Category: Asia
Two weeks in Japan – Experience Japan’s highlights
Japan has amazing food which you find at every corner, fast Shinkansen trains and a good local public transport system. You can gawk up at modern skyscrapers and sleep on futons in traditional ryokans. There seems to be a system Read More …
Relax at the best onsen in Beppu
The onsen visits were one of our highlights in Japan. Especially after a long train ride or many hours of sightseeing, there is nothing better than to lie in a pool of hot water and daydream for a while. Beppu Read More …
Best sights of Kyoto – city of 2000 shrines and temples
If you like temples and history, Kyoto is your place to go to for in this city you find over 2000 temples and shrines. For example, you will find Inari Shrine, one of the most pictured shrines in Japan which is Read More …
The best temple in Bagan after three days of sightseeing
Find the best temple in Bagan to fulfill your wish of the perfect view Bagan and its mystical temples was the part I was most looking forward to on my trip. I didn’t know anything about what was located where Read More …
Night bus from Bagan to Inle Lake – up the winding road
The ticket for the night bus from Bagan to Inle included the pick up at the hotel with a benched tucktuck taxi. With about 11 other people we raced to the bus terminal at 7.30 pm. Our bags were on Read More …
Trip to Mount Popa in Bagan – a different view on Bagan
Mount Popa is a memorial temple for King Popa which is built on a mountain top and 777 steps are leading toward it. It’s at the moment the only other advertised sightseeing place near the Bagan temples. It makes a Read More …
How to get to Don Mueang Airport (DMK) in Bangkok
Bangkok has two international airports and both are easily reachable with public transport. So far, I only always travelled to and from Suvarnabhumi by City Line Sky train. If you ride to the last stop it costs 45 THB and Read More …
The best beef in the world – Eat Kobe beef in Kobe
Apart from sushi, there aren’t many Japanese foods which are famous all over the world. But there is something else which will probably ring a bell. That’s the best beef in the world, also known as Kobe beef. I once Read More …
How to best visit the Beppu Hells
Beppu is an onsen town directly at the ocean. However, you won’t smell salt in the air. As soon as you step off the train you will smell sulfur. You can even see the steam that vaporates from every gap Read More …
Spend the night at Oedo Onsen Monogatari
Oedo Onsen Monogatari was the first Onsen we went to in Japan and therefore we automatically asumed that all the onsens would be as nice as that. However, this isn’t the case. Oedo onsen is a beautiful and clean modern Read More …