Many rivers flow through Laos, making them one of the main ways of transportation in the country. Beyond just going from point A to point B, travelling by river is also a way of adjusting to the Laotian pace and discovering life in settlements along the banks. If it is very popular among travellers to take a slow boat along the majestic Mekong River to or from Luang Prabang, other rivers offer a more peaceful and authentic way of travelling (and far less crowded!).
“Make sure you don’t take a chicken bus!” screams Marco who is desperately trying to sell us a trip up a volcano and a shuttle ride in a touristic van. In the streets of the lovely city of Antigua, travel agencies compete to get business from the many tourists. This is precisely what we needed to hear to explore the local transport alternatives… Keep riding!
Erupting volcanoes, tranquil ponds, busy crossings, endless forests, crashing waves, relaxing onsens, humid and hot in the South, chilly in the North: Japan is a country of significant contrasts, and we clearly notice this as soon as we arrive on its Northernmost island, Hokkaido. Keep traveling!
5:26AM, we are disembarking from the ferry in Yawatahama, Shikoku from Beppu, Kyushu.
The road to Matsuyama is squeezed between the turquoise waters of the Seto Inland Sea Keep traveling!
Planning any trip through Japan requires quite a bit of preparation. A six-week trip to see the most of this fascinating country from Fukuoka on the southern island of Kyushu to Sapporo on the northern island Hokkaido is even more of a challenge. Keep traveling!
Driving away from the Höga Kusten makes me somehow sad. Maybe it is the weather that slowly changes, the last cold night in a humid stuga or the kilometres of broken asphalt (and me focussing not to puncture another tyre…) that makes me a bit melancholic. Keep reading
Driving the Volvo V-60 reminds us of David Hasselhof’s talking car, Kit; alarm bells start ringing when we switch lanes, a red light pops up in the windscreen when we get too close to the car in front of us, light flashes on the sides of the front-window when overtaking a car or in the rare occasion of being overtaken by another car on these winding Swedish roads on which Swedes take it very easy.
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