Traveldiary

Recently, I started a new job. Armed with a little extra cash in hand and a few mandatory vacation days to spare, the question was, how to make the most of this unxpected free time. Coincidentally, I made two new friends during my stay in Vietnam, who happened to live in the UK. Seemed like […]

My father once went to a place, where he allegedly bumped his head while on a boat tour. This place was Ninh Binh, specifically one of its boat tours across some half-flooded caves in Trang An. So, I set out to see what my father saw. Moreover, I was more interested in what was in

Nhung is a long-time study friend, and coincidentally, we finished our degrees around the same time. Before work life would start, we both independently decided to stay in Vietnam for an extended period. Now that we were both here, it was a rare occasion that we couldn’t miss—we had to plan at least one trip

Due to involuntary visa runs, I had to visit Thailand twice within the span of three months. The first time was an emergency; my visa was expiring in three days. I flew to Bangkok and then returned to Da Nang, where I met up with my family for a road trip. The second time was

Vung Tau is a city located southeast of Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) with a population of roughly 500k. I hadn’t heard of it until I connected with someone there on a dating app. As my time in HCM was coming to an end, I thought it made sense to visit, especially since it was

I’ve always wanted to do what every tourist dreams of doing when visiting Vietnam: traveling the country from south to north and hitting all the must-see cities along the way. This post describes my journey with Dave, a once-random stranger I met at a hostel in Ho Chi Minh City, who quickly became a close

So this is a very late rewrite and it does not justify enough the amazing trip a friend and I had to Luxembourg. Nonetheless, I would like to write down the little memories and impressions I remember which we experienced throughout our journey 18.07.2022 – Arrival We reached Luxembourg airport in the early afternoon. Just

A friend and i were planing a trip to our neighboring country Luxemburg and already fully planned out the 4 day itinary, however as a result of the current corona situation Luxemburg just happened to be declared as a high risk area only 1 week before our trip started. Since this took us by surprise

Australia – the land of the kangaroos, elephants and insects. Where everyone tries to kill you and everything is up side down. Maybe some day i will travel to this fairy tale land, however this time i only visited our neighboring country Austria which sounds similar in name but probably is not in any other

Let’s continue part 2 of my 3 day Italy trip. I arrived at Florence’s central station S.M. Novelle fairly easily by train. First thing which greeted me was not my friend “L” staying here for a language course and my guide for the next couple days but a moody rainy weather being worse than in