Vietnam: Hanoi, Sapa, Hanoi Saturday 3rd March We left Cat Ba island and the wonderful view from our hotel in the morning, taking again minivan, boat, minivan, big local bus back to Hanoi. We arrived in Hanoi in the afternoon, checked in an hotel and went for some late lunch. Then we went to the … More Vietnam : Hanoi, Sapa, Hanoi
Note on 5th March 2012 : See 3 more fruits just added at the bottom of this article! 1st Feb 2012 Let’s start February with fruits! Small article to tell you about the fruits you can find in South-East Asia that I have been eating the last two months and half, besides the delicious bananas, … More Asian Fruits – Update
Monday 27th February Hanoi We arrived by train from Hue in Hanoi right on time, at 4.01am. This time, I wish the train was late though, it is tough to arrive in the middle of the night in a city. We made the mistake of following the first taxi guy who came at the train. … More Vietnam: Hanoi and Cat Ba
Saturday 25th February Hue We went for all day with a motorbike driver each to visit diverse mausoleums and pagodas around Hue. We started the tour with another Japanese bridge. There was a story-teller on the bridge telling the future to a young girl. Although I couldn’t understand anything, it was fascinating to see her … More Vietnam: Hue
Tuesday 21st February With my dad, we took a minivan to Quy Nhon in which we were the only “falangs”. It took about 5 hours to get there and on the way the driver and helper took many packages and dropped on and off many people, with a minivan for 15 people always crammed at … More Vietnam: Quy Nhon and Hoi An
Wednesday 15th February With Robert, we got picked up at 7am near the hotel and then joined people in a minivan. We had a 2-hour bus ride to the boat. The boat ride was quiet, not much to see on the riverside. Of course the boat broke down at some point: But that wasn’t too … More Vietnam: Chau Doc, Saigon, Nha Trang
Friday 10th February We left 4,000 islands around 8am, driven by boat by our guest house owner. I had never sat so low on a boat! The ride was really gorgeous to the land. Then we had a minivan to the Lao-Cambodia border with 2 German guys and one Australian from Canberra. We got screwed … More Cambodia again
Comment ce dictionnaire est-il né ? C’est un jeune suisse-allemand, Amando, rencontré dans le bus entre Luang Prabang et Luang Nam Tha lors de mon quatrième jour de voyage au Laos qui m’a enseigné la majorité des mots utiles présentés ici, durant les 9 heures du trajet que nous avions. J’ai ajouté à ces mots quelques … More Dictionnaire Français-Laotien
How was this dictionary born? It’s a young Swiss-German guy, Amando, met in a 9-hour bus between Luang Prabang and Luang Nam Tha on my fourth day in Lao, who taught me most of the words presented here. I added to these some other words I happened to need during the rest of my 5-week … More English-Lao Dictionary
5th February With Neringa, we took a bus at 9am from Vang Vieng to Ventiane. The road to get there was really bumpy, the worst I have seen so far! We got there around 1pm, and wanted to buy a ticket to go straight to Pakse with a night bus in the evening, but it … More From Vang Vieng to 4,000 islands
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