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'Bangkok is crazy' said our hotel owner, thinking of the constant traffic, noise, and hustle and bustle. It is really crazy noisy. It stinks disgustingly in parts. It is huge...

...is lucky if he can spend his retirement at the Elephant Rescue Center. Sponsored by the non-profit organization Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand and established in 2001,...

Located about four hours south of Bangkok and equipped with an endless white sandy beach, Hua Hin has long been a popular destination for people from Bangkok. Formerly mainly...

Nachdem ein neues Schmerzmittel meiner Schulter etwas Linderung verschaffte, trauten wir uns auf einen Schnorcheltripp rund um Koh Tao. Sechs verschiedene Anbieter haben wir...

On June 14th, I continued my journey from the wonderful first island with Amber, Jay, Matt, and Nikki to Koh Tao. Once we arrived there, we rented snorkeling gear and explored...

Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao are located in the Gulf of Thailand, about 700 km from Bangkok. Since it rains and monsoon season prevails on the Thai west coast, the Andaman...

My tattoo only took 20 minutes and was more or less painless. Because tattoos done with a bamboo needle don't bleed or get infected, I was able to go swimming with the bunch of...

The sentence comes to my mind more often. After having a very relaxed and infinitely beautiful day alone two days ago, which included a two-hour walk on the empty beach,...

How to get from a city, about 90 km north of Bangkok, to Ko Samui, an island well 600 km south of it in the Gulf of Thailand? In several day stages? Then by long-distance buses....

Well, while Ines stands in the sea with a cocktail in hand :-), we treated ourselves to a luxurious atmosphere 15 kilometers away. And since the hotel is so fancy, we only move...

After a week with my two travel buddies, I arrived at the Hostel Casa Luna last night and for the first time 'all alone' in Thailand. I was very excited, long before the trip,...

Ayutthaya is located just 80 km from Bangkok, but it feels like a different world. Small-town, relaxed, and with plenty of space and greenery. Our hotel has a bicycle rental...

After five months of traveling alone, something new has happened in the last 30 days of our journey. Ines is joining us for a while, then she will continue traveling on her own...

The Khao Yai National Park has been around since 1962, making it the oldest of the Thai national parks. It is located about 150 km northeast of Bangkok. Since we couldn't find a...

After two detours into tourist nowhere, we have chosen Sukhothai as our destination, which is on the itinerary of many travelers. It is one of Thailand's most popular...

We are heading to another place in northern Thailand recommended by the travel guide: Lampang, a city with 57,000 inhabitants, located on the Bangkok-Chiang Mai route. Once...

The Lonely Planet guidebook had recommended the small town of Phrae, located about 240 km south of Chiang Rai, and compared it to Luang Prabang in Laos. This comparison is a bit...

Chiang Rai is located in the far north of Thailand, in the tri-border area of Laos/Myanmar/Thailand. The region was famous/infamous for opium cultivation until a few years ago....

If we already felt restricted in our movement in Chiang Mai due to the heat, Pai has taken it to another level. 42 degrees, which according to the internet feels like 50...

After ten weeks in Vietnam, we are very enthusiastic about the country. The landscape, the people, the food, the sense of security, everything is perfect. We spent the last days...

Doesn't seem like it on our last long-distance bus trip from Bac Ha! We can only assume that this particular experience is due to the fact that this route is mostly used by...

Es war ein bisschen als Lückenfüller gedacht und hat sich als richtiger Glücksgriff erwiesen: von Sapa aus sind wir gut 100 km weiter gefahren nach Bac Ha. Der kleine Ort liegt...

The town of Sapa, in the northwest of Vietnam, about 40 km from the Chinese border, is located at an altitude of 1600 meters and is surrounded by mountains and rice terraces....

After my urinary tract infection, (Michael has already reported about the hospital visit) I have been feeling unwell for the tenth consecutive day and not fully functional....

In the past, it was necessary to plan a difficult three-day trek (up and down) through high alpine terrain from Sa Pa to climb Phan Xi Pang, the highest mountain in Vietnam and...

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After Anke complained about pain in the kidney area yesterday and speculated about a muscle strain, neither gymnastics nor a professional massage provided any relief. Therefore,...

Long before our trip, we collected ideas on a piece of paper about which places we wanted to visit in the four countries we were traveling to, and for Vietnam, only 'Halong Bay'...

Prominent elements of Halong Bay are the countless scattered karst rocks protruding from the sea. In the landscape around Ninh Binh, about an hour southwest of Hanoi, there are...

From our hotel window in Phong Nha, we had a view of the Song River and could observe people "harvesting" algae as feed for the fish in their fish farms It also...