Jungle Trekking in Bukit Lawang without a guide
Having just arrived in Medan, the provincial capital of North Sumatra and largest city in Sumatra altogether, I started right away investigating as to in which geographic coordinates of this great...
View ArticleMy Stay in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra
Having already spent some unforgettable times in north Sumatra, the time to continue my adventure-hunting in the west province of this great island had come about. My first stop in this new, for me,...
View ArticleWhat makes Singapore special
After the cessation of Singapore from the Malay federation in the year 1965, Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister and the so-regarded father of that new, tiny island nation, claimed his intention of...
View ArticleImpressions of staying in Saigon
Saigon, the capital city of the onetime French Cochinchina and independent South Vietnam subsequently, is today, maintaining more than 10 million inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area in Vietnam....
View ArticleDriving to Da Lat, Vietnam by motorbike
Leaving Cat Tien National Park, the next destination of my bike trip from south to north Vietnam was to be the capital city of Lam Dong province, located at an elevation of 1500 meters in the southern...
View ArticleNha Trang and Ba Ho Waterfalls – A Russian Colony in Vietnam
It was a long, wet, tiresome, yet enthralling ride I had through the outstanding sceneries of the South Vietnamese Highlands, till I was finally approaching the coastal city of Nha Trang by late...
View ArticleChilling at Dai Lanh Beach in Vietnam
With the exception of a sudden and brief shower that forced me to stop at a coffee-shop by the side of the road for the while, it was a fairly dry ride I had that day. Especially towards its end, when...
View ArticleFrom Shanghai to Honk Kong by train
The time to leave China had come. My Chinese visa was to expire the next day, and if I didn’t want to come to any precarious confrontation with the untrustworthy Chinese authorities, I had to be...
View ArticleCamel Safari in Thar Desert: the Great Indian Desert
Day #1 Notwithstanding the subtle mantle of high-hovering clouds webbing the east, it was a brilliant morning. A soft quietude and a caressing breeze were prevailing in the air. A fat gray ox with...
View ArticleThe Gem Scam in India – How I Scammed those Indian Scammers
The scammers approaching me It all started that late afternoon. I was sitting alone at that restaurant owned by a Sikh family I used to be going while sojourning in Pushkar, drinking a cup of coffee...
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