Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma, has been the scene of some rebel actions the last months. Why? Because the price for gazoline is going through the roof and the military regime (who has been voted out already years ago, but refuses to make way for the new democratic regime) does nothing to help its people.

While some might consider this reason enough not to visit this country, we are very happy that we did so and especially that we did so in this period. (Continue…)

To celebrate the end of the year and our return from Myanmar, we have compiled this little contest for you. In the drawing below are hidden 10 songs from Jacques Brel, some very clearly, some are more cryptic. The person who finds most of them, will be invited to our exclusive Myanmar dinner!

To participate, put the titles of the songs in a comment to this post. (click on the image to open a larger version)

Good luck!

Wauw… we only arrived here yesterday morning and I already adore this city! After being welcomed on the airport by the most friendly and smiling people we felt right comfortable in this city. Riding from the airport to the hotel we could immediately notice that this country is different from other Asian countries we visited so far. (Continue…)

FOOD

What surprised us most is the fact that almost everything that we know as Chinese food in Belgium, actually is Indonesian. You have the typical “belgium chinese take away” dishes like Nasi Goreng, Bami Goreng, Chicken Sweet and Sour, all originated in Indonesia. (Continue…)

After enjoying the art of doing nothing in Bali the last couple of days it is time to start travelling back to Jakarta. As we did not want to fly (why fly and go fast if you can do it slow :), we decided to travel back over land and make a stopover in Solo.

There is not much to see in the center of Solo so we took a guide to show us around the suburbs and their local handicrafts “pabriks”.
Akus (our guide) joined us on a cycling tour to discover several handicrafts.
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Bali - also known as the Island of Gods - is smaller than Belgium but is actually quite similar to our country if you think about it. (Continue…)