So, after two years of traveling Western Europe, Thailand and Indonesia – are we not happy, or at least happier? I guess I can only answer that question for myself, and even that answer will probably evolve over the years. Our hopes and expectations were not very clear, but among them were the hope to…
Gili Trawangan and Ubud
After our ten day stop-over in Saigon, we took an almost empty flight to Bali. From there, we immediately continued to Gili Trawangan, a car-free island next to Bali’s neighboring island Lombok. Here, we spent about three weeks at the Green Banana hotel. Our eldest quickly became friends with a girl from the neighborhood and…
Ho Chi Minh
To get from Chiang Mai to Bali, the cheapest flight is via Hi Chi Minh. And since we had to land there already, we decided to spend 10 days in this Southern Vietnam metropolis. Ignorant of the fact we did not need visa, we waited for an hour and a half to be told about…
Thailand 2: Bangkok, Si Racha/Pattaya and Chiang Mai
From Koh Phangan, we took the Surat Thani – Bangkok night train in order to check out some hospitals for giving birth in Bangkok. The unborn moved vividly when we came to our preferred hospital and this way helped us to decide we would not fly back in order to give birth in Germany. For…