Discovering landscapes in Sa Pa and Ninh Binh

Having spent a couple of days in Vietnam's heat, I decided to take a sleeping bus further north in the mountains to Sa Pa, which is known as one of the most beautiful landscapes in Vietnam, with huge rice fields and lots of green spots.

Leaving down under, Starting far east (Saigon)

Another farewell, another new begin. I think I got kind of used to it now, after almost six years of travelling. I was looking forward to my trip to South East Asia so much when I bought my plane tickets to Vietnam.

Hanoi – About Vietnamese culture and lack of “communism”

After Saigon, I headed up to the country's capital, Hanoi, by plane. Famous for its Old Town, the city is, just as Saigon, quite busy, full of motorbikes all the time, which scared me a bit sometimes.

Australia’s Outback – finally culture!

Traveling to Australia's outback finally allowed me to come closure to the country's culture, something I really had missed in Sydney. The whole journey only took four days, but it was enough to see a lot of amazing places and learn about indigenous life and traditions.

General thoughts and advice about your East Coast trip in Australia

  As a former travel agent, I strongly believe that it is quite helpful to consider a couple of things before leaving for the big journey. Although I'm not a kind of person to plan my trips a lot beforehand, I am pretty sure it might be helpful to have some ideas about what the …