7 things to do in Hanoi
After my Myanmar adventure, I flew into Hanoi for about a month of traveling Vietnam. My plan was to cross the country all the way from the North down to the South and into the Mekong Delta. I have to...
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Invited for lunch by a local family – somewhere in the Northern Vietnamese province of Ha Giang How come the people that have the least are the most generous and hospitable? This phenomenon has been...
View ArticleExploring Vietnam’s final frontier. A roadtrip through Ha Giang Province
Hanoi was great to get a first taste of Vietnam. But after a few days in the city and touring its highlights, it was time for serious adventure again. Aris, a fellow traveler and photographer whom I...
View ArticlePic of the Week 24: Impressions from a Vietnamese wedding
At a wedding in Hue, Vietnam. Caught the bride in a moment lost in thought. After a more than 24 hour train ride from Hanoi to Hue thanks to a huge delay caused by a typhoon which had just passed the...
View ArticleDiscovering Hue – Crashing a wedding and raiding the Royal Tombs
A typhoon had hit the coast of Vietnam and our night train ride from Hanoi to Hue turned out to be a full fledged odyssey. Trailing the storm and the massive amounts of rain it brought with it, it took...
View ArticleVietnam Diaries Pt. 1 – By motorbike from Hue to Da Nang and Hoi An
Having arrived in Saigon, or Ho Chi Minh City as it is called these days, the worst thing that can happen to a traveler and passionate photographer happened to me. All of my camera gear got stolen and...
View ArticleVietnam Diaries Pt. 2 – From the highlands of Dalat to the Mekong Delta
Here is the second part of my Vietnam diaries which are supposed to summarize the second half of my one month trip from Northern to Southern Vietnam. As you know by now, my entire camera gear got...
View ArticleRoundup Vietnam: A country of many facets
I was meant to travel Vietnam a lot earlier, right after my Cambodia trip, but a rather spontaneous change of my itinerary forced me to postpone this adventure by more than three months. Having finally...
View ArticleMy top 3 motorbike tours in Southeast Asia
As you know by now, since my yearlong trip across Southeast Asia I am a huge fan and advocate of traveling and exploring by motorbike. I probably rode a bike at least once in every country I visited...
View ArticleInterview with world famous travel photographer Réhahn
He has been published in National Geographic, Condé Nast Traveler and Marie Claire, selling fine art prints worth 10,000 USD and staging international exhibitions around the world. Within just three...
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