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Magical Sapa and its surroundings – mountains, rice fields and much more!

On Thursday February 2nd, 2017Friday November 24th, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, VietnamTagged amazing, animals, arroz, Ba Be, beautiful, campo, cat cat, chicken, children, countryside, fields, hmong, landscape, Lao Cai, Lao Chai, lunch, market, mountains, north, paddy, pola, rice, ryż, Sapa, slaughter, terrace, terraza, tour, trekking, tribe, Van Tan, Vietnam, view, village4 Comments

When visiting the north of Vietnam it’s worth stopping for a moment at one of the places that will delight us with their unique ambience. Cooler mountainous areas with rice fields in the most known Sapa, Ba Be or some other less known places in the area allow you to escape from the crowded cities and get to know local culture, customs, visit small villages, be a part of this picturesque world! The hotels do not have the central heating, but there will bea heated mattress waiting for you on your bed so you will not get cold! And you will pay 10USD per night for a double room 🙂

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Bolaven Plateau – a paradise for those loving waterfalls!

On Monday January 16th, 2017Wednesday January 25th, 2023 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged bed, Bolaven, bus, cafe, cascada, catarata, coffee, ethnic village, green, kawa, nature, Pakse, peace, plantación, plantacja, plantaction, Plateau, pueblos, sleeper bus, Tad Champi, Tad Fane, Tad Hang, Tad Pasuam, tranquility, Vientiane, village, waterfall, wodospadLeave a comment

Bolaven Plateau situated in southern Laos is known for its landscapes illustrating unspoilt nature: myriads of waterfalls and green scenery. It can be considered an ideal place to take a rest or the one perfect to have a tour visiting waterfalls while staying in Pakse. Also this time we recommend you to hop on a motorbike although the area you will have to move along covers 180-200km. We purchased a tour at a tourist agency tempted to see 3 more attractions in one day and paid 2,50USD more per capita comparing the costs of taking a motorbike for 2, but later we regreted that we did not do that the usual way – on a motorcycle, despite the large distance to traverse. For sure it would have been more fun! (Especially since our driver was driving his clunker so fu(..)ing slowly!…)

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Chiang Rai: visiting the controversial Long neck women village & much more…

On Saturday January 7th, 2017Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, ThailandTagged #Blackhouse, #bluetemple, #Chiang, #Chiangrai, #Chiangsaen, #clocktower, #flowerfestival, #golden, #Goldentriangle, #longear, #longneckwomen, #Mai, #MaiSai, #monkeycave, #opiummuseum, #Rai, #Tajlandia, #teaplantation, #triangle, #whitetemple, #Złotytrójkąt, Akha, Birma, Birmania, border, Lahu, Myanmar, opium, Thailand, village, wioska73 Comments

Chiang Rai is a city situated in northern Thailand, close to the famous Golden Triangle (where the borders of three countries /Thailand, Laos, Myanmar/ meet and where opium used to value the same as gold, hence the name!). You can visit the city and its most important points in one day, provided that you don’t have going for trekking in your plans. We went on an excursion, which included driving about 240km to visit 10 points starting in the early morning and finishing around 7pm! Not all of the places are worth visiting, but we have to admit that we wouldn’t have been able to visit half of them on our own, so all in all, the trip was worth doing.

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Living on water in Inle Lake

On Thursday December 29th, 2016Sunday January 1st, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Birma, Birmania, boat, boatman, fisherman, floating garden, floating market, forest monastery, Idein, inle lake, jezioro, long neck, łódź, Maing Thauk, market, mountain, Myanmar, Nyaung Shwe, Red Mountain Winery, rybak, stupa, tasting wine, temple, tour, village, village life, water, wine, wycieczka8 Comments

Inle Lake – a magical place, especially at 7am when boats can start traversing this most famous and second-largest lake in Myanmar (its surface area: 116 square kilometres). You can take a longer trip to get to distant villages. It will cost you only 10,000MMK / 7,50USD per person (the boat for 2 people) to set off on a 6-8h trip and to enjoy the views of life on the water, and much more.

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Magical Sapa and its surroundings – mountains, rice fields and much more!

Bolaven Plateau – a paradise for those loving waterfalls!

Chiang Rai: visiting the controversial Long neck women village & much more…

Living on water in Inle Lake