I visited Laos after a business trip to Singapore earlier this year. This landlocked country has been on my radar for a long time. I stayed in Luang Prabang for six nights and did five-day trips from there. One of these days I hired a [read more]
Nzulezo Stilt Village is a settlement entirely built on water just 90 kilometers from Takoradi. Nzulezo literally means “surface water” because the village is just above the surface of the water. The first stilt houses were built over 500 years ago on Lake Tadane near [read more]
With a history of over 1000 years Lijiang wasn’t known to the outside world until after the earthquake of 1996. The old town was mostly destroyed but reconstructed quickly. In 1997 it got the UNESCO World Heritage Site status. These events made Lijiang known to [read more]
A day trip from Lhasa which should be on everyone’s agenda during a visit to Tibet is a visit to the Ganden Monastery and Drak Yerpa. You will also have the opportunity to visit some local small Tibetan villages if you have not yet done [read more]
In this article I take you to the other side of Cairo. In the morning I set foot on Dahab’s Island in the Nile and after lunch I headed to Cairo Garbage City and the cave church. Two parts of Cairo which are not visited [read more]
Wadi Al-Hitan, also called the Whale Valley, is a desert area where a lot of fossils are found. Wadi Al-Hitan Whale Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and just over 1000 tourists make it to the site every year from Cairo. Read here my [read more]
A Nampo day trip or better an overnight trip is one that is on most North Korea itineraries for first timers. I did a Nampo day trip after my Kaesong day trip which saved a bit of driving up and down to Pyongyang. The first [read more]
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