Next to Chez Beo Homestay is a small temple. It has its entrance on the side of the big pond next to the restaurant. They had a little temple celebration while I stayed at Chez Beo close to Ninh Binh. More information about the Chez Beo Homestay in this post!They did burn a lot of…
The sky was still gray after a few days so I decided to go to Ninh Binh. Looked at the options on the map. Did not want to go the same road again. Decided to go on the QL 15 from Mai Chau – along the river and then the QL 217 towards the QL…
Good morning Vietnam! Did check out of the North No 2 Hotel and walked to the motorbike place. On the way I had the usual breakfast: Coffee and a Baguette with juice. Last coffee in Hanoi before the trip The new Motorbike Then: surprise surprise – my bike was gone. Did not really understand why…
The Air Asia plane from Bangkok to Hanoi was on time and at 8:20 local we touched Vietnamese tarmac at Hanoi International. There was not a lot going on so I had not to wait a long time for my visa. Arranged my visa on arrival with Vietnam Visa Pro. Great service! Less than 24…
It does not matter how long you stay – there is the one day when you have to take the plane or another kind of transportation to move on. I had my flight to Hanoi on the 1st of March and had 3 days in Bangkok to meet lots of friends and say “Good-Bye” for…
The red Hot Air Balloon Got bitten by a dog – great! Raquel, Jose and Dimitrie at Sapah Muang Papaya Spa The Spanish team is leaving Another night at Sapah Muang Looks like Guacamole for lunch Birthday Cake for Breakfast Birthday Lunch. Thank you very much Mon!! Birthday Dinner with the Twin Hut crew Bungalow…
The days go fast when you do nothing and when you do something they go even faster. People arrive, become new friends and leave. Old friend come and go. The Pailand thing. It is still fresh in the night and the cats try to get some of the heat from last nights fire Bianca leaves…
Simona wanted to move on. Mae Hong Song was her next destination. We made a 3 day and 2 night road trip out of it. There was only one Honda 125 cc with semi-automatic at AYA. Over 70.000 km on the clock and really old. But better than nothing so we took it. Turned out…
Another visitor at my bungalow Greek olives and olive oil with Thai tomatoes and French bread! Thank you Mitsos!! Best Buddys Garlic harvest Isabelle Simona My bungalow Good morning cat! Sunset Beer View from my bungalow Mrs. Wiriya Wiseatkun Mr. Tangaiyakurn Punya The Balloon Mitsos and Lewis at the Khao Soi place Khao Soi –…
Dee, Elena, Gerben and Mitsos gave me a hot air balloon ride in Pai for my birthday – here are the pictures! Thank you, my friends – it was fun :-) Preparations on a field above Pai. Somehow they where not to happy with the wind direction. They started some toy helium balloons to see…
After a short stop in Bangkok it was time to go back to Pai. Got an online ticket and left early with the #3 bus to Mo Chit Bus Station. If you want good food – you have to get out of the station where the little restaurants are. If you are Vegetarian – you…
Back to Bangkok from Udon. A day bus for the first time. There were a few movies with English subtitles so things were OK. Had the seat in the front with a great view. But not a lot of interesting things to see outside. The bus is at 17:00 in Bangkok – they told me….