Tag: bicycle
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The Romance of Hoi An
If you have read any blog or guide about Vietnam, you know that you have to go to Hoi An. Or you might regret it the whole life. I am exaggerating of course… Though, do not wonder long, as there “might be no tomorrow” for Hoi An. We left the Slavic Nha Trang by train.…
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Video of our “Islands of the Mekong” bicycle tour in Phnom Penh
As written in our previous article, The Chaos of Phnom Penh, we did do a small bicycle tour organised by Grasshopper Adventures. Next to the many photos we had taken, I also had mounted a GoPro camera on the steering bar of the mountain bike. Though I little detail was forgotten: I forgot to charge the…
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The chaos of Phnom Penh
I guess entering any capital by bus on an afternoon is a disaster. Once again we suffered from Phnom Penh’s traffic. Arriving in the bus station 2 hours later than expected. We wanted to explore the capital of Cambodia before going to Vietnam. It had been a while since we shared our sleeping space with…
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Battambang, the real Cambodia
“Go to Battambang and you will see the real Cambodia” (Karl Grobl) We wanted to escape the tourism obsessed Siem Reap. The descriptions of Battambang promised colonial architecture at river side. A calm town? Sounds like a perfect destination for us! Circus We took a minibus from Siem Reap and arrived in our guest house…
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The beach and the holiday makers
It was not one of those deserted white sanded beaches, where we would sit under parasols with tropical fruit cocktails in our hands. It was more moderate. The palm trees were there, the sun was setting in the sea, but the sand were not white, the beach was crowded and there were no cocktails on…
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Enchanted and old Bagan
We arrived in Bagan early in the morning. It was around 5 am, when we got off our VIP bus. A bunch of taxi drivers were ready to trap tourists in their vans. From 12000 kyats we bargained the price down to 8000 kyats. I believe it still was too much, but it was 5…