Rajshahi is just an overnight place, there is little of interest, except for the archaeological Varendra museum, the oldest museum in the country, which is closed. A tourist map with ‘Old Architecture’ leads to an area where there are old, derelict houses, but little in terms of architecture. In the evening we walk around T-Badh, … Read more
A comfortable place to start our South East Asia journey, with as a bonus some river views and a Christmas atmosphere.
A few photos from a field trip into the mountains of Aceh Tenggara, one of the districts where my employer was working
Where the Danube forms the Serbian-Romanian border, the river flows through a number of gorges, which, predictably, have now been dammed.
Je kunt natuurlijk altijd vliegen naar Phongsaly. Er is een vliegveldje, 40 km van dit schilderachtige stadje in het uiterste noorden van Laos, en Air Laos vliegt twee keer per week. Maar je hebt dan het hoogtepunt eigenlijk al gemist, de driedaagse bootreis , stroomopwaarts op de Ou. De Nam Ou – de Ou Rivier … Read more
Charming small board walk village along the Mahakam River, but with rather basic hotels.
Perhaps the most popular tourist town in Indonesia, Yogya’s attraction outside the Kraton is mostly from the unexpected, off-the-beaten track experiences.
Steaming river-side town on the banks of the Omo River, in the heartland of the Dasanech people.
The 11th Century town of Bagan on the Irriwady River is one enormous Buddhist temple complex, impressive in its extent and in the quality of some of its architecture, mysterious in its setting.
