Tokyo – a place that in my mind is somehow associated with an equal amount of tall shiny buildings, people in crazy dresses and tons of raw fish. Oh, and right now, funky pink trees. Turns out the two days we spent there was enough to see all four. Plenty of all four, actually. It seems that the term “Tokyo Hotel” is actually sarcasm: It took us...
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The cherry blossom season just started in Japan, and since Cherry Blossom Viewing in Japan is a point on our bucket list, it is about time we headed to Tokyo. But instead of flying directly to Tokyo, we decided to stop over in Taipei. It costs about the same as flying directly, so nothing speaks against visiting Taiwan. As we were looking for a couch surfer to host...
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Ho Chi Minh City, formerly and probably better known as Saigon, is the second-largest and most southern city of Vietnam. Usually either the first, or as in our case, the last stop on a typical backpackers route through the country, it offers heaps of things to do and buy, as well as cheap flights to just about any city in Asia. We compensated another...
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