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Blog posts from 2023
15th October 2023
Day 9 – Dingboche Acclimatisation day
Today was supposed to be a more relaxing day so we can better get used to the altitude, this meant we had finally a chance to sleep in! (until 8am that is) we got up and had breakfast before meeting our guide for our morning acclimatisation hike, a short hike, only 2 hours long. We […]
14th October 2023
Day 8 – Tengboche to Dingboche
Today I woke up at 4 am to go take some pictures of the stars over Mount Everest in the distance. I got up and dressed in a million layers before going outside where you could faintly hear the bells of the yaows (yak and cow hybrids) sleeping just a few meters away from me, […]
13th October 2023
Day 7 – Namche Bazaar to Tengboche
Today we got to wake a bit later than usual, this time after the sun had risen! we first went out to buy some snacks before we started today’s hike by going to the top of Namche Bazaar to the observatory where we got to see Everest for the first time since we had entered […]
12th October 2023
Day 6 – Lukla to Namche Bazaar
Today we once again woke up at 4:30 for attempt number 3 to get to Lukla, this time hopefully we would actually reach the tarmac. As we repeat the steps of the previous day, we managed to get all the way to the waiting area overlooking the planes on the tarmac, there as we waited […]
11th October 2023
Day 5 – Attempt 2 to fly to Lukla
Today was once again an early day, we woke up at 4:30 and boarded our bus once again for another try at getting onto the plane. After our bumpy one-hour bus ride through the dark, we arrived at the airport. This time we felt lucky as we go to go inside of the airport instead […]
10th October 2023
Day 4 – Attempt 1 to fly to Lukla
Today we woke up at 4:30 half awake and climbed aboard our bus to bring us to the airport. Our bus drove about an hour arriving before the sun had risen. once we arrived we were dropped off outside of the gates of the airport, and waited in a little restaurant for the airport to […]
9th October 2023
Day 3 – Kathmandu to Ramechhap
Today in order to reach Lukla, we had to first drive to the city of Ramechhap where we would be staying overnight and taking a flight the next morning to go to Lukla. After breakfast we brought all our stuff to be weighed as we were limited to 15kg each for the whole trip due […]
8th October 2023
Day 2 – Kathmandu
Today we started our descent into the city of Kathmanduy surrounded by mountains and clouds hugging the hills as they rushed past our window. After landing at the airport, we were met with the best bus we have ever taken, used to make us travel 40 meters. We managed to get our visas on arrival […]
7th October 2023
Day 1 – Flight to Kathmandu
Today we woke up around 7:30 am and after eating some delicious crepes i had made in a previous episode (aka frozen in my freezer) we set off towards heathrow, jumping through hoops because the elizabeth line was experiencing delays. Once we did make it to Heathrow, everything went off without a hitch and we […]
28th April 2023
Day 28 – Chiang Mai
Today we still had a bit of road to reach Chiang Mai, so we headed off early once again. our first stop on our 4hr journey, was at the white temple which represent hell and rebirth, we visited it for a bit before getting back onto our journey. After arriving in Chiang Mai, we went […]
27th April 2023
Day 27 – Chiang Khong
Today was another long day on the river as we continued our journey, we got up early once again and got back on the boat where I mostly napped and watched movies until we arrived at our destination, Thailand. There we went though immigration to leave laos and reenter Thailand, crossing the bridge between the […]
26th April 2023
Day 26 – Pak Beng
This morning we got up early to participate in the ritual of feeding the monks. every morning the monks just after sunrise walk down the street with heir food bowl and people line the streets to offer each and every single one of them some food, any food that they might have. in our case […]
25th April 2023
Day 25 – Luang Prabang
Today after breakfast, we drove to a set of waterfalls nearby, where we spent most of the morning exploring and swimming in the cold cold water. as the waterfalls were near a bear rescue centre, we were also able to see some of the rescue bears. For lunch we got some sandwiches, before I decided […]
24th April 2023
Day 24 – Luang Prabang
Today we had a long journey ahead of us, through the hilly mountains of laos, even though the distance was not very far, only about 300km it took us 8hr of driving on bad and hilly roads to reach our destination, Luang Prabang. We stopped quickly for some noodles in the middle but focused on […]
23rd April 2023
Day 23 – Vang Vieng
Today we woke up and were met by the pickup trucks again, this time also loaded with kayaks, who drove us to the river. there after a quick safety briefing, we climbed aboard and started paddling down the river. as we paddled our 5km journey, we encountered cows and water buffaloes drinking by the riverside, […]
22nd April 2023
Day 22 – Vang Vieng
Today I slept in to catch up on some of the sleep I had missed due to all the travel in the last few days! around lunch time we took a Bus from Ventiane about 4hr to Vang Vieng. When we got there, after dropping off our bags, we were met with pickup trucks which […]
21st April 2023
Day 21 – Flight to Vientiane
Today we decided to visit the prison created by the French in Hanoi, which once inside we learnt about all the terrible ways that prisoners were held there during the French reign. However once the prison switch hands to the Vietnamese suddenly it was being called the Hanoi Hilton, due to how well the American […]
20th April 2023
Day 20 – Hanoi
Today we got up and took another 4hr bus journey back to Hanoi, where upon arriving we were able to drop off our bags at the hotel, before going on a walk of the city and some of its neighbourhoods to learn more about Hanoi. There we stopped for lunch at a famous Ban Mi […]
19th April 2023
Day 19 – Ha Long Bay
Today our train arrived in Hanoi, at around 6am after a long night where it was difficult to get any sleep, due tot he train rocking and being quite loud. We then boarded a bus for a 4hr journey to Halong bay, where I was able to get another hour of sleep, bringing my total […]
18th April 2023
Day 18 – Phong Nha Caves
Today I almost missed breakfast because I couldn’t find the restaurant, but thankfully I figured it out. Following this we were picked up by a van to drive us to the first cave we would be visiting today, Paradise Cave. There we first took a golf buggy to reach the foot of the hill where […]
17th April 2023
Day 17 – Phong Nha
Today we had a free morning, but I decided to sleep in to catch up on some sleep, we grabbed lunch near the hotel, before we had to get on another 4hr long journey by bus to our next destination, Phong Nha. When we got there we were met with a beautiful view from the […]
16th April 2023
Day 16 – Hue
Today we took a 3hr bus through he foggy mountains. to drive us to our next destination, Hue. When we arrived, we dropped off our stuff, grabbed lunch before we got ready for the afternoon. We were met outside of our hotel by a gang of motorbikes and told to choose a key out of […]
15th April 2023
Day 15 – Hoi An
Today after taking breakfast where I decided to eat noodles (forgetting about the plan for today) we took a golf buggy through the city to a noodle-making class, where we learned about the different noodles that exist in Vietnam and how they are made. We even got to try to make some ourselves and made […]
14th April 2023
Day 14 – Hoi An
Today our train arrived at 7 am, and we drove for a bit to reach our hotel where we dropped off our bags, before walking to a local cafe where we got breakfast and I got a delicious avocado toast and passion fruit juice. Then we were brought around the city, crossing the different streets […]
13th April 2023
Day 13 – Diving
Today I got up early and walked to the beachfront to meet with the diving team for our excursion. We took a taxi to the port, where we boarded our boat, a wooden typical Vietnamese boat, with all of the diving gear at the back. As we started sailing, we got our briefing about the […]
12th April 2023
Day 12 – Nha Trang
today, after a difficult night on the rocky bus, we arrived at the city of Nha trang, where I was finally able to take a shower after having been sweaty all day yesterday. We walked around the city for a while, seeing what was around our hotel, before we decided to go to the local […]
11th April 2023
Day 11 – Viet Long tunnels
For breakfast today we had noodles, before taking a taxi to go to the war museum where we learnt about the Vietnamese war, albeit a slightly skewed version of history, as told by the communists who won’t he war. We got to see some of the photos of the war showing some of the atrocities […]
10th April 2023
Day 10 – Vietnam
today we woke up at 4:30 am after a rough night, being woken up every 30 minutes by a different noise, the most notable being the storm of crickets landing on our roof and making a noise of 70 decibels in the middle of the night. however we had a long day ahead of us, […]
9th April 2023
Day 9 – Chambok homestay
Today we tried to get up to watch the sunrise, but unfortunately when we reached the beach, we saw that the horizon was covered in clouds from last night’s storm. We still got to see some of the colours of the sunrise, but weren’t able to get the full experience. After breakfast we all got […]
8th April 2023
Day 8 – Koh Rong
Today after breakfast we met our guide, who bought us on a walking tour of the island to see the village. We started by walking to the local school, crossing the only real road on the island (still under construction) Our guide made us stop to try some local rice noodles and then showed us […]
7th April 2023
Day 7 – Koh Rong
Today I woke up not feeling so well, but we had to take another bus to our next stop, the island of Koh rot, thankfully I was able to nap most of the 4hr bus journey ride to the boat, which then took another 2hr across the bay to the island. Once on the island […]
6th April 2023
Day 6 – Phnom Penh
Today is a more cultural day as we would be learning more about the Cambodian genocide, We got on the bus after our breakfast and drove to the killing fields, the site of a horrible genocide that happened less than a 50 years ago in Cambodia, where the ruling group, the Khmer Rouge, would kill […]
5th April 2023
Day 5 – Phnom Penh
Today was another long travel day, as we made our way to the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Peng. We got up early and after a quick breakfast, were greeted with a full sized buss just for us, which was great because it meant that we could each have a full row to ourselves to […]
4th April 2023
Day 4 – Angkor Wat
Today we got up at 4h30 in the morning and got in a van on our way to Angkor Wat, to watch the sunrise there. On the way we had to do a quick stop by the visitor centre so that they could take a photo of our faces as we were all barely awake […]
3rd April 2023
Day 3 – Siem Reap
Today we woke up very early at 5h30 in the morning and boarded our mini bus on the way to Cambodia. On this journey we travelled for about 4 hours before we arrived at the Cambodian Border where we exited Thailand and officially entered the country, thankfully everything went smoothly and we all made it […]
2nd April 2023
Day 2 – Bangkok
The flight from dubai landed at 7am in Bangkok where after disembarking we had to weave our way across the huge airport to immigration, who didn’t even look at us just took our passport stamped, finger prints and good to go. Next was luggage claim which was also super easy as my luggage was there […]
1st April 2023
Day 1 – Flight to Bangkok
Today after making the final preparations to my luggage we drove to CDG where i was dropped off. Apparently i am too good at airports now because i managed to make it through check in and security in less than 10 mins but i got cocky so my bag got selected for security screening which […]