Exactly a month ago since our last update so get ready for a blog entry filled with excitement from the past month of travelling! After Chiang Mai we decided to go to Pai, a 4-5 hour drive to the Northwest. Now, to go to Pai you have two options; either go by minivan or rent a motorbike and drive the adventurous road by yourself. Of course we went with option number 2, our backpacks were shipped to Pai and after some practise rounds on the streets of Chiang Mai ...

So much has happened since our jungle adventure in Ratanakiri so it is about time to write a new blog entry! After surviving the Cambodian jungle we made it to the next country on our list: Laos. Crossing the border was pretty easy but full of scams as we were told the Lao visa price is based on your nationality and involved some stamping fees. Long story short, because of our Dutch passports we had to pay $40 excluding a $2 Cambodian exit stamp and a $3 Lao ent...

While in Phnom Penh there is one site (an attraction is probably not the best word to describe the place) you must visit before moving on to your next destination: the Killing fields of Choeung Ek. Between 1975-1978 over 17.000 people were killed at this extermination camp by the Pol Pot regime (in total 1,7 million Cambodians, 25% of the population at that time). It is impossible to describe in words the sadness this place displays. While walking around y...

After 4 days in the overwhelming HCMC we thought it was time to have a mini holiday in between our travels and decided to go to Phu Quoc Island, the most southern and biggest island of Vietnam. As we are on a tight budget we decided to take a bus to Ha Tien and then take a ferry to the island instead of flying directly from HCMC. According to a very reliable Vietnamese travel agent the bus journey would just take 6 hours... Now, the connection with the small vil...

After escaping the hill tribe girls wanting to marry us (Black Hmong girl Lili was quite into us..) in Sa Pa we quickly took a night train back to Hanoi. Probably not the smartest idea but when we arrived back to Hanoi at 5 a.m. we decided to book another night train leaving that evening to Hue. Hue is famous for it's Emperial Citadel but we actually preferred the local beach bar.. After Hue we ended up in probably the prettiest town Vietnam has to offer:...