Golf courses in Marrakech
Amelkis Golf Course A fairly easy golf course with well maintained but wide fairways. No major difficulties to access the greens which do not have significant slopes. Caddy mandatory, his name is Abdul and he drags one of his legs a lot. It is not an easy job for him. He’s a real golfer, he […]
Battambang
Battambang is a very big city in the north west of Cambodia almost as big as Siem Reap, which is much more touristic as Siem Reap is the gateway to the Angkor temples. I liked Battambang very much as it has a very special atmosphere that reminded me of Chang Mai, the big city in […]
Kampot
Kampot is a city in the South which is not exactly on the seaside but about ten kilometres away, on both sides of the river. A rather quiet city, frequented by many foreigners, very cosmopolitan, but which did not seem to me of great interest. On the other hand, nearby is the Bokor National Park. […]
Phnom Penh
I just spent three days in Phnom Penh. I do not think that it is necessary to devote so much time to this city. Finally there is not much to see. The few remarkable monuments can be visited in a single day The rest is walking in the streets to apprehend a little the life […]
Cambodia
I have just discovered a great tool to organize my travel plans. I’m using it for this trip to Cambodia, and I think I’ll be using it for a long time. Very practical.
Chiang Mai
I loved Chiang Mai. It is a quiet city, a city of backpackers, that is, backpackers who are here to visit, walk around, discover the mountains, but not for the less pleasant aspects of Thailand, that is, the nightlife, the girls in the bars and the more or less seedy massage parlours. This does not […]
Hanoi
Last step of my trip in Vietnam: Hanoi. According to what other travelers I met who for some had preferred Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi, especially because of the more important cultural aspect of Ho Chi Minh (Museums, architecture, traces of the French presence), I expected not to appreciate the city much. It is the […]
No golf in Vietnam
What is it? No golf in Vietnam? And yet there are 45 magnificent golf courses listed in Vietnam and probably a dozen more under construction, yet I have not played. How is it possible ? Simply because the price of the golf courses is prohibitive which irritates me a lot in a country where there […]
Halong Bay
Tuan Chau My arrival in Halong Bay begins with an anecdote that illustrates the difficulties of communication one can have when travelling: I booked a hotel on Booking (although you can hardly call it a hotel) in the port of Tuan Chau. This is the main starting point for tours of the bay. It is […]
Ninh Binh
Departure from Hue for Ninh Binh, fourth stage of this lightning trip in Vietnam. I chose to leave with the night train. It is the most economic and practical way to travel this distance of 580 kms. Small inconvenience: the night train leaves at 4pm from Hue and arrives in Ninh Bình at 3am. I […]