Sometimes, I really just don’t get Vietnamese people. [Read more…]
Quest Music Festival
Want to know what a Vietnamese music festival is like? Well, it’s basically just like any other festival. [Read more…]
Tuk Tuk Two: Mr Jockey
Introducing our new bike: Jockey.
Apparently the only men’s underwear available in shops here are Jockey. For some reason, it seemed fitting to name our new bike after an underwear brand..
Bad tourists: our one month trip to Sri Lanka
We spent one month in Sri Lanka and didn’t go to Sirigiya. [Read more…]
Going vegetarian in Asia
About a month ago, I read Jonathan Safran Foer’s book ‘Eating Animals’. Since then, I haven’t eaten meat. (Yes, I realise one month isn’t a long time.) Sri Lanka and Indonesia are both fine if you want to avoid eating meat. Northern Vietnam is another story though. [Read more…]
Just can’t seem to organise this Sri Lanka trip
Well, we are back in Ella, after spending four nights here last week already. We had just taken for granted our stop after Ella would be Kandy, without doing much research. [Read more…]
Traveling Asia as an Asian girl with a white guy
Traveling with a white guy sticks out more in Asia than in Europe. (Though I was yelled at a few times and called a puttana in Bologna while I was traveling with a white male friend.) Unfortunately, it’s still a (white) man’s world, especially in Asia. [Read more…]
Snorkelling the Gilis
We went snorkelling around the Gilis four times during our stay there – once as part of a snorkelling trip and then three times off each of the different islands. I definitely recommend just going off on your own rather than joining a trip. [Read more…]
Where we stayed for under $20: recommended budget lodgings in Asia
Here is a compiled list of our favourite budget places we stayed throughout Asia. We paid less than 20USD/night, and a majority of them under $15. (Though a lot of the time we negotiated the price/ it was low season/ we were staying a few nights.) None of these places we booked – we just found them while walking or motorbiking, looking for accommodation. I know you can definitely get much cheaper (and we have stayed much cheaper but then cleanliness also goes down), but we these places are the ones that stand out when I think about all the places we have stayed on this trip. They were clean, comfortable and had a nice vibe. [Read more…]
First impressions of Sri Lanka
As someone who is a fan of dairy and not of curry, I was a bit worried that a trip to Sri Lanka would mean I would be hungry all the time. I’m not so adventurous when it comes to food. [Read more…]