Geo: 26.9025, 99.9316Don't listen to what people say…or at least not always! People lie, hehe!!! We were told several times that Lijiang is too touristic and that we would found Shuhe, the second old town centre, more authentic. Well, this was probably true a few years back in time but now Shuhe has been completely taken over by tourists, guesthouses, restaurants and souvenir shops. And its small size make it very difficult to escape from touristland… The two cities (Lijiang and Shuhe) are connected by new built pavilions, all of them being the same, awful. I (Beryl) went to Lijiang while Elfi had to remain in bed (small stomach problems). Lijiang is indeed very touristy but in the morning there isn't so many people and it's much bigger than Shuhe thus it is very easy to ... read more

Geo: 25.7, 100.15We were only planning to stay a couple of days in the small town of Dali and ended up staying for four days. Dali is a very old town where the first settlements are dated from 3000 years ago. Located at 1900m high, near the lake Erhai, the town is surrounded by mountains up to 4000m high. It is just an awesome place and you can judge by yourself when looking at the photos we took.I (Elfi) had the contact of a friend of a friend (Matthieu), his partner (Dorine) and their newly born daughter. We met the family in a park near the city centre. It's where we tried tea with "crisanteum" flower for the first time. They introduce us to the region and their circle of friends. It is how we got ... read more

Geo: 13.4691, 104.041Au Cambodge, il y a des changements de calendrier, aujourd'hui on a décidé que c'était la fête des mères. BONNES FETES LES MAMANS :)... read more

Geo: 13.4691, 104.041On our second day, we visited the most famous temples of Angkor (Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat) by bicycle. Angkor Thom is a massive complex with few temples enclosed within the same wall, which formed the City at this time like most of the biggest temples there. First, we tried to visit the Bayon, the first Buddhist temple in Angkor, as early as possible, but after our early start the few previous days, we didn't managed to be on our bikes by 6:00am. So we arrived just before 9am and it was already crowded. The Bayon is famous for its towers with faces of Buddha facing each cardinal direction. This temple is covered by multiple Bas-Relief and would deserve some explanations, some of them are partly destroyed and/or not easy to understand. So we ... read more

Geo: 11.5588, 104.917We arrived in Phnom Penh by bus from Ho Chi Minh City ("same same", our new slogan). Crossing the border was a piece of cake, so it took us just about 6h from door to door. The first thing we discovered upon arrival is that there is no public buses in Phnom Penh…we had to resign ourselves to take a tuk-tuk to our hotel. The city was not so busy and we learned later that today (14/02/2014) was a bank holiday for Buddhist believers. In the afternoon, we just walked around town and in the evening we grabbed dinner at the night market. The food stands formed a square and in the empty space in the middle were disposed some mat. After ordering whatever we wanted, we sat on a mat to enjoy. We ... read more