Namaste! This was it, after a 7 hour bus ride we arrived in Sunauli, one of the border towns of Nepal and India. Anxiously we went into the immigration office to get the Departure Stamp and walked into India!!! Going through immigration was easy and the friendly staff directed us to the bus station. The difference of Sunauli on the Indian side was clearly noticeable. It was significantly dirtier, the traffic was pure chaos with honking trucks, buses and ricksha...

Namaste, Our arrival in Nepal went quite smooth. We got our 15 day visa on arrival and an airport pick-up service which was organized through the hostel, saved us from getting lost in the chaos of Kathmandu's streets. Nepal, especially Kathmandu, is very different from anything we have seen so far. If you would just stand in the streets with your eyes closed, you could hear the taxis, buses, scooters and rickshaws honk non-stop, merchants calling out to by-pa...

Nihao, Our flight from Seoul to Hong Kong was relatively short with a stop-over in Shanghai where we had to change airport. Well, the easy transfer from one airport to the other turned out to be rather complicated and nerve-racking. Before we left Seoul, we changed all our Won into Hong Kong Dollar, not considering that we would need money to pay the bus ride in Shanghai. So we first changed some US Dollar into Chinese Yuan to pay the bus which brought us f...

Annyeonghaseyo, To catch our breath again we went on a 6 day trip to Jeju which is Korea's holiday and honeymoon island, off the southern coast of South Korea. Jeju has been compared to Hawaii, the Mediterranean, Disneyland and Paradise; the volcanic island features impressive cliffs and rock formations, swaying palm trees, orange orchards, beaches where you least expect them, scuba diving, 14 golf courses (not that we played), casinos and some interesting mus...

Annyeonghaseyo!!! After spending 6 weeks in Japan; South Korea is a big change. Koreans are more open and a lot taller, the streets are a lot more chaotic, the food is spicier and the language barrier (pronounciation and even more difficult words) is even bigger. We spent almost an entire week in Seoul. Over all it is just another big city but what made it a speial place for us was the hostel we stayed at. Seoul Base Camp is a place like no other. The owners J...