In the North of Vietnam, almost touching the Chinese border is the mountain town Sapa. You get to this place by taking the night train from Hanoi. And if you’re lucky like me, you share your hut with 3 Vietnamese men and 1 cockroach. After a lousy night of sleep on the train, you get…
From the first moment I set foot in Vietnam I’m already loving this country. You read a lot about scams and people trying to trick you, but so far I can only be more than positive about the Vietnamese. Maybe it helps being a solo traveler who doesn’t follow the touristy crowds? It started taking…
Just passed the first month of traveling and came to this point that you just have to stop doing anything, stop going to any place, but just relax. The last 2 days were all about doing nothing so it’s time to reflect on Laos. My expectations of Laos were non existent and for a good…
In the Laos town Luang Prabang the monks walk the main road every morning to receive food from the villagers. This happens between 6 and 7 am and about 200 monks walk this path. This lovely ceremony turned into quite a tourist attraction as I was surprised to see so many people on the street…
Just had my first Asian border crossing from the Thai Chiang Khong across the Mekong river to Huay Xai on the Laos side. Passing through immigrations did give some frustration. About 2 months ago their location moved up 10km to a new bridge over the river. Now the bus drops you of on the side…
White Temple No ancient history to find here, as they started building the White Temple in 1998. Personally I thought this one was much more impressive than the usual tempels. The exterior is just something non comparable but on the inside they have modern drawings of Spiderman, Neo from the Matrix and the Twin Towers.…
Every traveler you meet is just raving about how fun these cooking classes are. This pushed me in trying it out myself. In the full-day cooking class you get to choose 6 Thai dishes that you’ll make, my choices were; Khaw Soi curry paste, Chiang Mai Noodle, Pad Thai, Spring rolls, Thai herb soup and…
On top of my what-to-do-in-pai list was rafting on the Pai river. I signed up at the Thai Rafting Adventure which is run by a friendly French guy who lives in the area for over 20 years and did the 1 day rafting trip which sure is a full day. Getting picked up at 7…
Chiang Mai is the second largest city in Thailand and about 600 km up North from Bangkok. How to get there? You can take an agonizing 14 hour bus or train ride or have an easy going 1 hour flight. I of course choose the latter option. With these lowcost airlines flying is more than…
After all the “luxurious” places I thought I should try sleeping in a hostel as well. The last time I slept on a bunk bed I was 14 back in High School. So I got a mixed dormitory and it seemed like I was the only girl in it. The really good part about the…
