The Batad Rice Terraces are actually the Ifugao Rice Terraces but this is not what the locals and tourists call them. Batad is a small village in the North of Luzon in the Philippines. The village has less than 1500 people and is situated among the rice terraces. Here they do build the terraces with…
The next day it was time to explore the village. I went up to the museum where you have to find the man with the key to open the museum for you. The entrance fee is very moderate for us – something like a small beer in the restaurant. Which is a lot of money…
The Ifugado Rice Terraces If you took a bus in Thailand or Malaysia before and you are the first time in the Philippines you are in for a surprise. I did ask the interweb and found a bus company that drives from Manila to Banaue up in the north. They have a nice website and…
After too many years i was back in the Philippines again. I am not really sure why i did not visit for that long. Guess it is the extra flight that you have to take but that was the case with Myanmar as well and i went there many times? Off to Manila As usually…
A trip to Bangkok is not complete without shopping in Chinatown. I take the boat down to the “Chinatown Pier” N5 or Ratchawongse. This makes the trip a bit more fun as there are lots of things to see on the way to Chinatown. It is a great way to enjoy Bangkok if you take…
So you have been to Bangkok a few times and you think you did see it all. And than you find something that is so Bangkok you could not dream it up yourself. At the corner of the Bang Lam Phu Intersection only a few blocks away from Khao San Road are the ruins of…
The other night there was a Black Moon Party at the Moon Village outside of Pai. Usually i do not really like the parties there and would rather not go. But Claire did not want to drive her scooter all the way at night so i had to drive her there.This time they had the…
It is always fun at the Edible Jazz Bar in Pai, Northern Thailand. Here are 2 short videos to give you an idea. If you are in town – ask when the next Open Mike will be
Did get a ticket to Trat in Thailand straight from Otres Beach in Cambodia. So it comes with pick up at the “hotel” and goes all the way to Trat bus station. Now the next morning i had to be out at 6 in the morning – that is not really my time of the…
Every country in South East Asia has some different kind of transportation. Sure there are motorbikes, cars, vans or busses. But than you have the Tuk Tuk in Thailand which you will not find in Cambodia for example. They have a similar motorbike for passenger transportation construction but it is different.On the highway i was…
After a few days in Kampot Maya and Nana went down to the Otres Beach in Sihanoukville. Since i wanted to visit Terry down there i went with them. We where lucky to find some rooms as everything was full by the time we got there. And we did find the place that was really…
Part 2 of the pictures from the sidewalk mini series If your feet can reach the ground you are old enough to drive This is almost maximised – but the woman on the back could hold a baby – than we where really full! She had to turn left – so she stopped. I like…