Luang Prabang, Laos – Ancient city and its temples

Luang Prabang – First Impressions The decision to visit Luang Prabang, a world-renowned UNESCO heritage town was a random one. A random, unexpected, and a memorable one. From the beginning, as we descended to the airport, weaving through the mountains, there was a haze. I concluded it to be because Read more…

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India – Land of Diversity

India – Introduction The time has come and our trip to India has started. The journey was a mix between sightseeing trips like visiting Mumbai, travelling to Sikkim, road trip in North Punjab and family visits in northern India (see map below). Out of precaution reasons, I left my drone in Read more…

Myanmar – Land of pagodas

Next stop Myanmar Myanmar – a country which was often in the news recently, a country that counts as one of the poorest countries in Asia (GDP per capita of 1’374 US$), a country that is famous for their stunning landscapes and pagodas which more and more attracts tourists around Read more…

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Mount Kinabalu (4095m) – First hiking challenge

Bucket list It was a bucket list item of mine, to climb a mountain. So here we were, in Borneo, having heard so much about its wildlife, rainforests, and its trekking adventures. Feeling ambitious, we decided to take a leap of faith and just for kicks, climb a 4000-something meters Read more…

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Bali – Back to known land

AirAsia – Always good for a surprise It was on a Sunday, 18.02.18 when we landed after midnight in Denpasar after planning and booking the trip at the same day and flying out from Sabah via Kuala Lumpur to Bali. It may be worth mentioning that AirAsia hit us hard this Read more…

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Borneo – Explore the rainforest

Borneo – Seeking the new adventure Borneo, to be specific, Sabah was recommended to us from several travelers we met so far on our trip. Borneo, the island of the endless rainforest, or lets say whatever is leftover, and the home of the orangutans. We more and more were into Read more…

Forward looking – Planning the next 5 weeks

Forward looking – We more or less have planned the trips for our last 5 weeks in South East Asia. Currently, we are on our way to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where we will fly directly to Kota Kinabalu, Borneo. Borneo We heard a lot of good stories of friends or Read more…

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Koh Phangan – Exploring the south

Koh Phangan Koh Phangan – an island I know as the back of my hand. However, there is always something new to explore. If it is to look after at the Dolphin bungalow resort where I stayed 3 times within the last 10 years or see what changed within all Read more…

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Bangkok – Starting strong

Bangkok – A smooth start into our adventures. We both been already in Bangkok so feels a bit familiar. On our first 2-3 days we mainly slept as we were suffering from our jetlag and from late meetings of friends for dinner & going out to Sugar, Sing Sing, and Read more…

Getting ready

Hi and welcome on our first post. Currently, we are in the final stage of preparation for our travel. We are looking forward to start soon. We also decided on our first destination and that will be Bangkok. Thailand allows us an easy start on our long backpacking trip around Read more…

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