25 September 2013 – Quindao, China
We are on a boat on the way to Korea, attempting to escape China’s Golden Week.
We are on a boat on the way to Korea, attempting to escape China’s Golden Week.
Another look at the karst mountains in Vang Vieng. We were very lucky to find a nice little room, perched high above a restaurant, and secluded from other guests to enjoy this view for a few days.
A walk in the jungle, a ride in the mountains — all part of days journey with easy rider tour, day 3. Check out our guide Hai (oh, hi!), fancy big bikes, and Sergey’s driving skills 🙂
This post will be slightly different than those about other destinations, since it’s not a “new” experience for us (Sergey is actually a native Muscovite and lived in the city full time until he was 16). We also did less sightseeing and more hanging out with family friends than we typically would if we were…
Back to the motherland for us — we flew via St Petersburg and got to spend a couple of exciting hours exploring the city with our new friend that we met in Georgia, actually. Here we are (sans the friend at that point) on the tram.
Traveling on a budget meant that we skipped on some of the luxuries that we would normally indulge in on shorter trips. For the most part our sacrifices were in the entertainment category – aka historical sights with exorbitant admission prices were out, as were most of the ‘adventure’ activities, such as ziplines or hot…