Tag: nature

  • What to do from Brisbane to Sydney? So many choices!

    What to do from Brisbane to Sydney? So many choices!

    It’s a long way from Brisbane to Sydney! So what can the independent traveller do inbetween those two Australian cities? Take a step off the normal tourist trail and read the travel tips here! Surfer’s Paradise Why: Australia’s Answer to Florida Description: Skyscrapers dominant the narrow coastal strip, theme parks are popular, this is Australia…

  • Samkar – Burmese beauty like out of a fairy-tale

    Samkar – Burmese beauty like out of a fairy-tale

    South of Inle Lake there is a second lake, the Samkar lake (also called Sankar). Contrary to Inle Lake it’s an artificial one, because further south a dam was built. This lake is also shallow. Since there is a lake here, the fields are more fertile as a plus, but some of the Shan relicts…

  • Frogs, bungalows, spiders: Visit in the jungle of Laos

    Frogs, bungalows, spiders: Visit in the jungle of Laos

    Laos is famous for its wilderness and I wanted to have a feel of it. So I visited a jungle hotel near Vientiane. I was rewarded with a peaceful atmosphere and quietness. Also I have to admit, that for the real dense wild jungle Central Laos is probably the wrong place, because of the already…