On the road again! Our goal : the secluded Burmese Far-West. To reach it : 30 intolerable hours of crazy bus drive on chaotic dusty roads to the most occidental part of the country, two streets away from Bangladesh… Vamos…
Hello, Myanmar! Before we start making you drool over this stupendous country, we must inform you that our articles about it will be shorter than our usual travelogues… and will focus particularly on photography. Because Myanmar, dear friends, is a…
Two hours from Pukhet and Krabi, easily accessible by bus or train from Bangkok, in south of Thailand, a paradise area offering amazing white sand beach, turquoise water and plam trees surrounded by karst formations, Khao Lak is also the…
After that amazing human experience on the Bolaven Plateau, we still have one week left to spend in Laos. We are going to kill that time hiking from Pakse to the 4000 islands, in the very south of the country.…
After our trip in North Laos between wonders and disappointment, we travelled down South to Pakse, the second largest city of Laos, sitting by the Mekong river. East of Pakse, a large high plateau is attracting us like a magnet…
Friday 30/10/15, 7:10am, southern railway station of Jinghong. A tiny crappy bus is parked in the courtyard. No way we can put our backpacks in the boot. It’s full like an egg! No better inside. There are only two free…
Everybody knows about Yunnan, this western province of China famous for its exceptional culture, nature and gastronomy. But have you heard about Xishuangbanna? This magical southern region of Yunnan is a true concentrate of all these qualities. 12 of the…
Outside the suburbs of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, Emeishan is amongst the 4 main sacred mountains of Chinese buddhists. Listed as a UNESCO world site heritage since 1994, it has everything to please : thick jungles, monkeys, high cliffs and…
Xishuangbanna… Poets and dreaming seekers of adventure would probably love that mesmerizing name. Add the words « jungle », « minorities » and « tea plantations » and now it sounds like the perfect place to go! In that state of mind, we rushed eagerly to…
Somewhere, in western Yunnan… It’s eight o’clock in the morning and we are already walking our way on the dark bitumen of the road. Where are we going? South. Always south. Following that dear travel mate of ours we call the Mekong.…