Jan '0825
Yep, it has been a while we didn’t give any news. No that’s not because we didn’t feel like giving any, but because there is too much to see/do/experience. On one hand this makes we never get to writing (ok, lame excuse) and on the other hand there’s so much to write about that we simply cannot make a choice (ok, even lamer excuse…). Therefore maybe a small snapshot of experiences so far in Laos. Laos live.
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Jan '0809
Ok, so in Holland we have a queen who is nice and friendly, visiting schools and stuff, doing some hand-shaking from time to time and making sure she wears a different hat for each occasion. In other words, we don’t mind having her as long as she doesn’t say or does too much… In Thailand, the vision on His Royal Highness is a different story… (same same, but different… 
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Jan '0802
Same same, but different. We had seen people walking around with t-shirts saying “same same” in the front and “but different” in the back at Bangkok and we seriously had been wondering what it was, and it took us quite some time to find out, but now that we know, we completely, absolutely agree to it: it is very funny! 
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Dec '0717
One would say that after more than 4 months of travelling, nothing can go wrong anymore: diarrhea should belong to the past, ordering food without understanding a character on a menu should become “normal” and ripoffs shouldn’t happen to us anymore. Well, the truth is different! Or lets say that “in Bangkok the truth is different”.
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Dec '0714
This trip around the world is not only about “seeing the world” nor about “visiting 48 countries in 365 days”. For us it is more like an opportunity to do new things, to get to know other cultures better and foremost, to get to know ourselves better, by doing new, interesting, challenging things. Therefore we decided to go and have a look at the Himalayas from a completely different angle and go paragliding!
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Dec '0707
During our 28-day trek we met quite some people without guide, saying that “they didn’t need one” and “could do this on their own” or “they would rather save the money”. Which is fine of course, because hiring a guide is of course costing some money, as you are employing somebody to provide you a service. But what did those people that didn’t take a guide really save? Money for sure, but we think they also missed some important background information to Nepali and Tibetan culture, a thing which made our trip all the better. Especially after Thorong-La Pass there is quite some cultural heritage to be seen and visited, which just isn’t the same without somebody explaining. If in Kathmandu we quickly got to the “ah just another temple” we fully enjoyed the most important Hindu-shrine outside India and some hidden away Tibetan monasteries…
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