VIENTIANE Bus station in Vientiane is quite a way out of the city centre, so the best bet is to grab a tuk-tuk. At the time of our visit...

HUE Vietnam has been good to us, very pleasant so far. As we have decided not to travel all the way north to Hanoi, Halong Bay and to...

HONG KONG It's HOT and humid, really sticky, but that's ok, because air conditioning in every closed public space is set to arctic -10C....

GUILIN, Guangxi Province Beijing was nice and warm. We are told that the weather worked out really good for us, as it was still warm, but...

XINGPING, Guangxi Province While visiting Guangxi province, it only made sense to make Guilin our base. From here we have planned a few...

BEIJING Beijing is only about 5 hours, or 1216km away from Xi'an on bullet train, which means we have arrived to the capital in the early...

ULAANBAATAR We went to sleep in Russia and woke up in Mongolia… Ha! Not quite! As we have reached the Russian-Mongolian border at around...

After the first few entries of this travel blog, we are actually and finally out of the door. Tonight my brother and his lovely...

It's all very emotional. Can't decide whether is a happy moment or sad. Happy sad I suppose. Leaving all the colleagues and friends...

THE LONG LISTS, WHAT, HOW AND HOW MUCH - Part 1: D day is creeping up on us and there is still a lot to do. Mariola picked up her US Visa...