OK, I actually stayed 2 weeks in Bangkok. Bangkok city Hot. Crowded streets. Lot of tourists. Plenty of things to do, see and eat. Affordable prices for food and places to stay. Not even 15 minutes after landing in Thailand, 3 taxi drivers tried to rip me off with over-inflated prices (not that I expected
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam — pretty cool still
The main reason for settling in this part of Vietnam was Hạ Long Bay, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. So you know it must be good. I actually googled it, but whatever. To visit the bay, I booked a 6 hours boat tour, which includes visits to Sung Sot Cave, a floating market, some
Ha Long City, Vietnam — a big construction site
Most of the city looks like a huge construction site, and will probably continue to look as such for a while. I had a lot more expectations from Ha Long city than Cat Ba town, but looking back, Cat Ba looked and felt much better. Therefore, I would not recommend staying here for a while,
Cannon Fort, Vietnam
The Cannon Fort is only 2km away from Cat Ba town’s port, a 35 minutes walk uphill. The entrance ticket is 1.8 USD (40.000 VND = 7.5 RON). At the entrance, engraved in a memorial plaque writes: “The Cannon Fort was built in 1942, at the height of 177m from the sea, on Cat Ba Island — a
Cat Ba Island, Vietnam
If up till now it has been hotter than hell, and in all this time I’ve been mostly locked in my room working on a new project playing Minecraft (because working on a Tourist Visa is illegal), now that I finally left the room for a 5 days exploration, it rains and temperatures dropped down to
Hello, Vietnam!
Vietnam — happy to be settling in for an entire month in one place. Plenty o’ time to relax and (edit: yeah, right) to take it all in. The city Holy wow! Vietnam is very different from everything I’ve seen so far. There’s a lot of greenery around, even in the city there’s small jungle-like
Seoul, South Korea
Flying at night can be quite boring. Especially when you can’t sleep and babies are screaming their asses off all around you. So I watch some episodes of Friends and Suits for a few hours and around 4:30 in the morning, we land to Seoul-Incheon Airport. Accommodation I’m staying at Namsan Gil House for 3 nights. Unfortunately, an early check-in
Konnichiwa Tokyo, Japan!
I arrived in Tokyo around 21:00. What I didn’t knew at that time, is that Narita Airport is 80 km away from Tokyo or 1 hour away traveling with the Skyliner train. And, of course, thanks to my not-so-smartphone, I lost the last train to Tokyo. My phone failed to update the time correctly, and the
Hello, Hong Kong
I’ve been in Hong Kong for only one hour and even if I’m half asleep, I already love it. Getting around here seems pretty easy. There are lots of signs and all of them have indications in English. The weather feels like an endless summer and people seem… relaxed. Early in the morning, on a working
Hello, white Mother Russia!
Even though it was very cloudy and there was a thick blanket of fog, the descending & landing were quite smooth and without delay. Hello Mother Russia! At first I thought it was snowing, but it’s actually just a thin sleet. Even so, the sky is milky white and temperatures are close to zero, so
Buh-bye, Romania
Departing Cluj-Napoca So I’m leaving today. Fuck yeah. So excited. Before leaving though, I met up for a beer with some cool people & friends — my sister, Camelia & Lucian Stoian, Daniela Laslo and Ciocian Raluca. We catch up for a couple of hours in this cute place called Acrobatica Pizzeria, which by the