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Embassies and visas

At first it felt like a logistics nightmare attempting to work out when and where is best to get visas, before we left or on the go? After researching the requirements for every country we thought we might visit, we […]

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Preparation, Round the world, VisasTagged china, russia, usa, vietnam, visas4 Comments

Crossing the Pacific Ocean by Cargo Ship

It took 15 days at sea to cross the Pacific from Xiamen, China on Saturday 2nd December to Los Angeles, USA on Sunday 16th December. Our double day was Saturday 9th December 2017. We travelled with CMA CGM on the […]

Posted on January 8, 2018January 13, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in Cargo ship, Round the world, TransportTagged cargoship, china, usa14 Comments

Amoy Ahoy

Xiamen is a coastal city of 3.5 million people but I had not heard of it until we were told of the quicker route to cross the Pacific. This made it our last destination in China. After briefly researching the […]

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in China, Round the worldTagged china, university6 Comments

It looks a million Patacas

I have never felt as seasick as I did on the ferry to Macau. Rosanna felt the same way. It was called the “turbojet” and it makes the trip from Hong Kong in 50 minutes. They were 50 long minutes […]

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in Hong Kong & Macau, Round the worldTagged castle, china, city, hillLeave a comment

One country, two systems

Hong Kong (or Xiānggǎng in Cantonese) was the name of a small fishing village and the island that it was located on. In 1860 it expanded to include the Kowloon Peninsula and then in 1898 it expanded again to include […]

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Mischa
Posted in Hong Kong & Macau, Round the worldTagged botanical gardens, china, city, countryside, hill, museum12 Comments

From Hanoi to Hong Kong

It’s possible to travel overland from Vietnam all the way to Hong Kong within 24 hours. If you plan ahead, it is only a matter of two trains and then two metro lines taking you to Kowloon. One train to […]

Posted on December 20, 2017April 27, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in China, Hong Kong & Macau, Round the world, Transport, VietnamTagged china, food, hong kong, train, vietnam2 Comments

“We have a booking”

A bit later than I thought, we’ve finally booked and paid for the cargo ship journey across the Pacific Ocean – eee! Before our trip began we trawled the internet to find out how on earth we book a cargo […]

Posted on November 23, 2017March 30, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in China, News, Round the world, USATagged cargoship, china, journey, usa8 Comments

Quá lâo, Vietnam.

We’re about to get on a train out of Hanoi which will take us overnight to the Chinese border and then on to Nanning. Because the gauge is different in Vietnam, this train uses its own special track laid from […]

Posted on November 21, 2017April 1, 2018 by Mischa
Posted in China, News, Round the world, VietnamTagged border, china, journey, vietnam5 Comments

The gateway to Indochina

The purpose of our visit to Kunming was to get our Vietnamese visa. Judging by the people we met in the hostel, this seems like a fairly typical reason to visit. Kunming is positioned in a convenient location to travel […]

Posted on November 11, 2017April 1, 2018 by Mischa
Posted in China, Round the world, VisasTagged china, food, hostel, lake, visa8 Comments

Good morning Việt Nam: how to cross the border from China to Lào Cai

Yesterday we crossed the Chinese border into north-west Vietnam. It was a long day for me, having taken our first malaria tablets the night before, I was experiencing side-effects of stomach pains. Both of us hadn’t slept well and had […]

Posted on November 2, 2017January 7, 2018 by Rosanna
Posted in China, News, Round the world, VietnamTagged border, bus, china, medicine, train, vietnam6 Comments

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Travelling without flying

From March 2017 to March 2018 we backpacked around the world without catching a single aeroplane. This blog contains our experiences and stories, from surprises to delights, plus some tips on how we travelled flight-free.

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