Cambodia, the country with the most secrets for me. I didn’t knew the language, people, currency or culture. Cambodia, the country where they use riel and US dollar at the same time. Paying with dollars and getting change in riel. Cambodia, with a darker side in their history then Darth Vaders‘. Or maybe as red as his lightsaber. But […]
North-Vietnam
For the last 10 days I’ve been running into people that I met everywhere. If it wasn’t a couple I talked to in a bar two hours before, it was my buddy from Las Vegas whom I met on my last day on Koh Tao three months ago! But the best reunion was definitely with digital […]
Christmas with a Vietnamese family in Duc Trong
5.30am… The rooster screams “Good morning!“… His friend, a pheasant-looking bird, answers: “You call this a good morning?!“ Or… That’s what I make of it… Next to me in bed, the 10-year old Huy and Nu turn around to get a couple of minutes more sleep. The mosquito tent I’m sleeping in, gives an interesting real-life instagram filter on […]
Couchsurfing the south of rainy Vietnam
Rain, rain, rain… First time I’ve seen rain in one month. It feels refreshing though. After a sleepless night on the airport from Beijing, a silent flight to KL, and a plane filled with beautiful Vietnamese girls, I arrive in Saigon. Seeing christmas decorations while it’s 30ºC still messes with my brain. It just doesn’t feel right. Besides this, […]
China – Beijing
With some sore muscles, a pair of new Kungfu training shoes and a Shaolin flame inside of me, I made my way back to Beijing. Sunny Beijing this time. Funny, because the name of my hostel is called sunrise hostel. (ba-dum-tss) I think I can praise the gods, because it didn’t rain during my 26 […]
Two weeks of Kung Fu training in China
China… First impression… Cold… After spending two months in tropical environments, you get easily used to the nice weather. Like Europe, the north of China has four seasons. Like Europe, November isn’t the warmest month of the year. It was about 5°C when I arrived in Beijing… As China wasn’t “planned” when I left for my […]