AroundAsia 2018

Hongkong again, but this time the thermometer shows chilly 12 degrees Celsius at daytime. Dressed in multiple layers we stroll through Sheung Wan and Wan Chai, visit some busy...

This time we chose the Sathorn / Charoen Krung neighborhood for our stay in Bangkok and we really enjoyed the atmosphere at Charoen Krung Soi 57. With lots of street food around...

On Thailand's third largest island clocks tick slower and tourism has not yet spoiled the island like Samui, Phi Phi or Koh Chang. There's much to explore, but as we are still...

Not as crowded as neighboring Koh Chang, tourism has not yet spoiled the small island of Koh Chang. It's small enough to be discovered on foot or on bike, but - annoyingly -...

We loved it years ago and we still love it. It's a city full of little things to explore. We still love to walk around the Russian market neighborhood, to try out new cafes,...

Lovely Kampong Cham - while it has just got around 120000 inhabitants it is still the third-largest city of Cambodia. Small enough to be discovered on foot it was just the right...

Having planned to stay two nights we left after one night. The hotel was too loud, food options were very limited and joining the American kindergarten doing a dolphin boat trip...

We spent a whole day chasing these big mammals through seasonal forest, listening to their stories told by Connor and Duan and watching the elephants in their natural...

It's just a few roads, which soon dissolve into villages, quiet, beautiful but quite windy in January. Our nicest discovery in Sen Monorom was a small restaurant called 'Bunong...

On our second day in Banlung we took a trip on Mr. Soeun's TukTuk. First stop was a minority village, dusty like everything around Banlung. Lots of pigs and chicken, lovely...

Crossing the border to Cambodia we immediately realized the change in architecture. After being dropped at the central crossroads, it was hard to find a TukTuk, but finally we...

After a bumpy, 'no-risk-no-fun' minibus ride, we reached our final destination in Vietnam: Pleiku / Gia Lai. Surrounded by hills and coffee plantations busy Pleiku is a hub for...

Our last stop on the Vietnamese coast was little visited Quy Nhon. It's sleepy at daytime, but at night it's coming to life. When all the seafood stalls open on the southern...

Back south we finally catched the sun. Tucking in exceptional street food we spent a whole day strolling, eating, drinking and sweating. We climbed Marble Mountain (using the...

Although the weather conditions were far from optimal, we did at least 20000 steps a day strolling in Hue, the ancient capital of Vietnam. Clothes, shoes, socks - everything was...

Just in time to celebrate New Year 2018 we arrived in lovely Hoi An, Vietnam. It could have been quite romantic, without the beer-soaked crowd and 'Macarena' playing at full...

Our second day we spent in Central. We had an excellent coffee at Coco Espresso, Stanley Street, strolled through the steep Hongkong Zoo watching monkeys and birds, had an...

Our first day in Hongkong we spent in Kowloon. We had a Hongkong-style breakfast: coffee and a 'Pineapple bun'. We strolled through the flower market and the bird market,...

Christmas is just around the corner and so is our departure to Hongkong - the first stop of this/next year's itinerary. In the meanwhile some home-made Pho Bo and a nice pomelo...