Jul-2016
Traveling back to the mainland from the Togians takes a couple of days. Because our visa has expired we leave Indonesia and stay in Kuala Lumpur for a couple of days so we can travel back to Indonesia. We fly to Bali from which we take a flight to Labuan Bajo, the most western village […]
Jun-2016
Our resort at Lake Poso – Siuri Corrages – is empty. It’s a large, well maintained area filled with flowers and 24 empty bungalows. At dinnertime we get to choose where to eat and the ladies of the resort cook some amazing Indonesian food. The lake is gorgeous, with different looks during the day. Sometimes […]
Jun-2016
Over the mountains and through the clouds we drive into Toraja. When we drive down the hills we see the first houses with pointed roofs that stand out between the green sawa’s. We go around one bend after another and see more and more houses with pointed roofs and even whole villages. Wow, we hadn’t […]
From Port Barton we travel by minivan to the capital of Palawan, Puerto Princesca. It sounds like a luxury ride, but we soon find out that the local buses provide far more space and atmosphere. On our very first trip to the Philippines years back we visited Puerto Princesca, back than it was a small […]
In Coron we go diving for another two days; one in wrecks and one day at beautiful reefs with schools of young fish. We wanted to come to Coron to dive the wrecks but we were pleasantly surprised by the healthy reefs. Coron is also know for it’s gorgeous lagoons and that’s why we book […]
Hpa An (pronounced as P-an) will be our final destination in Myanmar. We wanted to travel further down south, but the bus rides are extremely long and we have already done so much traveling that the Thai border beckons us. The border is only a couple of hours away and the luxurious and beautiful Thai […]
The bus ride from Inle Lake to Mandalay takes almost the entire day. We are picked up in the morning right after breakfast at 08:30 and we arrive in Mandalay at 18:15. When we drive into the city we are flooded by impressions of simple houses, unpaved roads and people- a lot of people. The […]
Mar-2016
A week of doing absolutely nothing and letting all the Lao impressions sink in in Chiang Rai has done us good. We have a wonderful apartment with kitchen in the Contdotel, an apartment building where a lot of expats and retired Westerners live with their Thai spouses. We relax and enjoy our own cooking so […]
Feb-2016
After traveling through Laos from the south to the north for five weeks I am confident to say I have gotten a proper glimpse of the country and would love to share my highlights with you.
We want to visit the capital after leaving Tha Khaek, where we have rented a small apartment with kitchen in a Lao apartment building. We are really looking forward to being independent after eating in restaurants for weeks. The trip to Vientiane is possible with a night bus, but it leaves at 1 A.M., not […]