China - What a Spectacular Country
I had been waiting for this country forever, but I deliberately postponed it to the set of last countries in the hobby of "visiting e...Read More
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Japan - Elbowing through Millions of Tourists
It was a short flight from South Korea to Tokyo. My plan was to travel in Japan for 10 days, mainly visiting Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. I coul...Read More
South Korea - One Full Day in Seoul
After a three-hour flight from Mongolia , I touched down in Seoul, South Korea. I already have been to South Korea a decade ago, but didn...Read More
Mongolia - Day Trips or Gobi Tour?
A flight via Istanbul then I landed in Ulaanbaatar early in the morning. The experience in Mongolia, spanning five days, was initially inten...Read More
Myanmar - Entry? A Pile of Cash Needed!
I was undecided whether to cancel this trip or not. Up until departure for my trip to Myanmar, I closely monitored the news to see how the t...Read More
Cambodia - Anything else than temples?
My plan was to see the temples and then continue to Phnom Penh, the capital. There they have Red Khmer prisons and the killing fields. I had...Read More
Laos - A few days in the Mekong Jungle
The flight from Vietnam to Laos lasted just an hour, and the modern airport in Luang Prabang facilitated a straightforward arrival proces...Read More
Vietnam - Do they hate Western Tourists?
Before this trip, I hadn't personally set foot in China or Vietnam, but somehow in the West we are made to believe that Vietnam and Chin...Read More
Brunei - 1 Day in Brunei is enough
Now I'm on this journey, a whole 2.5-hour flight from Indonesia to unknown Brunei on the island of Borneo. Many years ago, I had the ...Read More
Indonesia - Are there too many tourists?
It has been quite some time since my last visit to Southeast Asia - over a decade, to be precise. Given the ease of travel in this regio...Read More
India - One week in Delhi and Mumbai
From Bangladesh to India. I have never been to India and the plan for my little travel escapade was to stay 4 days in Delhi and 3 days on t...Read More
Bangladesh - A Country like a Circus Show
The flight time from Bhutan to Bangladesh was only an hour. To sum it up, Bangladesh is something else. Chaos all around, but surprisingly,...Read More
Bhutan - 2 Day Roadtrip in Bhutan
The flight from Nepal to Bhutan was theoretically supposed to be a breeze, just an hour. But yes, with all the waiting on the departure run...Read More
Nepal - Where are the best temples?
Difficult to put Nepal in a specific box. Are people more like Indians or more like Chinese? It's nested between India and China, but I ...Read More
Kuwait - Hottest country I ever visited (49°)
Facing the extreme heat when exiting the airport in Kuwait and realizing that this is the norm here all over. Sensational. When stepping out...Read More
Bahrain - Roadtrip through the oven
I arrived in Bahrain from Pakistan by plane (well is there another feasible option?). It's such a small country, almost an island, and ...Read More
Pakistan - Is it full of terrorists?
Another country which I did not know much about. Most of it is from the news and which is 99% bad news or information of negative nature, fo...Read More
Oman - Roadtrip through the desert
It's the last country on this trip through the Middle East. The flight from Qatar to Oman was pleasantly short with the airport in Musca...Read More
Qatar - Dune Bashing. Better than Dubai?
It was a short flight from Dubai, just over 1 hour and with arrival in Doha late in the evening. By end of 2022 the World Cup will take pla...Read More
UAE - Impressive Dubai? Yes!
The flight from Iraq was a little bumpy on departure due to bad weather with storms, but landed on time in Dubai. At the current time durin...Read More
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