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Our dream trip across 12 countries – how much did it cost us?

On Tuesday June 27th, 2017Wednesday January 25th, 2023 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Australia, Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & Laos, China, The Philippines, Indonesia & East Timor, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh, Thailand, Uzbekistan & Tajikistan, VietnamTagged #asia, #azja, #backpackers, #Celebes, #chiny, #cost, #Indonesia, #Japonia, #kosztpodrozy, #nepal, #Papua, #podróż, #srilanka, #Sulawesi, #Sumatra, #Tajlandia, #travel, australia, Birma, filipiny, Laos, malezja, mjanma, Vietnam14 Comments

Having finished our 6-month journey, during which we visited 12 countries (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, Australia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, China and Nepal), we often get questions regarding the cost of such a trip. In this post you will find information that will help you to realize that you don’t need a lot of money (which does not mean you need very little of it) to make your travel dream come true. Of course now we can call ourselves smarter and advise you which country you could skip right away if your budget is very limited; and this does not mean that it must be Australia, which many people associate with gigantic travel expenses! Sit back comfortably and make yourself decide after reading our tips whether a long travel is something you could go for taking into account various destinations and travel costs:)

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West Papua: trekking to villages in the Baliem Valley – DIY with a daily budget of 7-8 EUR per person!

On Sunday March 12th, 2017Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Indonesia & East TimorTagged #baliemvalley, #Danitribe, #Indonesia, #Jayapura #trekking, #kotekas, #Kurima, #Papua, #Userem, #Waena, #Wamena, #Yogosem19 Comments

Being in West Papua and not experiencing a direct contact with local people or tribes living in the remote villages somewhere in the jungle or mountains would mean not being there at all .. we were anticipating this for a long time and our dream finally came true: we managed to reach Papuan villages and meet local people. We did it without a guide, porters and without a non-essential travel permit, thanks to which we saved about 400-500EUR! We followed the trail through the picturesque mountainous Baliem Valley starting our trekking in Kurima heading to Hitugi, and continuing to Userem, Yuarima until we reached Yogosem, a village situated at an altitude of 2500m above the sea level. This would not be possible without learning the basics of Bahasia Indonesia (without learning the language you cannot communicate with local people and will not get to know their culture well), plus our determination and stamina turned out to be be paramount in that experience too 🙂 (the most strenuous trekking path from Yuarima to Yogosem took us about 3.5 hours and all the time we were to trek the steep trail up, and at the end of it we literally had the opportunity to stand in the clouds :)). We didn’t meet any white people on the way during our 4 day trekking and in fact we felt ourselves to be the main attraction for the locals, especially in Yogosem. In this post you will be provided with more details regarding our 4-day adventure including the info how we got to Kurima, and where we slept and ate with locals for 7-8 EUR per day per person! 🙂

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The taste of Burmese cuisine – let’s cook!

On Saturday December 31st, 2016Tuesday July 3rd, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Birma, Birmania, Burma, chef, cocina, cocinero, comida, cook, cooking class, cuisine, delicioso, delicious, food, gotowanie, housewife, inle lake, jedzenie, jefe de cocina, kucharz, kuchnia, Kuduk, Michał, mjanma, Myanmar, Nyaung Shwe, po birmańsku, pyszne, rico, sabroso, szef kuchni, tastyLeave a comment

How to get to know the authentic Burmese cuisine? Eating out at local bars with Burmese people is a good way but it’s not the same as cooking with a local ‘housewife’… Especially if you can participate in the process of preparing products (by going to the market to get them, the place where the whole experience begins), then in the preparation of various dishes, especially the typically traditional ones (it’s worth mentioning that you choose what you want to cook during a cooking class, so you have the chance to emphasize that you want to cook and eat the food Burmese people eat at home). We highly recommend you a cooking class offered by ‘Y Wine’ in Nyaung Shwe for 15.000MMK (11USD) per person (in our case of course it was Michal who was cooking, and me following his each and every step snapping photos and later even tasting the cooked dishes with him, and yet we only paid for 1 person!).

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Bagan – the ancient city with a soul

On Saturday December 31st, 2016Thursday December 27th, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Angkor, Archeological Zone, Bagan, Birma, Birmania, e-bike, Ever New Guesthouse, Krolestwo, Myanmar, New Bagan, Nyaung-U, Old Bagan, Pagan, pagoda, stupa, UNESCOLeave a comment

Being in Myanmar and not visiting Bagan, an ancient city still waiting to be enlisted the UNESCO World Heritage Site, would equal to not seeing the temples of Angkor while your stay in Cambodia. The Kingdom of Pagan gave rise to the modern Myanmar (Burma) and was the first kingdom unifying regions. The admission fee every tourist has to pay when entering Bagan Archaeological Zone is $ 25 and it’s valid for 5 days. To visit this wonderful city on a budget we rented an e-bike (electronic bicycle) for 10.000MMK (7,50USD) for the whole day. Exploring Bagan on an e-bike was pure fun 🙂

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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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Hsipaw – Myanmar’s picturesque corner

On Sunday December 25th, 2016Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged bicicleta, bike, Birma, Birmania, bridge, Burma, cascada, Gokteik, Hsipaw, Mandalay, mnich, monastery, monk, most, Myanmar, pociąg, puente, rower, Shan, State, Thibaw, train, tren, waterfall, wodospad2 Comments

In search of peace, tranquility and great rural mountainous landscapes we went to Hsipaw (Thibaw). This picturesque town situated in the Shan State and its surroundings can be easily visited on a bike. Direction tips and a map that we got from our hotel were enough to easily explore this green area by ourselves. The trekking tour we planned in this region with a guide was cancelled as we got information that there was an outbreak of a military dispute in some higher parts of the Shan State. In turn we could arrange our own trip, and so we did by renting a bike and heading for picturesque surroundings, reaching a charming waterfall and passing green areas which left as in awe of this amazing corner of Myanmar!

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Myanmar – Asia’s unique country

On Sunday December 25th, 2016Wednesday March 22nd, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged Amarapura, Bagan, barato, Birma, Birmania, Burma, cheap, Ever New Guesthouse, food, Hsipaw, inle lake, jedzenie, Joy Hotel, londżi, longyi, Mandalay, Mandalay Palace, mjanma, MMK, Myanmar, Nyaung, Nyaung Shwe, tanaka, tanio, thanaka, tourist, vegetarian, wegetariańskieLeave a comment

Certain rules, habits and behavior of people are similiar in different Asian countries. There are some characteristic features linking Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia, because these countries are similar especially in terms of their attitude towards tourists and, unfortunately, with a common approach, that a white tourist should pay for everything because it’s a walking ATM. Myanmar can not be called a typical Asian country, although there are a lot of conmen as well, but it certainly can not be pigeonholed into the same category as the above-mentioned countries. Myanmar is different not only because of its political situation (being a sanctioned country under the regime of the military junta), but mostly because of the people, their incredible hospitality and delicious cuisine.

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Myanmar – not an easy start

On Thursday December 22nd, 2016Saturday January 27th, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, Burma/Myanmar & LaosTagged AirAsia, approval, Birma, Birmania, Burma, internet, letter, Mandalay, Myanmar, powerbank, tourist, visa, visado, Yangon2 Comments

15th December, 2016, 7:00am, having in hand an air ticket from Bangkok to Mandalay we arrive at the Bangkok Don Mueang airport 4 hours before the flight, the queue to the check-in counter is quite long, presumably we should get there 3 hours before the flight, and so it happened … And that was when problems started… The lady from the counter asked us whether we had a letter of invitation from someone / some company from Myanmar … Being surprised at this question we answered that the Polish are on Visa on arrival approved list regarding entry to Myanmar (paying visa upon arrival at Mandalay International Airport) . The lady replied politely that we were right, but this was applicable only if we had a letter of invitation .. And at that moment you could see our jaws dropping … What? Probably we had checked visa info on the webpage which lacked this small detail…What now?

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Patong, Phuket – where to eat and have fun?

On Monday December 19th, 2016Sunday May 14th, 2017 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, ThailandTagged #Bangla, #Banglaroad, #crazynight, #foodmarket, #ladies, #nightmarket, alcohol, cheap, club, disco, food, fun, girls, jedzenie, market, night, Patong, Phuket, show, streetfood, Thailand5 Comments

Phuket, an extremely touristic province and one of Thai islands with a so called ‘the city of sins’, Patong, surprisingly satisfied our culinary needs. With a very limited budget calculated for this place we were able to eat nice food for a couple of dollars (per meal) and still manage to get to know the ”taste” of the freaky Bangla Road! Here’s how we did it 🙂

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Koh Phi Phi – is it worth it?

On Tuesday December 13th, 2016Thursday February 15th, 2018 by Kaśka&Michał Posted in Asia, Bez kategorii, ThailandTagged #plaża, #Tajlandia, cheap, Coral Bay, daily trip, dong, Krabi, leh, Loh SaMah, Maya Bay, natural park, package tour, phi, Phuket, Pileh, prom, Rassada Harbour, snorkeling, tanio, Ton Sai Bay, viewpoint, Viking Cave14 Comments

Koh Phi Phi seems to be associated with one of the most beautiful islands of Thailand. In fact its name refers to 2 islands: Koh Phi Phi Don (inhabited one) and Koh Phi Phi Leh. The islands are visited by crowds of tourists every year, and many people are opting for a few nights on the island believing that a full-day excursion is not enough. Is it really like that? Actually if you really want to spend there at least 1 night it makes sense to visit the famous Maya Bay on the next day very early in the morning (starting at 5:00, you should book the boat excursion a day before) and stop by at some other nicely hidden spots/beaches of Phi Phi Leh but if you don’t have enough time to stay overnight you can choose 1-day excursion from Phuket/Krabi for 750THB / less than 20USD – the price we haggled by half – the mentioned price refers to Phuket).

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