English version: Short post here, just like my stay in the capital of Lao, Vientiane. Arrived yesterday afternoon and will shoot off to Hanoi tomorrow. The city is very charming and relaxed, the weather is awesomely hot. I am staying in the Hive hostel for $16 which is a pretty good place and in an …
#15 Vang Vieng (Laos / Laosz)
English version: My journey continued and I took a 5 hours mini van ride southbound from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng. The journey was incredible. The road went between pretty big jungle covered limestone mountains. I sat next to a Spanish dude, Paco who also lives in Reading with his girlfriend and we became big …
#14 Luang Prabang: Elephantville / Elefantfalva (Laos / Laosz)
English version: Next morning a van picked me up and we went to the Elephant Village. Whoop whoop! I booked the extended tour with these guys for 170 usd which allowed me to stay there for the night. I was part of a small group: Aaron Hanson from Brisbane and his girlfriend, Jennifer Edlund from …
#13: The journey to Laos / Az ut Laoszba (Thailand + Laos)
English version: What day is it? It’s Saturday 🙂 Every day since my last day at the beloved Dynatrace, on the 31st October. Seriously, sometimes I have no idea what day it is… Not I would give a single f… though as it really doesn’t matter. I am writing this post from Vang Vieng and …
#12 Pai: Hippie-ville / Hippi-falva (Thailand / Thaifold)
English version: I was really looking forward to this place: Pai. I read and heard a lot of good things about it and I was not disappointed. This little village is situated in the North East, about 150km from Chiang Mai and very close to the Myanmar border. The route there is interesting 🙂 I …
#11 Chiang Rai (Thailand / Thaifold)
English version: I took a little break from my break in Chiang Mai. I took a 4 hours bus ride up North, spent a night in Chiang Rai. Chiang Rai is the northernmost large city close to the Lao border. The main attraction and my primary objective here was to marry a ladyboy in the …
#10 Chiang Mai (Thailand / Thaifold)
English version: After my farewell from Myanmar, my plane landed in Chiang Mai which is the capital of Chiang Mai province and the largest city in Northern Thailand. The place has a nice mild climate – not too warm, not too cold and a great modern but relaxed atmosphere. I spent 5 days here to …
#9 Burma: the land of smiles – chapter three: Bagan / Burma: mosolyok foldje – harmadik fejezet: Bagan (Burma)
English version: After a nice and relaxing time in Hsipaw, I started my journey to Bagan. The night bus ride cost 18k kyat and was supposed to take 9 hours. In reality it took 15 as there was a big traffic jam on the mountains. To use some Dynatrace jargon, the root cause of the …
#8 Burma: the land of smiles – chapter two: Hsipaw / Burma: mosolyok foldje – masodik fejezet: Hsipaw (Burma)
English version: Mingalabar, Finally I have good internet here in Chiang Mai, so can shoot some posts from the last 10 days I spent in the incredible Burma. On the morning when I left Pyin Oo Lwin I had a surprise on the train station. Thing is that you have to buy the ticket on …
#7 Burma: the land of smiles – chapter one: Pyin Oo Lwin / Burma: mosolyok foldje – elso fejezet: Pyin Oo Lwin (Burma)
English version: From Kanchanaburi, I went back to the Thonburi station Bangkok, then took a taxi to get to the opposite side of the city. I slept in the Stay In hostel, 10 mins drive from the airport. Then the next day, I flew to Mandalay and my Burma / Myanmar days have begun. The …
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