My travels. Turned into stories.
June 2022. After the heatwave in Rishikesh, it had been raining for days in a row in Manali when the sun finally broke through, fittingly, on a Sunday. Since we had different interests for what to do on this beautiful day, D and I allowed each other to spend some time on our own. I… Continue reading The Jogini Waterfalls hiking quest
I had given myself 11 days to make my way from Kunming in the south to the border with Kazakhstan in the northwest. Everything was planned out, as I had to in order to obtain the visa. My first stop in Yuanyang was already a bit off the beaten track as far as tourism in… Continue reading How I travelled through alienating places in western China
In one of my previous posts, I told you about how I started planning my route back to Belgium as soon as I arrived in Thailand. But since I had an entire month to discover Thailand, the country still had a lot of adventures in store for me. I first headed south to Koh Phi… Continue reading Beyond the expectations: the ‘famous’ north of Thailand
It was now mid-November and I was back in Bangkok, with the important task of obtaining a new visa for China. I would be starting to head back to Belgium in early December, and crossing China was going to be a crucial part of that journey, which would be impossible without a new visa. And… Continue reading Getting a Chinese visa in Bangkok
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)
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
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