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Seychelles

This was our first major trip and it was part of our Honeymoon in 1990. We had planned to stay at three different Islands – Mahé, Praslin and La Digue. Mahé Praslin La Digue

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Siem Reap

After one night in Phnom Penh we flew further to our goal in Cambodia – Siem Reap.It is here most of the tourists come to see the fantastic temples in the surrounding area.Here is the largest concentration of temples in the whole world. The history in Cambodia can be split in 3 epochs: 1) Before Angkor time. 2) Angkor time. and 3) After Angkor time. The Angkor time lasted from about 11th century to 15th century.Then Cambodia was on its […]

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Phnom Penh

We landed in Cambodia’s capital town Phnom Penh to stay one night.The civil war ended in 1997 and the country is one of the poorest in the world. Cambodia has 12 million citizens and they also have nearly 10 million landmines still in the country!They are now restoring roads and buildings. There were not many paved roads.The soil is red and brown from sand and clay. There are a lot of potholes, mopeds and motorbikes, wagons, cars – chaos, poverty […]

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Bangkok

Bangkok’s Airport is welcoming you in typical Asian style! Bangkok is a good starting point for the Asia journey. The capital town of Thailand has about 14 million citizens, is very chaotic and busy. Here you can stay a couple of days to visit the interesting temple areas.There are about 400 temples just in Bangkok and about 30,000 in the whole country.The most famous one is Wat Phra Kaew and Grand Palace with Wat Pho which are in the same area (Wat […]

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River Kwai

Note: This trip was done in 1999 and was our first backpacker adventure. The girls were 6 and 8 years old, Many people take a one-day trip from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi to see the famous bridge over the river Kwai and the war museum. The bridge was bombed in 1945 and was rebuilt later. Here you can go by train over the bridge and further on for some hours on the “death railway”.   We decided to stay in this […]

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Phi Phi Island

Note: This trip was done from 1999 and 2001, three years before the horrible Tsunami hit the island. Two hours by boat from Phuket is the Island Phi Phi.Phi Phi Island is split into two Islands, Phi Phi Don (where you can live) and Phi Phi Lee (now famous from the movie “The Beach”).Here you can live in bungalows directly on the beach. There are coral reefs very near and it feels like swimming in a giant aquarium with colorful […]

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