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 Thai Island Bliss
2011-11-25
A two week getaway from Jakarta lead us via a cheap AirAsia flight to Phuket. We visited Phuket old town, went for a trek in the rainforest and got scared by the overdevelopment of Patong. We then retreated to blissfully quiet Koh Yao Noi off Phukets east coast.
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Indonesia
2011-07-30
We stayed in Jakarta, Indonesia for 6 months while Lily did an internship at the danish embassy. During this stay we took a few trips around Java and to our beloved Bali.
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Road to Jakarta
2011-07-14
A short summer holiday, before Laerke starts her internship with the Royal Danish Embassy in Jakarta. We started out shopping in Bangkok, seeing som colonial architecture in Penang and finally resting at a perfect beach on Pulau Kapas
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Fjords of Norway
2011-06-01
A spur of the moment, extended weekend to Western Norway. Bought our flight tickets and rented a car a couple of days before flying to the western capital of Bergen, only 1,5 hours from Copenhagen. The amazing scenary, great trekking and great concept of "alle mands retten" (camp whereever you want!) made this a fantastic, but too short, trip! Norway should be hight on every nature...
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Weekend in Sweden
2011-05-28
A weekend trip to Sweden to visit family and do a little camping.
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Sweden
2010-07-24
We spent a week in southern Sweden with Laerkes mom and siblings, enjoyed the vast forests and many lakes outdoors when the sun was shining and escaped to a relaxing game of poker or monoploy indoors when the rain was forcing us. The swedish charm is omnipresent, with red painted wooden houses and small cute villages. For getting away from the city and it's stress, a cabin in a swedish for...
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Roskilde Festival
2010-06-26
The largest music festival in Scandinavia is a new experience every time, yet it is also like coming home, when your tent is up and camp in place. This year, our Norwegian friends were joining, adding that sweet sing-song language of theirs to the mix. Beer, music and party is on the menu, as well as sun, rain and wind. This year we had the best weather, which sparked many waterfights, visits ...
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Montenegro
2010-05-28
Montenegro, a small and little known gem, hidden away in the mountains of the Western Balkans. We entered from Serbia, and drove through mountain passes, over tall bridges spanning deep canyons and into a country that might be small in size, but has more mountains than you dream of. We visited the natural wonders of Durmitor National Park, with beautiful vistas and snowcapped mountains and the...
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Serbia
2010-05-27
We hadn’t originally planned to venture into Serbia, but couldn’t resist a peak, at what might be the most misunderstood country in Europe. Serbians are friendly, welcoming and doesn’t all condole the methods of their former leader. We only visited a small corner of this country, but felt right at home, because of the friendliness and smiles – the Zlatibor region was naturally beautiful and the...
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Bosnia i Herzegovina
2010-05-25
Hearing the name Bosnia will conjure up images of a civil war, ethnic cleansings and bombed out houses. True this country has seen a lot of horrors during the '90 but things are turning around. In Mostar we saw he old turkish legacy rebuild to former glory ans in Sarajevo we could feel the vibe of a new buzzing capital on the rise.
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Croatia
2010-05-22
A summerholiday visit to the Western Balkans started out in Croatia; as usual we didn't know what to expect, but we were pleasently surprised by the ancient towns and stunning dalmatian coast.
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Vietnam
2010-02-05
Laerkes trip to Vietnam with Oslo University
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Singapore
2010-01-02
Lily spent 4 days in Singapore on a long lay-over on her way to Vietnam. Muse in concert, meeting new lovely Singaporeans and having a good time with older friends were on the menu.
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Oman
2009-11-25
Oman was an incredible contry of barren deserts, lush river valleys and islamic culture. The hospitality of this enchanting contry was immensea and we were lucky enough to meet some two families whos friendliness and charm will never be forgotten.
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Namibia
2009-10-20
Namibia - the first impression was a vast and eerie landscape of endless desert scrub, but remarkably beautiful landscape. The people were equally wonderful and Etosha national park lived up to it's fame! A destination that has left a lasting impression and one that merits another visit!
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South Africa
2009-09-25
South Africa a land of great diversity; both in its people and in the fantastic nature. From wild coasts to arid deserts, big cities to one (dirt) road hamlets - everything is here.
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Hong Kong
2009-09-19
A short stopover in bustling and humid Hong Kong, where we got to see the highrises through smog and haze and chinese pride during the Chinese Nationl Day. Some good shopping was expected but unfortunatly we were rather disappointed.
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Taiwan
2009-08-20
Taiwan, a country known for "Made in Taiwan", but not a country widely visited as a tourist destination. And what a shame that is! Taiwan is a melting pot of hightech and old chinese traditions, with incredible nature and a small, but very interesting aboriginal population. Someone once told us that Taiwan is almost more Chinese than China itself. Taiwanese people are extremely welc...
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Summer in Denmark
2009-07-04
The summer in Denmark is an incredible experience. The temperatures are mild and weather sunny (mostly) and every Dane walks around with a smile on his face. After long, dark winters we all go to the beach, barbecue long into the night and watch the sun set at 10 PM. As a small break from our travels, we came back to our homecontry for a month long visit, and enjoyed the beautiful contryside an...
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Indonesia
2009-01-01
Our trips around Indonesia in 2009 where we were based on Bali for 4-5 months. Indonesia offers so many places to visit, that even though we have been here 3 times before, we will still only get a glimpse of this amazingly diverse and beautiful contry.
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Bali
2008-12-19
Our trip has now taken us to the famous island of Bali, land of sun, sea and rice paddies. As Laerke is studying at Denpasar University we will stay on Bali for quite a while, hopefully finding a house that we can call home for a while. The plan is to explore Bali and the rest of Indonesia in weekends and vacations, and otherwise live a "normal" life here in the tropics. First we spen...
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Big City Life
2008-12-11
Our second visit to Singapore on this trip was another great one. We saw a bit more of the city, did a bit of shopping and had some great nights out with the CouchSurfing gang! 1 month was spend living in Bangkok, while attending a summerschool through a US university. We had fun going out, visiting nearby attractions and islands, and Martin went on a two week trip to Laos.
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South India
2008-10-20
Heading south in India we were met by Laerkes family in Mumbai. They were to travel with us for 5 weeks through Maharasta, Goa, Karnataka and Kerala. Travelling with children is a challange here in India but also very rewarding. Heading south also ment a welcoming beach break, which we had looked forward to throughout dusty Rajasthan!
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Rajasthan
2008-09-27
The time had come for us to start our assault at Rajasthan, the fairytale state of India. And we were quite excited about it. I still had very fond memories of the places I visited in Rajasthan almost 5 years ago, and the guidebook dreamily describes places like the big Meherangah fort that looms over the bright blue city of Jodhpur, the giant gold sandcastle at Jaisalmer, the palace in the lak...
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North India
2008-09-07
Visiting the three coners of Northern India, we experienced first hand the culture and religion of this chaotic contry. From Buddha worship to burning corpses on the Ganges in Varanasi, from garbage pits to green rice paddies and the crowds of Delhi to the emptyness of the Himalayas.
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Southeast Asian delights
2008-08-16
A quick forray through selected Southeast Asian contries. It's been a great reunion with the spetacular cultures, beautiful nature and good food! Southeast Asia will always have a special place in our hearts.
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Journeys through the Middle Kingdom
2008-07-23
Our Silk Road journey came to an end in Urumqi in China, from there we ventured onto Beijing and the rest of China. The vast Chinese empire is filled with old traditions, but modernity is also on the march, especially in the large cities. As many contries, it is a contry of contrasts, with beutiful nature and clustered metropolises. Unfortunatly we were only allowed to stay in China for 15 day...
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Silk Road
2008-07-01
The beginning of our grand journey, talking us down the Silk Road witnessing the magnificent structures of Samarkand, Bukhara and Tashkent, and the harsh heat of the Uzbek desert sands. We ventured into the Kyrgyz mountains and were taken back be the serenity of the valleys and gloroius blue skies. Finally we ended our silk road trip in western china, were islamic culture meets the chinese, in ...
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Syrian Sojourn
2008-04-19
We were starting to get restless home in Denmark – the travel fever was raging. So kinda spontaneously (but not so spontaneously that we hadn’t had time to buy a lonely planet Syria) we booked 2 tickets to Damascus! That name alone evokes pictures of sweet smelling narrow souqs, beautiful mosques and people looking like they just stepped out of a 1001 nights fairytale. However lately with the w...
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Vietnam
2007-08-08
After an intense 5-week summer school in Singapore we needed a vacation – so we went to Vietnam, Mari-e, Greta, Becca and I! We traveled from Ho Chi Minh City in the south to Hanoi in the North, stopping at Nah Trang and Hoi An in between.
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Singapore
2007-07-01
Summerschool in Singapore with fieldtrip to Thailand and Cambodia. Mostly seriously hard work writing papers and getting up early for the fieldtrips, we also got to party it up in the Singaporean night!
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Sumatra
2007-06-08
Straddled by equator Sumatra is nearly 2000km long, stretching from Banda Aceh in the north to Bakauheni in the south, as slightly smaller than France. Sumatra is the proud owner of nearly 100 volcanoes, 15 of them still active and the tallest one being 3805 meters tall. In the jungles of Sumatra you may be so lucky to discover Rafflesia arnoldii; the world’s largest flower. You might also ...
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Morocco
2007-04-19
During easter 2007 we spend two weeks in morocco, travelling around by car, visiting the foothills and gorges of the Atlas Montains, the vast desert fronteer near Sahara, lush oases, beautiful coastal cities and the ever buzzing city of Marrakech.Morocco is truly a beautiful destination, offering a fantastic insight into Northern Africas amazing culture and history. As we left, we were already ...
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Australia and Asia
2006-04-15
Lærkes trip to Australia and Southeast Asia, that begun with a sprained toe. Witnessing the beutiful coast of eastern Australia and the dry interior, taking a trip through Laos and then stopping in Bali for party and beachbumming.
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Southeast Asia
2005-01-04
January 2005 we left Denamrk, we started out in India, and for 2 months we traveled around in the south, we had a great time, with many ups and downs (India in a nutshell). Afterwards we flew to Thailand, everything in Thailand seemed so easy compared to India. And they do have some great beaches! After some time spend in Thailand, we took a plane from Bangkok to Yangon, the capitol of Mya...
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India
2003-10-13
The 13th of October 2003 I flew to Delhi. I had signed up to volunteer for a NGO in a small village in the Thar Desert, along with 8 other Danes. But first we headed of to a lot of other things. For example we stayed at host families, saw Taj Mahal, rafted down Ganges, rode elephants and camels, rappelled down a mountainside, saw a tiger in a national park and so much more... After the amazin...
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