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May 2016

Inle, a lake like no other

Imagine sitting on a fisherman boat in the middle of a lake surrounded by mountains while eating fresh, tasty tomatoes picked directly from the lake. You think it is impossible? It isn’t! We did it on Inle, a 116 km2 lake in the center of Myanmar where locals grow vegetables in large gardens that float […]

Naypyidaw, a cold and too urbanized capital

Wow! Wow! And wow again! This was the most surprising city we’ve seen so far during our journey. It was not necessarily a good or a bad surprise, but just unexpected. Naypyidaw is the capital of Myanmar since November 2005, a city built in secret by Myanmar Junta in the early 2000s. It is very […]

The former Yangon capital

  Former capital of Myanmar, Yangon city is an amalgamation of British, Burmese, Chinese, Indian and Portuguese influences, with colonial architecture which although decaying is certainly a unique example of 19th century colonial capital. Contemplating Yangon from above gives the impression of a city of the past, disturbed by some newly-built skyscrapers scarily unoccupied as […]

Our last stop in Cambodia

Our last stop in Cambodia was Phnom Penh and it still kept the same nice feeling as in the rest of the country: nice people, always smiling and ready to help, good level of English, tasty food… We spent 5 days there, out of which 1 was fully dedicated to Bear’s birthday (as you have […]

A celebration fit for a King

When Zeb found out that we’ll be in Pnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city, for my Birthday she finally had the last info she needed to plan a day full of surprises. And that’s exactly what she did surpassing even my craziest expectations (I’m still asking “when was she able to do it, because we spend […]

Koh Rong – best island so far

I owe you an answer from the previous post: we could resist 2 days in paradise (Koh Rong Sanloem) as it was too quiet and too peaceful for us! So we took the boat in the morning and headed to Koh Rong, let’s say the bigger sister or Koh Rong Sanloem – bigger in terms […]

Welcome to paradise…

…or at least this was the feeling when we first arrived on Koh Rong Sanloem, a 9 km long and 5 km wide Cambodian island. We just couldn’t believe our eyes! The picture in front was out of this world! Imagine getting off the boat directly on a white sand beach surrounded by the jungle, […]

Angkor Wat – one of the wonders of the world

Any quest to find out more about the history, cultures, civilizations, religions, arts and the daily lives of the people in SE Asia must take you to Angkor in North-Western province of Siem Reap, Cambodia. From the 9th to 15th centuries Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Kingdom that spanned over today’s Cambodia and […]

Urs&Zeb – The Cambodian Master Chefs

After so much Asian food, we thought it was the moment to start learning to cook such delicacies! And as we really loved our first touch of Cambodia, we chose the Khmer cuisine as the first try: fresh and fried spring rolls, Cambodian soup, Khmer amok, banana and pumpkin desserts. We started with a visit […]

Siem Reap – best surprise in Asia

Very nice, smiling and full of hospitality people, good level of English in any situation, cleanliness, organization, culture and history, excellent food, service, fun nightlife…this is what Siem Reap is all about! It seduced us from the very moment as we weren’t expecting much and it offered a lot! Except from the magnificent, very well-known […]