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Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam, and with a population of around 7 million it is the second largest city. Hanoi was the last stop of our open-tour bus ticket. Our big bus dropped us off a bit outside of the old city center: big busses are not allowed in the old center. It was [...]

Bus to Luang Prabang The day afterwards we took the VIP bus to Luang Prabang.  We tried to book the normal bus although most people told us that the normal bus from Vientiane to Luang Prabang is not stoping here anymore. This so called VIP bus broke down 1 hour away from Luang Prabang. While [...]

Being puked at in the minibus I took the minibus from Kanchanaburi to Bangkok around 2pm. It was already filled up except for one spot so I went sitting there. I was sitting next to a lady with her kid. I guess they were from eastern Europe. An older couple from Australia was sitting behind [...]

Another 2 weeks abroad. Hmm.. where to start: Chiang Mai. I arrived by night train at 2pm, got picked up from the train station by the hotel service. During the afternoon the Tuk Tuk driver who was partnering with the hotel took us for a ride. He took us to two silk factories. In the [...]

My first week abroad.. On January 6 I finally took off to Bangkok. My journey started with a 20 minute delay at the airport. I was flying with Air Berlin from Dusseldorf, Germany. 3 other flights around the same were cancelled, so I was happy that mine wasn’t.. There was sitting an Italian guy (Paolo) [...]