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Hi again! Hanoi is crazy, somewhat anarchistic! It is a big city, but smaller buildings wich makes it more easy to get around. We live at the Hanoi Backpacker Hostel, wich is a big modern hostel with great facilities. Loads of backpackers from around the world. We have used our time here to see the city, visit the markets and the Kiem lake. It is quite a beutiful city with loads to offer. Just exchanging traveltips, pictures and experiences. We wanted to take the trip to the hallong bay, but the weather wasn't that good. The hostel will help you to plan trips to halong bay and the other places around the area. We have bought another planeticket to Da Nang in the morning, the tickets are rather cheap so we decided we didnt wanted to ... read more

Hi again! We have spent 5 days in shanghai, wich is a bit larger than Beijing, but after my taste much better! Among the things Shanghai can offer is fantastic arcitecture, good food and an overall good atmosphere. The Mingtown Hiker Youth Hostel where we are staying is very relaxing, it is very easy to get to know new people. We got to know an American and a Brazilian wich we have spent most of our days with. The American could speak Mandarin wich was very handy for us! Even though Shanghai is a bit more western and more speak english, it was far from everybody we could communicate with, if it werent for our "translator". The hostel is located close to the Nanjing road (the main shopping street) and the Bund wich has some amazing ... read more

This will be my first entry to the travelblog 1. day of our magical mystery tour. Me (Aksel) and J(jørgen) will be traveling through China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia over a period of about 5 months. We landed in Amsterdam late sunday evening, both affected by a heavy saturday. Going through the corridors of Schippol we found our self hungering for a steak and a cold heineken. After locking up our backpacks and figguring out the trainsystems, we arrived at "Amsterdam Centraaaal". We didn't have to walk more then 5 minutes before finding a decent steakhouse. After a delicious meal we went for a strole around the city center, seeing a lot of beutiful old houses and canals. After the "sightseeing we were going back to the airport to for some sleep, ... read more