After leaving Luang Prabang, we hopped on a cramped minivan for a ride to Vang Vieng, the adventure capital of Laos. Unfortunately, we were visiting during the wet season and wet it was! Torrential rain hammered down the entire time we were in Vang Vieng, putting an end to our plans of river tubing (the…Continue reading Laos – Vang Vieng & Vientiane
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Laos – Luang Namtha & Luang Prabang
After crossing the Mengla (China)/Boten (Laos) border, we immediately noticed the laid back difference of our new home for the next two weeks. Laos is lovely! Truck drivers no longer honked their horns incessantly, the people are polite, reserved and super friendly, and the food! The food is to die for. Seriously, after over a…Continue reading Laos – Luang Namtha & Luang Prabang
China – Xi’an & Chengdu & Xichang & Kunming
Our happy Oasis family split up this week in China when we reached the final stop of our Silk Road journey in Xi’an. Since April, we’ve covered 20,363 km in our beloved Habibi and what an epic adventure. 7 countries through spectacular landscapes with a bunch of fun people = lots of fantastic memories. It…Continue reading China – Xi’an & Chengdu & Xichang & Kunming
China – Xiahe & Chuanzhusi & Huanglong & Chengdu
Xiahe is known as “little Lhasa” and since we were unable to visit Tibet, this city was the next best thing. Xiahe is an ethnically Tibetan town famous for its Labrang Monastery, which is one of the most important centers of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. Driving from Chongqing to Xiahe brought us up in…Continue reading China – Xiahe & Chuanzhusi & Huanglong & Chengdu
China – Dunhuang & Jiayuguan & Xiakou & Chongqing
From Turpan, we drove to the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Cave complex (5th to 14th century), nestled in a gorge of the Flaming Mountains. The cave grottoes’ best murals were hacked away by German explorer Albert von Le Coq who sent them to Berlin where they were subsequently destroyed during WWII when the city was bombed.…Continue reading China – Dunhuang & Jiayuguan & Xiakou & Chongqing