osaka, Japan The old capital city of Japan. Vibrating with street food and giant artworks on the side of the building, it was quite a change from the quieter town of Kyoto. Our Danish friends had told us that everything that ends with “Yaki” is good. We were in for a treat. Our first stop …
Kyoto, Japan Japanese Inn In this city, we decided to try to stay at a Japanese Inn. Finding our Inn was difficult since every sign and ally looked similar in the dark. Standing with our phones out, a man peeked out of one of the doors. Luckily, he was our host! We were led into …
Tokyo, Japan A fantastic city with endless opportunities, wonderful people, and so much culture. Visiting some of everything, it was like a dream finally arriving. The hotel we were staying at was in Okachimachi. Arriving there, the receptionist bowed and welcomed us to Japan, then handed us a bag for him and her; we were …
cat ba, Vietnam The city is located on one of the habitable islands in Ha Long Bay. We had a ferry ride going there that sailed us through a magical place straight out of the Movie Avatar. With Mountains coming straight out of the oceans all around us, with steep green walls. It was magnificent. …
Sapa, Vietnam Sapa is a beautiful area up in north Vietnam. Here we found tripes with different costumes and mountains covered in rice fields. Furthermore, there where fantastic food and the people were so welcoming. After a beautiful bus ride into the hills, we arrived at Sapa. It should also be told. I don’t know …
Hanoi, Vietnam The capital of Vietnam was a culture shock I didn’t expect. It is busy! Coming out of the airport, we were hit by a heat wave, and here I thought South Korea had been hot. I was wrong. Hanoi is hot! At least another level! We found ourselves, first settling for some Pho …
Busan, South Korea Magic and comfort After rediscovering the spa, our first stop had to be Jjim Jil Bang. (See Daejeon for reference) I couldn’t believe it; it was even grander than the last! If you have read Harry Potter, it felt like the fourth book where harry is in the teacher’s bath. It had …
Daejeon, South Korea Spa and arrival After being in the central city full of splendor, we took the fast train to a smaller city where David had studied. It was a university city, still complete with students from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology). The first thing we did after arriving was to …
Seoul, South Korea City of Cities Seoul is unique in the way that it is a city with many different districts which all have their unique style, we only saw a small amount of it, but walking around and taking the public transportation around the city, it feels like a country with many cities up …
Machupicchu, Peru At 4.30 am, we got picked up at the square with the old church. Dark as it was, a guy came with a note with our names and hurried us down the next road so we could get the others who had booked for the same adventure. We ended up being a team …