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Acording to the statistics, Laos is one of the poorest country in the world. Really?We stayed over there only 2 weeks but for sure, we feel like going back. This time, we visited only north part of Laos and our TOP 10 is about that. In Laos everybody says Baw pen nyaaaaaaaaaang!Which means – NO PROBLEM. …
It is impossible to spend a couple of days in Sri Lanka without talking about Sri Lankan Cuisine. When we arrived on this big island of Indian Ocean, we did not know what to expect about food. We were thinking about kind of Indian cuisine but when you know that there are many types of …
Tea routeThere is so much behind this definition… always green hills of South-West China; Tibetan horses; tea plantations – green and pu’erh; war with hordes of Genghis Khan. Carriers and the ROAD ‘Chamagudao’, through wild forest and frozen mountains, through highlands at 5000 m high, ended in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet (3656m). Looking how …
Laos and Weaving, an inseparable storyThere are some countries you visit and in which traditions are hardly hidden. While crossing Laos from Boten (border with China) to Luang Prabang, we discovered a rural Laos. On our way to meet local families, we crossed hilly landscapes, with small and bigger rivers and a strong tropical green …
When talking about sustainable and responsible tourism, it is common to hear about ecotourism. Indeed, taking into account ecological and environmental aspects and maintaining it for the next generations, are the beginning of a positive spiral in the development of a touristic activity.Birdwatching is an activity linked to ecotourism and we need to know what …
Lijiang, Old – New CityBecause we resigned from trekking around Emei Shen, we arrived to Lijiang few days before we planned. Emei Shen is one of the five holy mountains in China. We gave up because of the weather – snow and wind, and the cost. When we found out that for it costs more …
Xin Tuo, a « new developement »Yunnan region is a south west region of China at the border of Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Tibet. Mainly mountainous, there are around 25 minorities living in this region. The region stays under developed economically in spite of a constant growth of tourism.We must say – and we only saw Lijiang …
On our way from North to South (don’t forget that we have India on target 🙂 and already more than 12000 km behind us 🙂 ), our route was more or less defined by itself and somehow classical. A first step in Xi’An, capital of the empire for many dynasties. A second step in Chengdu, …
Good choice or not ?Plan a trip. Build the route. Make your mind roaming until things get alive. Relate moments to the draws of our minds. There is something fascinating about traveling, something powerful.When the opportunity of crossing China came to us… we firstly saw an opportunity of experiencing a cultural shock. Under a lot of …
When we decided to go from Russia to China, we started to have a look on travel forums to get information about the border… To be honest, whatever the language (English, Polish and French) we did not get too much information… It was really poor and very difficult to figure out how is to cross …
Long time ago…Long time ago, in a small village in central Poland, after Sunday lunch with my grannies I laid down on the sofa and I switched on TV. That was the moment for my favorite documental program “World’s animals”. At that time, we didn’t have any Discovery or Animal Planet in Poland. Only once …
We writed an article with Hopineo about our first meeting with a commited player! A great discovery!http://hopineo.org/en/first-steps-ambassadors-ela-david-baikal/ On 3rd of January, our ambassadors Ela & David left for a crazy adventure in Asia. Their wish is to reach India and Nepal, center of their HopTour. To do so, they really wanted to minimize the aerial …
When we decided to visit Russia, we had to make some choices especially due to visa length (30 days)… Moscow was one of them.Indeed, when we hear about Moscow and when we try to think about a city with 18 million people (non official data), more than 1000 km2 and such history… we could guess that …
How was it? It was great!We are in Olkhon Island. Under warm blanket I’m going back in my memories to 4 days in the train line Moscow-Irkutsk.We are leaving Irina’s house – our host in Moscow and going to explore more Russia. Of course, we took metro to arrive to the train station. It was …
Our adventure in Russia started with St Petersburg, probably the most european city in all Russia… Indeed, St Petersbourg has been founded in the 18th century by Peter The Great. The town planning is definitively modern and it is quite common to believe that you are walking in a different European city like Paris or Amsterdam.But …
When we started to plan this trip/project, the first destination that came to our mind was India…We were ready to stay few months in order to be able to visit a bigger part of this huge country as well as to be sure to meet this attractive culture… the decision to realize a HopTour with …
IRELAND = PEOPLE There is no better way to discover a country, place or culture as by the people. During two years I was studding in Galway-Mayo Institut of Technology and I was living in Galway. It was Ruan who showed me the true heart of his motherland (Thank you very much for this Ruan), …
When David arrived in Warsaw, he rapidly asked for East… As if crossing Europe from West to East was not enough, he was wandering about Belarus, Ukraine and Romania, etc. He was curious about these countries that are un(mis)known in Western countries. At the beginning, he was a bit surprised that his enthousiasm was not …
For people who love trekking like us and going to Reunion Island, it is almost impossible to think about a stay on the island without thinking about Mafate.But what is Mafate?Mafate is one of the 3 cirques in La Reunion, a specific mountain geological formation. If Salazie has the specificity of being very green and …