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Backpacking Northern Vietnam IV – Three day motorbike tour to Meo Vac
29.01.2017 – 30.01.2017 So here is the fourth part of our travel documentary from Northern Vietnam at the beginning of this year (2017). In the last blog entry we were still discovering Bac Ha and the trekking routes around that small village with our local guide. We stayed one more night in “downtown” Bac Ha…
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Backpacking Northern Vietnam Part III – A game of spinning tops in the rural mountains
A popular way for men all over Northern Vietnam is to spend their free playing a game of spinning tops/boule on an open sand field. Quite a large number of participants can join the game, as long as you bring your own whip and bamboo spike. The rules are quite similar to boule, with the…
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Kaleo – Way Down We Go
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Backpacking Northern Vietnam Part II – Bac Ha and the surrounding minority villages
January 29th, 2017 You might say we chose a less than optimal time of year to travel from China to Vietnam, because not only was the whole of China on the move, Vietnam also was amidst the New Year celebrations, which is more commonly known as TET. Since we have never been to Vietnam before…
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Risky Business – Construction work in China
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Kaleida – Think
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Summer Staples – Fresh Watermelon Juice with Mint
During the summer month, most local fruit markets all over the city offer watermelons either by the slice or as a whole. A 5 kg melon cost around 3 € and can be “squeezed” into three litres of juice. Chilled down with ice cubes and touched up with a few mint leaves its the perfect…
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Sofi Tukker feat. Betta Lemme – Awoo
It came, it went, it conquered quick, I was there and then I quit.