city during the lunar new year, Vietnamese people call this time of the year: Tet. It’s this week where the whole usually super busy country comes to a full stop. Restaurants and shops close, everybody is going home to celebrate with their families. Enjoying home made food and celebrate the year of the snake. …
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The next day took us to Piran, and within minutes it was clear that this wouldn’t be just another stop on the route for an overnighter. We loved it instantly and decided to prolong our stay to two full days without thinking twice. We stayed right in the old town, at Maja Apartments near the lighthouse, surrounded by narrow streets, …
Continue ReadingWe hired a driver for the entire day, which in theory suggested freedom, flexibility, and perhaps a spontaneous detour or two. In practice, it meant we were going to exactly one place, very thoroughly. The destination was Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the oldest continuously inhabited monastery in the world, set deep in the Sinai mountains near Saint Catherine. The road there …
Continue ReadingLeaving Cairo felt less like a departure and more like an escape executed without drama. A short flight carried us east to Sharm el-Sheikh, where the airport was calm in a way that immediately suggested we were no longer part of the country’s nervous system. We bought a SIM card right there, without negotiation, which again felt suspicious. It worked. …
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I went for a daytrip to Rinca island to see the Komodo dragons, I also wanted to see the flying bats in the evening and as this is not a typical tourist program I ended up chartering a boat for a day- felt good to be in control of the trip and not depending on the tour operator! The biggest …
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I heard and read some stories about Bali before even getting there, those stories lowered my expectations. And it is really touristy especially in cities near the airport. The beach is crowded and surfer wannabes ride the waves. I met a lot of Australians and there are plenty of restaurants, bars, t-shirt vendors, hotels, hostels and home stays. On the …
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Mt. Mayon looking over Legazpi, wherever you are, you’ll spot the perfect cone shaped stratovolcano. Measuring 2.462 meters in height and being super active with the last eruption just 3 years ago Mayon is a buddy to count on. More info https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayon_Volcano I went all around with a motorbike, the so called Mayon 360°, roughly 80 km. It can easily …
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A small rural beach town on the main island of Luzon is in the tourist focus from December to May each year, that’s when the whale sharks migrate through the area. There is also another town in the Philippines advertising whale shark tourism but there the animals are fed and they stopped migrating and just stay in the area, plus …
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After 36 hours of travels I met up with some friends in Palawan the so called last frontier of the Philippines. The country itself is influenced by the Spanish for more than 300 years, so current names still are Spanish like El Nido or San Fernando, the food is Spanish and American influenced as is the language, which is a …
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The islands are nothing but a natural beauty, a paradise in Papua, above and under the water! I often needed to look twice to check if it’s real; it’s just insane, so sick, incredible and beyond belief! The spectacle was already starting when flying in from Jakarta to the capital of the Maluku island chain named Ambon, big cloud formations …
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Sunrise and sunsets are probably the best-est of times to explore Hampi. It looks like a veritable lost world and…
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