Thursday 15th March We went cycling with Hayley and Ross to Kuthodaw Paya. This is the biggest book of the world. However, we didn’t find it for a while, and kept searching for it, while it was right under our nose, but not in the way we imagined it. Here is one of its pages, … More Mandalay Part 2
Tuesday 13th March We started our visit of Mandalay by walking along the east side of the fort, to get a sense of its size. It is really long! About 2 km on each side. It was built in 1857 as a residence for the richest people. While walking along it, we saw people playing … More Mandalay Part 1
Yangoon Saturday 10th March Mingalaba everyone! We landed in Yangoon around 5.25pm. Passport and visa control and backpack pickup where really smooth. While exiting, we looked for a sign for the “Ocean Pearl Inn” hotel, as we had read in the Lonely Planet that they offered free pickup to their hotel if we took a … More Yangoon
Thursday 8th March We flew out with my dad in the morning from Hanoi and arrived at Bangkok airport around 11am then took the sky train and then a taxi to Khao San Road where we arrived around 1.30pm. Ah Bangkok and its crazy traffic jams!! This is really insane, people loose so much time … More 3 days in Bangkok
7th March 2012 This is my last post about Vietnam as tomorrow morning we are flying to Bangkok! I discovered during these 3 weeks that Vietnam has many beautiful legends. Here are some of them. The legend of the origins of the Vietnamese According to the legend, they descend from the union of the dragon … More Legends of Vietnam
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
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