On a slow train to Saigon
Instead of taking the sleeper bus (uncomfortable and stinking, we know that already) or an environmentally more damaging plane, we …
Gone teting – Vietnam during the Tet Holiday
We had been warned: Everything would be more expensive over the Tet holiday (Chinese New Year) in Vietnam, from transport …
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Tourists turning tunnel rats at the Cu Chi Tunnels
Our guide Thong points to the ground, which is covered with grass and leaves: „That’s the entrance to one of …
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A walk through Orestad, Copenhagen’s new architecture laboratory
On a cold winter morning, Southern Copenhagen is almost deserted. A tiny, toy-like train is zipping past a bright blue …
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Egypt two years after the revolution
Nearly two years after the revolution, between the referendum and the anniversary, we experienced Egypt as a safe and pleasant place to travel.
Seek the Greek in Alexandria – a coffee tour
While one of the winter’s worst rainstorms was going down on Alexandria, we spent a day in search of the …
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A boat ride to Banana Island
The felucca ride to Banana Island is a popular trip from Luxor. But where is that island? „Felucca? Banana Island?“ …
The Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan
The Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan is a traveller’s legend. It was built around 1900 by Thomas Cook to house …
Visiting Middle Egypt as tourists – home of Akhenaton and Nefertiti
Next to the Horus Resort, an ugly concrete fountain greets nearly non-existent travellers to Middle Egypt. Whenever we walk the …
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El Gouna – Disney Venice with eternal sunshine
“El Gouna is not Egypt! It feels very artificial and European!” people had told us. And finally we went there …
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