My travels. Turned into stories.
Leaving Laos was a painful affair, as it meant parting ways with my travel boyfriend after four amazing weeks of travelling together. As he was going back to Vietnam, I spent a melancholic day and night in Loei, an untouristic border town in Thailand, where I started planning out my way back to Belgium. I… Continue reading Travel friendships blooming in Southern Thailand
Laos is the country I spent the longest uninterrupted time in: 5 weeks. (Even though the visa on arrival is only valid for one month - but I went to the consulate to add a week to it. That way, I could travel as long as possible with my American travel buddy, whom I met… Continue reading Laos: 5 weeks of highlights (a countdown)
I’ve been telling a lot about my explorations and adventures in Southeast Asia, but not as much about the actual overland travelling itself. Since I arrived in the south of Vietnam, I had been mainly travelling by bus, and so this was my means of transportation for the two following border crossings. Cambodia as well… Continue reading Crossing the Cambodian and Laotian borders
Having travelled exclusively overland all the way from Belgium for ecological reasons, I was naturally also trying to be more aware of touristic initiatives with a positive impact on the local environment and society. In and around Siem Reap I especially found the area in and around Siem Reap to be a haven of sustainable… Continue reading From ecotourism to social restaurants: sustainable tourism in Cambodia
It’s not that I hadn’t been feeling happy in the previous destinations that I visited, but somehow the month that I spent in Cambodia was really throwing one blessing after the other at me. And so it was that halfway through my trip, I really got the feeling that this way, I could keep up… Continue reading 5 reasons why Cambodia made me happy
When I was not going on some crazy adventure like the ones described in the previous post, I would be discovering Vietnam at a more leisurely pace. Sometimes by myself, sometimes alongside other travellers, I steadily worked my way south from Hanoi onwards. Cave visit with some usual suspects After the impressive jungle trek to… Continue reading Exploring Vietnam: solo trips and short-term travel buddies
During the 3,5 weeks I spent in Vietnam, I embarked on three different adventures, in three completely different parts of the country. In this post, I’ll outline the challenge, the worst part and the best part for each of them respectively. Motorbiking in the north The challenge In the company of three young Germans… Continue reading Adventure in Vietnam
Going by train from Nanning (China) to Hanoi (Vietnam) didn't exactly make for the smoothest border crossing of the trip. But once I had arrived, I could proudly say that after taking 19 different trains and a bus, I had made it all the way to Southeast Asia, without taking one single airplane! And after… Continue reading A tough path to Hanoi, my home away from home
The decision to go and volunteer at the panda base in Ya'An was a very impulsive one. I had initially only planned on visiting the place. But seeing the pandas and their environment made me want to come back for more. Applying: an administrational race against the clock When I e-mailed the panda base on… Continue reading One day as a panda volunteer
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