Beaching in Busan

We were getting very close to the end of our travels. After heavy culturally focused stops in Andong and Gyeongju we thought Continue reading →

Life in Yangon

The two months in Yangon working for KWEG gave us the chance to stay in one place for a while. On Continue reading →

KWEG’s ladies

When we visited Myanmar for the first time in February 2014 we really enjoyed being there: the buzzing street life in Continue reading →

Trans Mongolia Express

Get on a train in Europe and travel through Russia and Siberia all the way to China. We were heading Continue reading →

Breaking in Bangkok

The four days we spent in Bangkok had two main purposes: get a new visa for Myanmar and have a Continue reading →

Lombok’s top

We split our time on Lombok into two parts: Gili Air and Mount Rinjani, two complete opposites… Gili Air is Continue reading →

Relaxing Amed

Amed is officially the name of only one village on the eastern coast of Bali , but often groups the Continue reading →

Sydney’s Sights

Altoghether we spent over two weeks in Sydney, which together with Sandakan is the longest we stayed in one place Continue reading →

Ausome Australia: Coral Sea

It was one of our main reasons for picking the eastern coast route: Open-window driving with the sea breeze coming Continue reading →

Ausome Australia: Camping

We were really looking forward to staying a week at Marieke and Nick’s, spending time in Sydney and have a Continue reading →

Yangon’s highlights

Yangon (or Rangoon) is the biggest city in Myanmar and commercially most important. Logically this would be the capital of Continue reading →

E-biking around Bagan

After a 10 hour drive our bus arrived to Nyaung U at 5am in the morning. There weren’t many cheap Continue reading →

Trekking to Inle Lake

We arrived to Myanmar and spent two nights in Yangon/Rangoon, but as we’ll come back here towards the end of Continue reading →

Scuba in Sipadan

Lucia did it! She got certified as a PADI open water diver which means she can dive to 18 meters Continue reading →

Sea View Sandakan

After 4 months of travel we started to get a little itch: travel is great, we’re seeing and learning so Continue reading →

Lovely Luzon

Although we’ve had nearly two weeks of beach-time in Palawan, our next destination was a beach again. However, quite a Continue reading →

Phinally Philippino

In Bahrain, Lucia had worked with lots of Philipinos and Mark enjoyed his weekly bike-rides with his Philippino mountainbike group. Continue reading →

Taiwan’s Eastern treasures

After Taroko we weren’t sure where to go. Our initial plan was to go to Kenting in the most southern point of Continue reading →

Gay in Taipei

After Ulaan Batar and Beijing, Taipei was the 3rd capital (we didn’t go to Moscow) we visited on our trip. It Continue reading →

Xiamen’s seaside

Finally… we could put our feet in the sea! In the last two months we’ve seen many beautiful and interesting Continue reading →

Singing in Suzhou

We treated Suzhou as most Chinese would treat Amsterdam: we spent one day and one night, did the main things Continue reading →

Staying in in Shanghai

In case you are looking for detailed suggestions what to do and where to go in Shanghai, we better warn you now, this Continue reading →

Surfing in Xi’an

In our last post we left you at the Pingyao train station. A nine hour overnight train ride later we arrived Continue reading →

Taking it easy in Pingyao

Between the two mammoth cities of Beijing and Shanghai we spent about a week altogether in two other cities smaller Continue reading →

UB: The Mongol capital

If we are very honest to ourselves, Mongolia came into our plans because of the combination of two priorities: the Trans-siberian railway Continue reading →