After a lazy breakfast at our hotel the Secret Con Dao resort we checked out and took the 12AM complementary shuttle bus to the airport to catch our 1:35 PM flight to Ho Chi Minh City, aka Saigon. One hour before your flight at the airport is early enough, it is only a very small … Lees verder
Applying for an online e-visa for Vietnam may seem like a hassle free and quick process, but when reading the many cries for help on the Tripadvisor forum, a blog on how to get your e-visa for Vietnam seems more than needed! So here goes: ( this blog post is adapted to the november 2024 … Lees verder
It has been quite some years since my last trip to Dublin. My husband regularly has to visit Dublin for work and his upcoming birthday inspired us to combine his worktrip with some extra days in Ireland. We had visited Dublin quite extensively last time, and had even made a trip to Howth, Wicklow Mountains National … Lees verder
Our last week in Indonesia would be spent on Raja Ampat at the Biodiversity Nature Resort on Gam island. Biodiversity sent us a mail a few days before our arrival with two videos about our stay in the resort, and explaining the diving and snorkeling procedures. Via Whatsapp they let me know that only the … Lees verder
We checked into the colonial style Majapahit hotel in the centre of Surabaya. A hotel built in 1910 as the Oranje hotel, by the Iranian Sarkies brothers who also built The Raffles and The Strand in the late 1800. We had afternoon tea at The Strand in Rangoon almost ten years ago in 2014. The … Lees verder
We decided to leave the Villa Borobudur resort quite early as to not miss our train in case something happened on the way to Yogyakarta. Our Grab car was spot on time, and contrary to the car that brought us to Vila Borobudur, knew the right road, so we arrived in Yogyakarta in 1 hour … Lees verder
After checking out at the Phoenix hotel in Yogyakarta we called a Grab taxi to take us to Villa Borobudur Resort where we had booked a room for three nights. It took 1,5 hours to get there, at the hotel they take you from the parking area to the hotel lobby in a separate hotel … Lees verder
If you are planning a holiday in Indonesia, coming from Europe, take out enough time, since travel time can be long. Our holiday actually started in Yogyakarta, and it took us almost three days to get there. We flew with Emirates, a really decent airline with great service over Dubai to Jakarta, where we stayed … Lees verder
The way Budapest looks today has been strongly influenced by Baron Haussman, who was responsible for the city planning in Paris at the end of the 19th century, reason why it is sometimes nicknamed Paris of the East. Pest boasts the typical large boulevards with neo-classicist and art-nouveau facades. The Andreas’s Boulevard (Andrassy Ut) is … Lees verder
Visit: Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges As an art and history lover, the old Saint-Johns hospital dating back to the 12th century, one of the oldest hospital buildings in Europe, is one of my favorite museums in Bruges. Every tourist visiting Bruges gets at least a glimpse of the outside, but … Lees verder
Alles wat ertoe doet in het leven. All that matters in life.
Achtergrond bij de roman
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