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Liebster Blog Award Receiving an award is definitely a great honor. Even if the Liebster Award happens to be a virtual award that is passed around between bloggers instead of a fancy statue, it still provides a moment of appreciation and it shows that someone out there is actually valuing your work. In this case, […]
Everybody who has been to New York in recent years has been to the High Line, which has clearly become one of the main tourist attractions. What used to be simply an abandoned elevated train line with trees and weeds growing on it in the middle of the Meatpacking District, was renovated in different stages […]
Myanmar was a certainly a unique country, but all the little things that were making it so special were really only revealed after spending some on the ground while travelling around. Up to the actual arrival, the only sort of information that one could actually get were best described as rumors. Despite all that, the […]
Discover a UNESCO World Heritage Site of Germany Travelling to Berlin without visiting the Museum Island almost seems impossible. Located right in the center of modern-day Berlin, this island within the river Spree came a long way from being a sister city called Cölln to the center of the arts in the early 19th century. […]
Even if most people don’t quite know what to expect from Burmese food and even if Myanmar is not really known for its cuisine, the meals were tasty, plentiful and, best of all, vegetarian friendly. Perched between such great food nations like India, Thailand and China, their influences could be noticed in the local dishes, […]
Bali was obviously a beautiful island and I had heard about it already long before even considering to traveling to Indonesia. But this beauty was not as apparent as it seemed and unfortunately for many visitors the experience of Bali simply ended on one of the many nice beaches. Even if the beaches on Bali […]
Travelling on the ground always seemed to be a big part of every journey and that was especially true for Myanmar. As local transport was generally slow and usually arrived later than expected, a significant amount of time was actually spent in all sorts of different vehicles. While on the one hand this additional time […]
The beautiful island of Bali was not only offering a wide range of beaches to relax and enjoy the sun, but also a unique cultural experience when visiting some of the many Hindu temples. Known as the island of thousand temples, Bali was actually believed to have as many as 20,000 temples in total. While […]
Visiting Myanmar alone was already an adventure, but using the local train system, Myanmar Railways, was certainly something else. While staying in Thailand and getting a Myanmar visa in Bangkok, I had heard already some rumors about the local rail system. Some people had mentioned that Myanmar Railways was best to be avoided, while other […]
Bali was this tropical island with empty white sand beaches, crystal clear water and tall palm trees, gently leaning over to provide some shade during the heat of the day, at least that was my expectation. But as usually the case with expectations, the reality looked a little bit different and this was certainly the […]
Travel Day 687 – Yogyakarta and Borobudur on Java, INDONESIA In continuation of seeing the historical sites of central Java, today I went to see the Buddhist Borobudur Temple, another UNESCO World Heritage site… In general, the religious aspect of Indonesia seemed quite interesting as it used to be a Buddhist country at some point. […]
Travel Day 686 – Yogyakarta and Prambanan on Java, INDONESIA While exploring Yogyakarta and the Water Castle had been great, today I was off to something bigger and better, the UNESCO enlisted temples of Prambanan… But before even thinking about going to Prambanan, I still wanted to see the Kraton of Yogyakarta and luckily it […]
Travel Day 685 – Solo to Yogyakarta on Java, INDONESIA Somehow this day started on the wrong foot and when I took the rickshaw after breakfast to the train station, the train was just leaving and I had to wait another 1 ½ hours for the next one to come… Technically this was not even […]