What do we keep from our travels? stamps? pictures? colors? smells? Most probably a bit of everything. Sometimes, we lived moments which need to sort themselves out… we have to settle what we discovered, who we met, what we exchanged in order to discover later and one more time what touched and marked us. In …
Asia – our TOP 3 6 month trip. Honey moon ?! An unforgettable adventure. Around Asia. A marvellous road in the hearth of 3 massive civilizations : Russia, China, India. Strong cultures. Inspiring encounters. Breathtaking landscapes. This adventure does not deserve a conclusion. Just being together to write this chapter of our relation is already enough. But …
Because our travel is also a way to share our good tips, here you have our « Practical Information » category. Enjoy ! Today, we are talking to you about crossing the border between India and Nepal, from Siliguri to Kakharbitta. Out trip was from Gangtok in Sikkim but generally, most of the people cross the border from …
Because our travel is also a way to share our good tips, here you have our « Practical Information » category. Enjoy ! Today, it is about crossing the border between China and Laos. Nothing complicated but as always it is never easy to find information about it on Internet so let’s share our experience. So, first of …
Tea routeThere is so much behind this definition… always green hills of South-West China; Tibetan horses; tea plantations – green and pu’erh; war with hordes of Genghis Khan. Carriers and the ROAD ‘Chamagudao’, through wild forest and frozen mountains, through highlands at 5000 m high, ended in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet (3656m). Looking how …
When talking about sustainable and responsible tourism, it is common to hear about ecotourism. Indeed, taking into account ecological and environmental aspects and maintaining it for the next generations, are the beginning of a positive spiral in the development of a touristic activity.Birdwatching is an activity linked to ecotourism and we need to know what …
Lijiang, Old – New CityBecause we resigned from trekking around Emei Shen, we arrived to Lijiang few days before we planned. Emei Shen is one of the five holy mountains in China. We gave up because of the weather – snow and wind, and the cost. When we found out that for it costs more …
Xin Tuo, a « new developement »Yunnan region is a south west region of China at the border of Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Tibet. Mainly mountainous, there are around 25 minorities living in this region. The region stays under developed economically in spite of a constant growth of tourism.We must say – and we only saw Lijiang …
On our way from North to South (don’t forget that we have India on target 🙂 and already more than 12000 km behind us 🙂 ), our route was more or less defined by itself and somehow classical. A first step in Xi’An, capital of the empire for many dynasties. A second step in Chengdu, …
Good choice or not ?Plan a trip. Build the route. Make your mind roaming until things get alive. Relate moments to the draws of our minds. There is something fascinating about traveling, something powerful.When the opportunity of crossing China came to us… we firstly saw an opportunity of experiencing a cultural shock. Under a lot of …
When we decided to go from Russia to China, we started to have a look on travel forums to get information about the border… To be honest, whatever the language (English, Polish and French) we did not get too much information… It was really poor and very difficult to figure out how is to cross …