Archive for 'Destinations'
Hotel Tip of the Week: Wanderlust Hotel, Singapore
Posted on 21. May, 2012 by jess.
Our Hotel Tip of the Week series offers accommodation recommendations from around the world. All are places where we have stayed in and personally recommend. This week: The Wanderlust Hotel, Singapore.
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Polaroid of the week: Creepy statue at Haw Par Villa in Singapore
Posted on 17. May, 2012 by Dany.
Haw Par Villa in Singapore was one of the most bizarre attractions we have ever visited! Images of people being sawed in half, grown-ups milking, and other oddities..
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Monkey business and a beach hunt on Langkawi island, Malaysia
Posted on 15. May, 2012 by jess.
Our strangely eventual day driving around the island of Langkawi in Malaysia, plus tips on where to stay and how to get to Langkawi.
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Polaroid of the week: The fabulous Marina Bay Sands building in Singapore
Posted on 10. May, 2012 by Dany.
Singapore surprised us with stunning architecture, vibrant city life and an eclectic mix of cultures. Marina Bay Sands was one of our favorite buildings – and this is why…
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33 things we love about Laos
Posted on 08. May, 2012 by jess.
Laos was one of our favorite countries in South East Asia and there are so many things we loved about it – find out which 33 things we love most!
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Detour to the Plain of Jars
Posted on 06. May, 2012 by jess.
As we arrive in the late afternoon light, the scene is more how we would have imagined a trip to Mongolia, not Phonsavan, Laos. Motorcycle riders with scarves over their faces to block the dust, the cityscape here is barren but you see from the construction that there is prosperity in its future. But we’re here to see the mysterious Plain of Jars.
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Polaroid of the week: The most famous man in Melaka, Malaysia
Posted on 03. May, 2012 by Dany.
Who knew Melaka’s most prominent son is a famous bodybuilder! When we visited the UNESCO town, we did not only find a vibrant Chinatown and relics of the Dutch and Portuguese colonization, but also golden statues of a muscle man!
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Polaroid of the week: Monks receiving their morning alms in Battambang, Cambodia
Posted on 26. Apr, 2012 by Dany.
As we are leaving South East Asia, we are thinking of all the things we’ll miss – one of them being the daily alms giving ceremony that we witnessed in many places.
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Photo Essay: The markets of Laos
Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by Dany.
Live toads, whole chickens, seaweed…come and take a visual tour of the markets of Laos with us.
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Charmant in the City – Luang Prabang, Laos
Posted on 22. Apr, 2012 by jess.
Luang Prabang in Northern Laos is an entertaining place to visit – combining quaint French-colonial architecture with Buddhist temples and buzzing markets. Here are our tips what to see and do:
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Polaroid of the week: Giant stone face of Bayon | Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Posted on 19. Apr, 2012 by Dany.
After over six months in South East Asia, we finally made it to Angkor Wat last week. Find out what impressed us the most here at the world’s biggest religious site.
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What’s for breakfast in Laos?
Posted on 15. Apr, 2012 by jess.
We had never heard of the dishes with names like cheaw makork or khao piak sen when we got to Laos – find out what they are and what’s our favorite Lao breakfast.
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Polaroid of the week: We found it! Paradise in Cambodia
Posted on 12. Apr, 2012 by jess.
After 6 months, we finally found a tropical island in South East Asia that boasts the serene,white-sand beaches we have been dreaming about on Koh Rong, Cambodia – but we had to work to get there!
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Please don’t go to…Muang Ngoi Neua | Laos
Posted on 10. Apr, 2012 by jess.
A trip to the serene, sleepy village on the shores of the Nam Ou River in Northern Laos, Muang Ngoi Neua, feels like a trip back in time – but you don’t want to go there…
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Hotel Tip of the Week: Beach Club Resort in Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Posted on 09. Apr, 2012 by jess.
Our Hotel Tip of the Week series offers accommodation recommendations from around the world. All are places where we have stayed in and personally recommend. This week: Beach Club Resort in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
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Travel Photo Roulette #32: LOVE
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