Today we had a trip from Hue to Hoi An. Our journey took us over the Cloud Pass and through one of the most beautiful landscapes of Vietnam.
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Our world is so incredibly beautiful and versatile and we want to explore & experience as much of it together as possible. We are Sandra and Michael from Darmstadt – commuters between full-time jobs and 30 days of vacation per year. There is a lot of wanderlust in between. And that’s why we keep pulling out into the wide or near world. Since 2012, we have been on our smaller and larger holidays by 78 Countries On travelled to all 5 continents and blog with a lot of passion about our countless adventures and experiences in our travel blog – be it from dreamlike islands, in cities of millions, on mountain peaks, in the pure wilderness or even in the depths of the oceans. Travel is our great passion and we love to get to know and write about new countries, places and cultures.
Hue – Emperor’s Tomb of Minh Mang & Thien Mu Pagoda (Vietnam)
After visiting the impressive imperial citadel of Hue in the morning, we had an optional excursion to the tomb of Emperor Minh Mang and the Thien Mu pagoda in the afternoon.
» Read the full blog postHue – Citadel & Imperial Palace with the Forbidden City (Vietnam)
After we had arrived in Hue in the early morning with the night train from Hanoi and had sufficiently strengthened ourselves in the hotel for the breakfast buffet, our today’s excursion program could start. Our Gebeco trip “Typical Vietnam!” included the approximately 3-hour trip to the imperial citadel of Hue.
» Read the full blog postThe Night Train from Hanoi to Hue (Vietnam)
After 2 nice days in Hanoi and Halong Bay we took the bus directly to the train station in Hanoi, from where in the evening our 13-hour train journey started on the night train to Hue.
» Read the full blog postHalong Bay – A day trip from Hanoi (Vietnam)
A visit to Halong Bay is not to be missed on the sightseeing list when travelling in the north of Vietnam. Because it is one of the absolute highlights of a visit to Vietnam and is one of the seven wonders of nature.
» Read the full blog postHanoi – Tourist Attractions, Things to Do & Photo spots (Vietnam)
The first stop of our vietnam trip was Hanoi, because here we also landed and spent the first day. We had been looking forward to the city in advance, because we had already been to Hanoi on our world tour in 2015 and back then we liked the city very much 🙂
» Read the full blog postOur trip “Typical Vietnam!” with Gebeco (Vietnam)
We are going back to Vietnam! After stopping in Hanoi and Halong Bay for a few days on our 2015 world tour, we now had a little more time to cross the country from north to south and get to know each other. With the tour operator Gebeco we spent 10 days in the beautiful country and experienced and saw a lot 🙂
» Read the full blog postDream Islands – Our most beautiful island holidays
Are you sometimes ripe for the island? 🙂 We love islands, whether they are only 300 meters long or the size of Iceland. The atmosphere on an island is often somehow different from that on the mainland. We have noticed that we have already been on a number of dream islands, which we would like to introduce you to.
» Read the full blog postThe 7 Wonders of Nature – The Beauty of Our World
Similar to the man-made “world wonders”, various natural phenomena such as the Grand Canyon in the United States or the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia are sometimes referred to as such, many of which are also unesco World Heritage Sites. The New7Wonders Project conducted a worldwide survey from 2007-2011, in which more than 600 million participants from all over the world voted for the most beautiful natural wonders. The following 7 wonders of nature, of which we …
» Read the full blog postThe New 7 Wonders of the World – Impressive Buildings of Humanity
In the mid-2000s, the NewOpenWorld Foundation set itself the goal of defining the so-called “New 7 Wonders of the World”. The election took place in several phases and reached more than 100 million votes cast online, by sms and by telephone. In July 2007, the new 7 wonders of the world were announced in Lisbon as part of an elaborately staged television show. Of these 7 wonders of the world, we have already seen 6. All we are missing is …
» Read the full blog post1 Day in New York – The Vessel & the High Line Park (USA)
After 7 hours of flying time, we arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport in the early morning from Alaska at around 8 a.m. Luckily, we didn’t have to go through immigration to get out of the airport because we came from Anchorage and it was a domestic flight. Since our onward flight to Frankfurt did not continue until 6 p.m., we still had enough time to drive in for a short time to Manhattan. There was a new attraction with …
» Read the full blog postAnchorage – Seward Highway & Alaska Wildlife Center (USA)
After checking out in the early morning on our cruise ship – the Royal Princess – we took the transfer bus from Princess Cruises from Whittier to Anchorage. The transfer took about 90 minutes, so we were at Anchorage airport around 10 a.m. Here we got off and were able to store our luggage for free at the airport in a room that was open especially for cruise guests. This service is offered until 5 p.m., then you have to …
» Read the full blog postCollege Fjord – A Scenic Cruise & Arrival in Whittier (USA)
The last day of our Alaska cruisewith Princess Cruises took us from Glacier Bay National Park along the west coast of Alaska to the Prince William Sound. From here, our Scenic Cruise starts through the College Fjord and the final drive to Whittier.
» Read the full blog postGlacier Bay National Park – A Scenic Cruise in Alaska (USA)
After the last days on our journey through the Inside Passage the cities of Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Haines, the last 2 days of our Alaska cruise with Princess Cruises were a “Scenic Cruise”. This means that the ship no longer docks in a harbour, but that you can admire the highlights of Glacier Bay National Park and college fjord directly from the ship.
» Read the full blog postHaines – Bears and bald eagles on the Chilkoot River (USA)
One of the main reasons why we always wanted to go to Alaska is the fascinating landscape and of course the wildlife! Once seeing bears in the wild, it’s been on our wish list for a long time ♥ And where’s better than in Alaska? Unfortunately, we were not lucky in Ketchikan and Juneau. Therefore, for our stop in Skagway we had chosen a very special trip to Haines, where the chances of seeing bears in their natural habitat were …
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