TRIP ON THE SCORPION-TAILED BOAT The proposal of a friend, a trip on the scorpion-tailed boat, sounds like a good idea and a chance to see Chiang Mai from a different ... Share This
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Longtail boat tour of Bor Thor – in search of the Big Headed Ghost When I embarked on a longtail boat tour of Bor Thor, drawn by the allure of ancient caves and the legend of the Big Headed Ghost, I ... Share This
Cruising Phang Nga Bay The sheer-sided sea mountains that rise vertically out of Phang Nga Bay, squeezed in between Krabi and Phuket province, form some of ... Share This
HSIPAW – TREK TO THE WATERFALL We wake up early and head to the Hsipaw market to have breakfast in a small shop that sells black tea and chapatis with curry. Hsipaw ... Share This
HSIPAW – A PEACEFUL STOPOVER We leave Mandalay reluctantly but with the desire to explore what here they branded ‘the way to China’. The bus is ... Share This
SHAN STATE – KAHTAIN FESTIVAL PART 3 I sleep 11 hours in a row and I do not even hear the 5am litany. After a breakfast of homemade cookies and tea in a Chinese teahouse, ... Share This
SHAN STATE – TREK TO THE MONASTERY – PART 2 I wake up with a start, it’s still dark outside the window. I look at the phone: it’s 5am! Extremely noisy speakers that ... Share This
SHAN STATE – ARRIVAL IN NAMSHAN – Part 1 After leaving Mandalay in direction north-east, we had a pit-stop of a few days in Hsipaw, a small outpost town situated on the way to ... Share This
Padang Earthquake On October 5th, 2009 I traveled to Padang, the capital of West Sumatra and the focal point of relief efforts for the victims of the ... Share This
INLE LAKE – HITCHHIKING – PART 3 Today I wish to rely mainly on fate and chance, as I often do when I travel. I fill the daily backpack with snacks and fruit from the ... Share This
INLE LAKE – BY BICYCLE AROUND THE LAKE PART 2 Despite being a tourist town, Nyaungshwe is still the main trading hub for the local villages, as well as the departure point for craft ... Share This
INLE LAKE TRIP – Part 1 Inle Lake, located strategically in the heart of Myanmar’s Shan State, is a shore-less expanse of water and marshes 20km long and 10km ... Share This
Ta-Ling-Chan Floating Market – Memories of a Klong Early morning, my heart full of energy, I anticipated the magic of the journey in my dreams. My destination was a Klong and its ... Share This
Bali – Path to a holiday Bali welcomed me the moment I arrived on its surface: at the Ngua Rai Airport I was immediately impressed by the richness of Balinese ... Share This