I’m not sure if it can get any better than this! An exclusive and very messy visit to one of the most ethical and well respected elephant sanctuaries of Northern Thailand … More Mud-Bathing With Elephants in Thailand
65 professionals who have never met before, traveling and working around the globe. For 1 year. Sounds awkward? A lot of people have asked me what exactly the setup is. Hard to explain in words. Maybe it helps to join me on a typical day? Welcome to Remote Year Kublai in our 3rd month!
What an exciting day! Watch us planting some mangrove trees for Cambodia’s future! The mangrove forests along Cambodia’s coast support more than 100,000 fishermen and their families and create a diverse ecosystem that is home to hundreds of species. These forests play an essential role in supplying people with fish and are also vital to coastal protection, … More Planting Mangrove Trees In Kampot, Cambodia
This will be very hard to watch, but I do think that everybody needs to see this. Maybe you’re in a similar place that I was in, prior to arriving in Cambodia. I knew that the country had a horrible recent history with genocide and lots of suffering, but I was far from knowing specifics. … More Unbearable Pain: Cambodia’s Suffering Under The Khmer Rouge
I’ve always been in love with nature and hiking. I’ve done it since, I can remember. Hiking is like a metaphor for so many things and challenges we struggle with in our life, like goals, persistence, encountering challenges, and, most importantly, friendship. All of these, we encountered on our hike up Mount Fansipan, the highest … More Hiking Fansipan, Lesson for Life – What Vietnam’s Highest Mountain taught us
Prior to Khmer New Year, Cambodian festival culture is at its best, and no place to enjoy it better than in the countryside! Join us and take a 3 minute walk with us, as we explore one of these unique festivals, eat amazing food, dance with the locals and enjoy ourselves in this unique atmosphere! … More Ever been to a rural Cambodian village festival? Come take a walk with us!
Weddings in Cambodia are considered the most important celebration in one’s life and are of huge importance for the families and villages, especially in the rural areas. Most of them are arranged, based on the families’ reputation, and there’s huge pressure on Cambodian women to attract a husband early on in their adult life – … More One time, in Cambodia, we crashed a traditional Khmer wedding…
Wow, this was surely an emotional visit to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh this morning. I thought I was just going to visit the palace, and then my wonderful guide Dahrit summarized the history of the country by telling his family story – within 3 minutes! Watch the video to learn more about the … More “I Lost Two Sisters” – The Most Personal History Lesson Of My Life At The Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
Always believing that you are what you eat, I had been interested in the vegan lifestyle for a while. Never had the protein lover in me embraced it. Never. Until now! … More No meat, eggs, milk or butter, please! How a meat-loving German turned vegan
For a wonderful month in Vietnam I now was based in Ho Chi Minh City or, how I prefer to call it, Saigon. And the city surely has left its marks! It is impossible to look at it from only one angle, so I took a shot at looking at it from different ones, covering the … More Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon – The Capital Of Vietnam From Different Angles
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