The west coast of Mauritius is the most popular beach hangout for locals as it is the closest to the bigger central towns of Quatre-Bornes, Rose-Hill, Beau-Bassin, Vacoas and Curepipe. It is within 30 minutes to any of these towns by car.…
10 useful tips about Mauritius
Mauritius is a small island in the Indian Ocean, about two hours by plane to the east of Madagascar – which itself is off the east coast of South Africa . It is mostly known as a luxury beach holiday destination, particularly popular with French and…
10 things to do in Mauritius
Mauritius has long been a favourite holiday destination for affluent Europeans, especially from England and France. Most tourists use up their holidays sunbathing by the beach or pool at one of the many 5-star beach resorts. Truth be told, it’s very…
Touring Japan
I flew to Japan in July 2014, a long overdue trip after a 10-day winter trip to Tokyo four years earlier. I still love the people, the food and the culture but the entire experience in summer is vastly different. It was…
Laos backpacking experience
I had two and half weeks off in December 2013 and decided to explore Laos, one of the few countries I had yet to see in Southeast Asia. I heard much from traveller friends about tubing (good and bad) and…
Touring Yangon
We spent only one day and one night in Yangon and frankly I wouldn’t stay any longer. Yangon is a city which sleeps at 9:00pm so unless you like spending time in your hotel room watching TV, you’ll get easily…
A guided trip to Burma / Myanmar
Ever since I saw photos of Bagan in Myanmar at Felix Hug‘s photo exhibition a couple of years ago, I just had to go there. It did help that Felix’ photos were great and he was nice enough to tell me…