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Cabo de la Vela, Colombia

I remember when reading “Love in the Time of Cholera”, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, that he sent the main characters on a long dangerous journey to Cabo de la Vela, a remote and magic place that I tried to picture many times in my head. Now, standing here, I can only say that the hard reality resembles the wildest imagination! #magicrealism While in Cabo you normally have 2 accommodation options: a hammock or a bed. I opted for the hammock not only because I thought sleeping under the stars with a …

ASIA

Sapa, Vietnam

|ENG|Here we are starting our trek into a surrounding countryside of cascading rice terraces and tiny hill-tribe villages that seem a world apart!We will walk from Sapa towards Muong Hoa valley where we can admire the wonderful scenery of Hoang Lien mountain ranges and meet Black H’mong tribes. .The trek will take aprox. 8 hrs on Day 1and we will stay overnight at a homestay. She made me rub some plant leaves into my hands while we were walking. I agreed not knowing what it was about, but her big …

ASIA

Cambodia’s floating village | El pueblo flotante de Cambodia

|ENG| Anyone who has heard about Cambodia probably thinks of temples and Tomb Raider. But after you have seen all of the temples, what is there left to do (besides drink $0.50 beers)? For my explorers, head on over to Kampong Khleang! A floating village which is around 35km away from Siem Reap! Our tuk-tuk driver, Mr. Som Simon, drove us there. We paid an entrance fee of US$25. A little high for Cambodia but the boat service is still owned by the locals, which means that the money we …