13 November 2013 – Yangshou, China
Our hostel in Yanshuo – Yangshuo 11 – had fantastic views (cannot say the same for night time peace and quite, but hey sacrifices have to be made).
Our hostel in Yanshuo – Yangshuo 11 – had fantastic views (cannot say the same for night time peace and quite, but hey sacrifices have to be made).
Founded: 1550 by Ivan the terrible, as a military fortress-town on an island to conquer Kazan’. Pop: 250 With two days allocated for Kazan exploration, we spent first exploring city portion of Kazan. On the second, we decided to venture into countryside. The idea evolved from our desire to take Volga river cruise, which was…
Hanging out in our hotel pool in Hoi An. We really enjoyed our stay at Kiman Hotel, where we stayed for a week. We used the pool every single day – complete delight, particularly in the scorching summer season.
Goodbye China! It’s been real. More than a month (if you count 5 days in Beijing). Amazing country. But time for us to go explore the wonders of Southeast Asia. Starting with Bangkok, Thailand. (As an aside — SriLankan = awesome).
Easy riders guide Hai and Jenia exploring Vietnam by motorbike. As I mentioned previously, we don’t typically do tours, for a number of reasons. Now, we lucked out in Ho Chi Minh City with Saigon HotPot tour, which was not only excellent in and of itself, but was also free. We were having such a…
Getting our lilies on at Ogre Island, Myanmar stats Days on the road: 152 Distance traveled: 2009.45 miles / 3233.9 km by plane – 358.4 miles / 576.9 km by train – 655.5 miles / 1055 km by bus – 746.8 miles / 1202 km by boat – 110.6 miles / 178 km by car…