Jǐníng (济宁)
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 We had a leisurely morning, since we were waiting to hear news about Ivor. All went well in the end. Around 2:30pm we set off with Marijke and Coen to go and find remnants of the…
Caroline Diericx
Dàtóng (大同)
Sunday, May 11, 2014 After our visit to the Hanging Monastery we drove to Dàtóng were we arrived before noon and checked in to our hotel. This was again a ‘Home Inn’, a chain we’ve come to like: nice, clean…
Mike Murphy: Car mechanic in Vientiane, Laos
Meet Mike Murphy, who did everything in his power to help us trying to fix a potentially trip-ending issue with Sterlin. Not only did he spend a day on the phone trying to help us remotely and talking us through…
Chéngdū (成都)
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 We set off from Xiaojin around 8am as we had a long day’s drive ahead of us… none of us knew how long and challenging the day was about to get. It started innocently enough, as…
Leg 3: South-East Asia
October 2013 – Aril 2014 Indonesia: Although just for a while it looked like we were going to get Sterlin into the country, it all became a paper (and possibly bribe) quagmire, so Sterlin got shipped around to KL. We…
Exciting times in Luang Prabang
Thursday, April 10, 2014 The road from Nong Khiaw to Luang Prabang was mostly ok, although there where a few sections with some very impressive potholes. It took us about 3.5 hours to cover the 140kms. Contrary to our normal…
Pakse
Thursday, March 20, 2014 The road to Pakse was good. Well, apart from cows regularly and aimlessly crossing the road. We suspect this will be a common occurrence here in Southern Laos. Pakse has good coffee and it was not…
Muang Khong
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 On arrival in Muang Khong we headed straight for the Senesothxuen Hotel recommended by other travelers and we were not disappointed. After relaxing a bit and a bath (yes, a bath; for the first time in a while…
Goodbye Cambodia, Hello Laos!
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 About 40 minutes after the sun we got up as well. We enjoyed breakfast at Ponika’s Place again, after which we went back to our hotel to check out and headed towards the Cambodia-Laos border. Just…
Kratie
Thursday, March 13, 2014 After having picked up our Chinese visas, we headed off to Kratie, the long way around. Ok, we got lost, but only twice. I think our GPS got confused; actually our GPS got confused twice. Once…
Phnom Penh
Friday, March 7, 2014 What a long day. After we left the temple and regained National Highway No. 6 we had only 180 kms to go to Phnom Penh. We had heard the road was in bad shape, but we…
Sambor Prei Kuk Complex
Friday, March 7, 2014 We had an early dinner yesterday and went out in search of a bar for a few drinks, which we found just around the corner from our hotel. At the first place we walked into (open…
Angkor Wat and Siem Reap
Saturday, March 1, 2014 The road from Banteay Chhmar to Samraong was, despite being under construction, quite a bit better than the road under construction from the previous day. And from Samraong to Siem Reap it was fine – apart…
Sisophon and Banteay Chhmar
Friday, February 28, 2014 After a very good morning visiting 3 sites in the vicinity of Battambang followed with lunch there, we drove on to Sisophon. The town mostly acts as a travelers’s stop between Siem Reap (Angkor Wat) and…
Battambang
Thursday, February 27, 2014 Goodbye Thailand – Hello Cambodia!!! We left our border hotel in Aranyaprathet relatively early, and, after getting a coffee and spending the last of our Bahts on fuel, we headed towards the border. The whole process…