Vietnam days 3 & 4: Ninh Binh & Hanoi.
Day 3 · Ninh Binh After breakfast at the hotel, I’m picked up and taken to the bus that will take us to Ninh Binh, about two hours from Hanoi. On every tour we are accompanied by a guide who shares a lot of history with us and explains what we’re going to see. Today […]
Day 1 & day 2 in Vietnam: Hanoi & Ha Long Bay.
Day 1 – Exploring Hanoi I arrived last night in bustling Hanoi and stayed in the Old Quarter. This morning I headed out to explore and immediately came across scenes that felt straight out of a painting: bicycles and carts piled high with goods, and the traditional pole with two baskets hanging from it (a […]
Vietnam: practical travel tips.
I’m really looking forward to telling you about this trip, but I thought I’d start with a practical post first, sharing tips that I hope will be useful and help you plan your journey or keep a few details in mind. How to get there There are direct flights from London, Amsterdam, or Frankfurt, or […]
A Day in Kuala Lumpur: Between Caves, Markets, and Skyscrapers
Kuala Lumpur welcomed me with neon lights, bustling streets, and a humid heat that embraced me the moment I stepped outside into the Malaysian air. I set foot in Bukit Bintang and walked to the famous Jalan Alor Food Street — a hive of aromas and conversations in a thousand languages. The city had a […]
The grand little Singapore.
How little I have written about this small place that has welcomed me on so many occasions. It’s time to discover some more of its corners in your company. I meet Ian at the bus stop on Orchard Street. We’re going on an excursion to the TreeTop Walk, yes, in this heat, it will be […]
The colour of Singapore
Singapore is a sovereign city-state formed by sixty three islands which became independent from Malaysia the 9th of august, 1965, only fifty four years ago. Many years ago when for the first time I visited this island country was very unknown to me; these days the image that represents the modern & wealthy Singapore is […]
Ubud, yoguis & vegans paradise. Bali.
Time to go back to Bali, another option is to go to the Gili islands, but I’ve personally had so much sun & I fancy some forest. So we embark on the boat back to Sanur port & from there we head to Ubud, the paradise for yoguis & vegans. We stay at Manuaba Inn, […]
From Canggu to Nusa Lembongan. Bali.
Good morning nomads, another day with no rain during the “monsoon season”, well, it did rain very early, but then the sun came out & us, like little snails also went out for a stroll. Today we are going to Canggu, they pronounce it Changoo, it’s a bit further north from Seminyak. It is an […]
Rice terraces, temple, gate & waterfall in Bali.
Do you remember Arsana from Bali Net Tours? Well today his is picking us up at eight in the morning to take us to the north of the island, the whole day at a good price, 750K. It takes us around two hours to arrive at our first destination, a coffee plantation, very nice & interesting, […]
Sunset in Uluwatu Temple.
The hotel in Seminyak is inside a temple, yes as you read, Arsana explained to us how every home has its own temple which they look after with much care. Then they have the family temples, built by the part of the family with more money, for the use of all the its members & […]
