A picture says more than a thousand words, but i think some might require a little explanation… (Continue…)

Have you seen the movie Diarios de motocicleta, which tells the tale of a young Che Guevara travelling through South America with his friend on an old Norton motorbike? It inspired us to do some roadtripping ourselves. Maybe we could be part of some history too? Or at least, get to know a little bit more of the real Indonesia, withou being tricked into tourist tours and expensive trips all the time…   (Continue…)

“Hello Mista!”
“Selamat Malam”
“Where are you from?”
“Belgium”
“Aaaah Belgia. Goeieavond. Hoe gaat het met U?”
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We have spent one month backpacking through China in October 2007. It’s a huge country and one month is certainly not enough to see even the half of it. But still, i think we have a fairly good impression of China (except perhaps the Shanghai area). (Continue…)

 After Guiyang our culinary exploits became limited to very classic dishes such as boiled chicken and stirfried vegetables, not much worth mentioning. Our next stop however, had been labelled “the best place to sample Cantonese cuisine”. That place is Guangzhou, capital of the Gu    izhou province and home to some 3 million Chinese. (Continue…)

After visiting many cities on our way, we finaly discovered a very beautifull piece of nature here in Yangshuo.The whole area is covered with stunning little karst mountains and waterways.

Idealy to do some walking or a little tour by bike.

See all of our pictures here.

Next tuesday, we’ll be travelling for one month through China. Can you guess:

1) how many busses we took?
2) how many different beds we slept in?
3) how much we spent on food (average per day in euro)?

Leave your guesses as a comment. The winner will receive a free drink (when we’re back

After being on a side track for a week we decided to go and visit another wow tourist attraction on our way… the Dragon Backbone Rice Terraces.

Described in travelguides as THE must see place in China, especially in October with its spectacular vistas while the rice is stunningly golden. Who would not go there??? So after a week of almost no tourists, we arrived after another busmarathon of 13 hours in Longsheng. (Continue…)