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17 days in Thailand: Our itinerary, Country Travel Guide & Budget
Thailand has been added to the list for a simple reason of cost: the plane ticket between Kathmandu and Mandalay is too expensive. Going through Bangkok reduces this cost by -50%. That’s how we found ourselves for two weeks in Thailand, a country we have never visited before but from which we heard so much good that we had to check it out for ourselves. We went there in August 2016, in the middle of the monsoon. Here is our itinerary for 17 days Bangkok (2 nights) : Late arrival in the evening. We could only visit Wat Po. The rest of the time was spent shopping, eating and eating…
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Krabi (Thailand) – false airs of Halong Bay
Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary The “joint ticket” bought via our hotel allows us to reach Krabi from Koh Phangan in 5h30. We get up early, the cab of the boat company waits for us at 6 am. On the way, we cross a Canadian who stops the cab. She is in her fifties, she travels alone, she goes like us to Krabi but has reserved neither cab nor boat. A true adventurer! In front of so much nerve, a Swedish woman next to us asks her how she would have done if there was no cab, to which she answers that there…
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Koh Phangan (Thailand) – a little piece of paradise
The boat Koh Tao – Koh Phangan is late. It’s always a bazaar at the port, people leave Koh Tao to go to a dozen of tourist sites, but somehow, as if by magic, all these people still manage to get on a boat that arrives safely We sit at the very top of the boat, our hair in the wind. It rains a little bit, it’s windy. We see very threatening clouds which finally remain far from Koh Phangan, our new paradise Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Arrived on Koh Phangan island, we take a mini bus (called a cab anyway) for…
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How to dress in India: A guide for women
In India, if you can reveal your belly, your back, you must avoid revealing your shoulders, your knees, and forget the too tight or transparent clothes. Indians look at foreigners staring at them without blinking. Especially if they are blonde. It is better to dress in a discreet way and if possible to take the carriage intended for the women in the subway. Finding clothes adapted to the Indian heat while covering oneself as much as possible is quite difficult in Europe where as soon as the sun is shining, they sell us tank tops and mini-shorts. As a result, foreign tourists often arrive here with : long skirts up…
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Koh Tao (Thailand) – the snorkelling paradise
The trip from Bangkok to Koh Tao takes 11 hours, including waiting. We wait for an hour for our night bus at the station, without worrying too much however because it is raining and the delay is foreseeable. However, the organization is far from being their strong point. We have to harass several people to know which bus we take The ticket we have is an all inclusive ticket: bus to Chumphorn + boat to Koh Tao. The bus leaves Bangkok at 8pm with only one rest stop at midnight. It’s very comfortable, quiet but it’s very cold (air conditioning in Asia is always a big problem). Luckily we took…
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Le Bon Coin: 6 Tips for Sellers
As you know, we had to empty our apartment by selling most of our properties. Our biggest fear is to be forced to throw our belongings on the sidewalk the day we leave, because we can’t find new buyers. So, we took ourselves in advance to sell everything in our apartment on Le Bon Coin at the best price. Years of accumulation of various objects (useful or useless) have been passed in only 2 and a half months. This allowed us to finance part of our trip, to please the buyers who made good deals and above all NOT to pay a storage space of 100€/m3 during our world tour.…
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Enjoying Life in Bangkok (Thailand)
The last time I was at the Bangkok airport was in 1997. I was very small and my 2 hours of stopover there seemed magical because the airport was so huge and full of toys. In spite of the proximity with Vietnam, I have never yet visited Thailand, neither has JB. Part 1: Travel DiaryPart 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary We leave our hotel in Kathmandu at 6:30 am to arrive at the Bangkok airport at 8 pm. The day was long: the stopover at the Delhi airport made us understand that nobody wants our Nepalese rupees. At the Bangkok airport, same scenario: money exchanges do not buy…
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How We Plan Visits for our World Tour
When our friends find out about the final itinerary and our purchase of the round-the-world ticket, they think that we have planned everything in advance. What nay! We only planned for the 1st month and the popular destinations or with very few hotels (Easter Island, Tahiti), the rest is in free style mode. We try to live from day to day
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Where to buy Korean and Japanese cosmetics in Bangkok
If you are a fan of layering like me (Asian skin care technique) and you have the opportunity to come to Bangkok, don’t miss this opportunity to stock up on Korean and Japanese products
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Nepal: Our itinerary, Country Travel Guide & Budget
Here is our itinerary in Nepal for 21 days (July 2016, in full monsoon). As we are around the world and have a lot of time, we aren’t looking for the shortest way, nor the ideal duration of visit, but according to the weather and what makes us want at the moment t Kathmandu (2 nights at World Heritage Hotel & Apartments overlooking Durbar Square): we visited Durbar Square and its local market, Pashupali Temple, Buddha Temple Bhaktapur (2 nights at Namaste Bhaktapur Guest House overlooking the beautiful Nyatapola Temple). 1h cab ride from Kathmandu. We just visited Durbar Square, Pottery square, Nyatapola Temple. The city is as if frozen…
