Malaysia 🇲🇾
Kuala Terengganu KT was our first impression after landing in Malaysia and definitely not the best one. We didn’t really plan our trip this time, so after landing in Kuala Lumpur, we went through immigration without having a connecting flight or bus transfer to KT. We thought we’d stay the night but didn’t realise the airport hotels are only at the international terminal before passing immigration and we couldn’t go back. … »Switzerland 🇨đź‡, Ukraine 🇺🇦, Austria 🇦🇹
We stayed in Cyprus for the month of July, as it was the middle of the monsoon season in Asia. But Cyprus in July was HOT and August is usually HOTTER, so we decided to travel through some milder countries instead. In Zurich we visited one of our clients, in Kiev we met with some of our remote team members and in Vienna we picked up the Estonian eResidency card. … »
Bikepacking - Here’s what we learned.
Sunday, June 15. We arrived at our destination: Mount Olympus, Cyprus. In the village of Troodos (5km from the peak). We departed on this journey to escape the melting heat down at the beach, but also to get fit and explore a new lifestyle: bikepacking. Check out Part 1: Bikepacking through Cyprus and Part 2: Amat Victoria Curam of this adventure with tour details. Our Gear Starting the Pouziaris Trail … »
Amat Victoria Curam — Bikepacking Part 2
Amat Victoria Curam (“Victory loves preparation”) was the motto of 2011 “The Mechanic” movie and was going through my head as we arrived in Arakapas, the set destination of the day. But first how we got there. Vavla Route: Lefkara to Vavla July 8, 2018. Day 4 of our bikepacking adventure. As mentioned in Part 1, getting up in the morning on the first day wasn’t the hardest part. … »
Bikepacking Through Cyprus. Part 1.
This morning at 5:00 we left our apartment in Oroklini to head towards the mountains. The motivation is simple: it’s too hot near the coast. Temperatures are 37ÂşC or more at 9:00 in the morning, it’s impossible to go outside. And we like outside. We left at 5:00 in order to get a few hours on the tyres before the sun rises and looking back now I wish we would have left at 3:00 (as we initially planned and set an alarm for, but who gets up at 2:45? … »Larnaca (Cyprus)
South East Asia is fantastic, and there are so many things left for us to see, but they will have to wait a little. We decided to interrupt our Asia trip for a few reasons: My wife was not lucky enough to be born in a country with a privileged passport, which makes travel unnecessarily complicated and stressful. When I left Spain, I left my “autonomo” behind, the legal structure to get paid and pay taxes in Spain. … »
Thailand
The beach near our resort in Koh Lanta Since it’s a shorter timeframe than usual, I’ll summarise everything in one post. After arriving in Thailand I had mixed feelings about the country. Expectations where high, given it’s the top destination for tourists and the internet is full of white sand beaches with crystal clear water. Getting through Bangkok Airport was the first obstacle. In the plane, they told us to follow the signs for Krabi, Chiang Mai, Phuket etc. … »One Month in Cambodia
09.03.2018 — 09.04.2018 We started our trip in Siem Reap and stayed there for a week. The first two days we visited the Angkor Archaeological Park and enjoyed the week in AngkorHUB co-working space, Getting Things Done. We traveled to Kep, because the stories of Sihanoukville didn’t sound appealing to us. We didn’t want to get into touristic crowds and Kep was advertised as: > “Its impressive range of boutique hotels squarely targets a more cultured beach crowd than the party-happy guesthouses of Sihanoukville and the islands. … »Kep (Cambodia)
6.5 hours night bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh (the capital of Cambodia), 3 hours wait at the bus station and another 3.5 hours in a bus to Kep. I felt worse than jet-lagged and needed more than a day of sleep to recover from this adventure. The ride was safe, the night bus comfortable enough to get a few hours of sleep, but all together it was exhausting and we lost our weekend to traveling. … »Siem Reap (Cambodia)
Temples. Temples temples temples temples and more temples. That was our weekend, the first two days in Seam Reap. The flight here was quite stressful; we stayed near the Bali airport as it was a 7am flight. AirAsia has a carry-on limit of 7kg and they’re very strict about it on their website, so the night before we had to go through our backpacks again and throw things out to get close enough to 7kg which was a very hard exercise. … »
