Our hotel receptionist recommended a trip to Yen Tu mountain for us. He organised a driver who took us there and picked us up again when we were done. Around an hour drive from Ha Long city we found ourselves all of a sudden in a local touristy spot, being the only foreigners we earned recognising views from the Vietnamese. …
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The last part of the trip was already the way back, taking us through Austria. Instead of rushing home, we made a two-day stop at Zenzsee, camping right next to the water with a calm mountain backdrop that instantly shifted the pace again. The campsite was simple and quiet, exactly what we needed after the coastal buzz. Waking up with …
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The next day took us to Velika Planina, one of Slovenia’s oldest high-alpine shepherd settlements. Cable car up, then on foot across a wide plateau that has been used for grazing for centuries. The wooden huts aren’t decoration. They’re functional, built low with shingle roofs to survive heavy snow and brutal winters. Every summer, shepherds still bring their cattle up …
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One car, two people, one tent that definitely takes up more space than planned.We leave Dresden early, the city still half asleep, the car full of coffee, playlists and unrealistic timing estimates.We stayed for one night at AustriaCamp at the Mondsee in Austria, solid. The next day driving through the country passes in some long stretches of road, tunnels and …
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 …
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Because of the weather situation we decided on visiting a Greek island, Aegina is easily reachable by ferry in 80 minutes from Piraeus the port of Athens which is basically a town on its own and not a filthy one! Sunny side up we sat on the deck, riding along with the wind, classic! Our first mission was getting to …
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Again we were chasing the sun so after a short visit of the Acrocorinthos a not so ancient fortress and quite big, the next stop we made in ancient Mycenae. Heinrich Schliemann discovered the remains of the old Mycenae culture here in 1886 and started the excavations. The ruins are pretty old and ruined to the ground, just the impressive …
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Next stop, Delphi the home of the famous oracle of ancient times, it is said that the priestess was sitting on a tripod over an opening in the rocks and inhaling the vapour from the mountain, intoxicated she made the prophecies. Not just the Greek worshippers went to the holy place; even the romans and Alexander the Great later on …
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Casing the sun we directly went up north from Athens, travelling with a car in Greece is comfortable as soon as you’re out of the big city. Highways have tolls and country roads have speed checks but still everyone is driving fast and a bit crazy, I was just adapting to the locals 😉 In the end of our 5 …
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Perched high up in the mountains above 1000 meters, Bajawa is the Ngada trading outpost, the climate is rather chilly and it’s a welcoming change to the hot & humid lowlands. The little town is framed by forested volcanos, the biggest being Mt. Inerie at 2245 meters. Traditional villages, home to the Ngada people, are just close by and make …
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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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