Thursday, 19 May 2016

Vietnam: The Beauty of Hoi An - Chaotic Hanoi - On the trail of Vietnam War

Our itinerary through Vietnam
(03/04/2016 - 16/04/2016; 2000 km)

Hanoi is a shock. A big one.
Especially after Singapore. After Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore we are back in dusty, noisy, dirty and overcrowded South East Asia and it takes some time to adapt again.

Monday, 2 May 2016

Singapore: World in Melting Pot - Enormous Wealth at one spot - ARTificial Island

Our stop in Singapore
(31/03/2016 - 03/04/2016)
We are ready for a new adventure! With an aching heart we leave Emma behind, put the backpacks on our shoulders and take the next metro to the bus station. We want to catch a bus to Singapore. And our first attempt of living as backpackers almost goes wrong.

We arrive at the place we think is the bus station, half an hour before the bus is about to leave. And we realize that we are at the wrong place, totally at the wrong place. We have no idea how this could happen, after having rechecked three times for the right bus station. But I guess that is what can happen when getting used to a new modus of travelling. We manage to get a taxi and the taxi driver is so friendly to speed the seven kilometer through Kuala Lumpur's south, where we get onto the bus literally in the last second. Our shoulders hurt terrible from running with backpacks and carrying Pauli at the same time. But, we are off and going and it feels good to rely on a driver and not having to drive ourselves.