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We are spending our last hours on Vietnamese soil at the airport in Ho Chi Minh City. I’m using this time to write a post about the culinary experiences from our journey. Vietnam,...

Back in Ho-Chi-Minh-City, we take things a bit easier. Our hotel is located in District 1, with Ben Thanh Market right outside the door, restaurants, massage parlors, rooftop...

Today we returned to Ho-Chi-Minh-City, marking the last destination of our journey this year. On the way back to the big city, we made several stops. In the Đồng Tháp province, we...

The Mekong is the longest river in Southeast Asia at over 4,300 kilometers and serves as a lifeline for nearly 70 million people. Today, we set off at 5:30 AM to visit the...

The journey to Can Tho in the Mekong Delta took us along many rice fields and coconut palm plantations. Since we set off quite early this morning, our eyes in the car were more...

The early bird catches the worm: today we were woken up at 5:30 AM and by 7 AM we were at the airport in Da Nang, 1.5 hours before the departure of our domestic flight to...

Our stay here in Hoi An is coming to an end. Tomorrow morning, we will continue southward. Since riding the moped was quite an adventure, we decided to go all out one more time...

I think the following blog entry may not be of interest to all of you, and today I'm only addressing a small niche of readers. But we must also consider the minorities, after all....

This morning I received the message that the shoes I ordered were ready for fitting. Instead of taking the usual Grab taxi, I decided to rent a scooter. The order via WhatsApp was...

Today was a free day for all travelers. The approaches varied widely, from the sleepyhead to the bookworm to the active ones, there was everything. ;-) Before we had our first Pho...

Our brief stay in Hué ended this morning at 9 AM. The upcoming leg took us past the Lap An Lagoon, over the Hai-Van Pass, to Da Nang and the Marble Mountains, and finally to Hoi...

As mentioned before, we chose the night train for our first leg south and settled into a four-bunk compartment on the Vietnam Railway Company's train for the upcoming 688...

At 6:45 AM this morning, we were called for breakfast on the water. Since the schedule is quite tight, the crew pays close attention to German punctuality. 45 minutes later, it...

The departure for Halong Bay this morning was a bit bumpy. Nadi and I were, as always, 'well prepared', while Mara was a bit sleepy. Getting up, packing, breakfast all at the last...

While my two lovely fellow travelers let this morning slip by with an extra dose of beauty sleep, I dragged myself out of the rather bedding at 6:30 a.m. for the scheduled run.

Finally, vacation...the next adventure and another country to tick off are on the horizon. On Monday morning at 4 a.m., we headed towards Prague. The short city-hopping trip to...

We really like Cartagena, even though we must admit that we are mainly located in the historical old town. It is beautiful here; compared to Bogotá, Medellín, and San Andrés, it...

Today, we have reached the final stretch of our journey. The last stop is Cartagena de Indias, located on the Caribbean coast in the northern part of the country. The...

We have now been on San Andrés for three days and have already adjusted well to the island and its customs. Patience is required here; everything moves a bit slowly. Even in the...

For the relaxing part of our trip to Colombia, we initially chose San Andres. The 26 square kilometer island is located 770 km off the coast of Colombia and just a stone's throw...

Commune 13 is the most well-known neighborhood in Medellin and therefore gets its own blog entry. Notorious for its past and famous for its present, Commune 13 now attracts...

Our hotel is located in the El Poblado neighborhood, which is popular among both tourists and locals. The area is considered particularly safe, but it is quite expensive...

We have been guests in the 2.6 million city of Medellin since yesterday. In the entire metropolitan area, there are even 4.2 million people, making Medellin the second-largest...

We saved the best for last during our stay in the Coffee Triangle. Today's tour took us first to the Cocora Valley, where we spent the first half of the day hiking. Since our...

There was no planned program for today. The girls took the opportunity early in the morning to have a so-called 'Nature Bath' with a hotel employee. It was nice that the tour,...

This morning we continued on to the next stop on our journey. The destination: Salento in the so-called Coffee Triangle of Colombia. As travel options, there was a roughly...

Let's go for new goals. This time we are taking it with Paolo Conte - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5XSiWmaKB4&list=RDG5XSiWmaKB4&start_radio=1 After traveling as a...

All good things come to an end. We really enjoyed this vacation and my wanderlust seems to grow on our travels rather than being satisfied. We are pondering and can certainly...

Every vacation trip is full of new impressions, new smells, nature, foreign culture, different food and, above all, the people you meet on your trips around the world. There are...

Island life over the last few days has been quite frugal and staying here has slowed things down noticeably. I'm not sure if I've ever moved as slowly as I have here in my...