Our Five Month India Trip Comes To An End adrescher1 April 22, 2014 Destinations, Experiences, India, My Travels, North India, South India 3 Embarking on our final 6 hour train journey from Bangalore to Chennai, we were emotional to be rounding up our 5 month India journey. India has touched us in so many ways; it’s chaotic, stressful, calming,...
India: Our Route August 9, 2013 India, Our Route 1 Well, plans never really work out do they? I think I mentioned in one of my previous posts, that our original plans was to spend 2 months travelling India, a few weeks in Burma, and a bike trip from South to N...
Getting Re-acquainted With Vietnam After A 6 Month Break adrescher1 August 9, 2013 Living in Vietnam, My Travels, Southeast Asia, Vietnam After a wonderful week in Thailand, including a few sneaky days in Bangkok, we said our goodbyes yet again and boarded a flight to Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). Having visited Saigon several times throughout our stay in Vietnam, we were eager to get to Nha Trang ...
Jaipur adrescher1 May 15, 2013 India, My Travels, North India, Rajasthan We didn’t actually really want to come to Jaipur as we had only really heard negative things, but I have to say I was quite pleasantly surprised. We arrived to Jaipur much earlier than we had anticipated – inf...
Ending My Backpacking Trip To Come Home & Things I’ve Learnt On The Trip adrescher1 October 5, 2011 My Travels, Southeast Asia, Vietnam And so the saying goes, all good things come to an end. For some people, they’re usually ready to go home after more than a few weeks away. For others, they never want the holiday to end… I fall into the sec...
Cu Chi Tunnels & The War Museum adrescher1 October 1, 2011 See Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Vietnam One of the things we were told we have to do in Saigon is visit the Cu Chi Tunnels. These are an incredible network of underground tunnels which many military operations were based in the Vietnam war. The tunnels were used as hiding spots during the war and w...
REVIEW: Ha Long Bay / Castaway Island Tour with Vietnam Backpacker Hostels adrescher1 September 30, 2011 Experiences, Ha Long Bay, Hanoi, Reviews, See Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Vietnam 1 If you're visiting Hanoi, you can't miss Ha Long Bay. A paradise of almost 2000 majestic limestone rock formations that tower over glistening emerald waters. Looking out onto Ha Long Bay, it’s absolutely gorgeo...
Hanoi Backpacker Hostel Ha Long Bay Tour adrescher1 September 30, 2011 See Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Vietnam 1 What we were looking for was a Ha Long Bay tour with people our own age, where we could enjoy a few drinks and have a bit of a party in paradise. So we were happy to have met a tour guide from the famous Hanoi ...
Ho Chi Minh City adrescher1 September 30, 2011 See Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City is the former capital of Vietnam, and remains the largest city in the country. It completely contrasts with Ha Noi and shows much more Western – in particular American – influences particularly within District 1. Down the main road, the street...
Hire A Bicycle In Luang Prabang adrescher1 September 23, 2011 Laos, Southeast Asia One thing I highly recommend doing is to hire a bicycle in Luang Prabang. People are renting them out everywhere you turn in this quiet, beautiful town, and it's is a perfect way to explore the surroundings, pa...