![Almost unbelievable but true - today it's three years that we are on the road. Oh well, rather three years away from home, because for the last 14 months we have been stranded in #Vietnam and not living an overlander life at all.
So yes, we are still here in Saigon ๐โ
But especially under these crazy circumstances we cannot complain. Living in this bustling city is a fabulous experience and we wouldn't want to miss a minute of it. Even though we of course miss our home on wheels and being on the road, we have learned to live with the uncertainty when we will finally be able to go to Australia and reunite there with our car. We make the best of our situation and that works out fine.โ
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In the past months we lived a more or less ordinary life here in Vietnam and we also took a big break from social media. There are some things we have on our mind about this topic, but we will get to it in one of our next postings.โ
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So we are using this anniversary now to say hello again. And also, today we set off to a trip within Vietnam, where for sure there will be many impressions that are worth sharing with those who are interested. This is feasible, because Vietnam handled the Covid-19 pandemic extremely well. Free travelling within its borders was almost always possible. The pictures of this post are from a trip to the stunning island of Cat Ba in the north of Vietnam which we did a few months ago.]()
Almost unbelievable but true - today it's three years that we are on the road. Oh well, rather three years away from home, because for the last 14 months we have been stranded in #Vietnam and not living an overlander life at all. So yes, we are still here in Saigon ๐โ But especially under these crazy circumstances we cannot complain. Living in this bustling city is a fabulous experience and we wouldn't want to miss a minute of it. Even though we of course miss our home on wheels and being on the road, we have learned to live with the uncertainty when we will finally be able to go to Australia and reunite there with our car. We make the best of our situation and that works out fine.โ โ In the past months we lived a more or less "ordinary" life here in Vietnam and we also took a big break from social media. There are some things we have on our mind about this topic, but we will get to it in one of our next postings.โ โ So we are using this anniversary now to say hello again. And also, today we set off to a trip within Vietnam, where for sure there will be many impressions that are worth sharing with those who are interested. This is feasible, because Vietnam handled the Covid-19 pandemic extremely well. Free travelling within its borders was almost always possible. The pictures of this post are from a trip to the stunning island of Cat Ba in the north of Vietnam which we did a few months ago. ![#ThrowbackPost ๐ At the beginning of our trip we found this amazing #campspot directly at the sea in Albania. What more do you want?โ
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๐ Country: #Albania ๐ฆ๐ฑโ
๐ Date: 2018-05-25โ โ โ
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* Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ
However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ]()
#ThrowbackPost ๐ At the beginning of our trip we found this amazing #campspot directly at the sea in Albania. What more do you want?โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ๐ Country: #Albania ๐ฆ๐ฑโ ๐ Date: 2018-05-25โ โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ * Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ ![#ThrowbackPost ๐ Driving through totally remote places in Iran was so much fun. We really fell in love with this amazing country.โ
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๐ Country: #Iran ๐ฎ๐ทโ
๐ Date: 2018-07-29โ โ โ
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* Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ
However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.]()
#ThrowbackPost ๐ Driving through totally remote places in Iran was so much fun. We really fell in love with this amazing country.โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ๐ Country: #Iran ๐ฎ๐ทโ ๐ Date: 2018-07-29โ โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ * Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content. ![#ThrowbackPost ๐ Having our kitchen on wheels, means always being ready to cook our favorite meal no matter where we are. Even better, when we are directly on the beach like here in Malaysia.โ
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๐ Country: #Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พโ โ
๐ Place: #PenangIslandโ
๐ Date: 2019-05-28โ โ โ
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* Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ
However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ
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#kitchenonwheels #travelmalaysia #ilovepenang #overlander #offroadcamper #w460 #wildcamp #overlandlife #freecamping #glife #myoverlandadventure #expeditionvehicle #gclass #overlanding #strongerthantime #travellingourplanet #campspot #puch #coleman #campiswhereyouparkit #theoutsideiscalling #campkitchen #beachcamping #truckcamping #lovemalaysia #overlandadventure #outdoorkitchen @penangtoday @i.love.penang @expeditionvehicles @overlandvehicles @colemanusa]()
#ThrowbackPost ๐ Having our kitchen on wheels, means always being ready to cook our favorite meal no matter where we are. Even better, when we are directly on the beach like here in Malaysia.โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ๐ Country: #Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พโ โ ๐ Place: #PenangIslandโ ๐ Date: 2019-05-28โ โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ * Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ #kitchenonwheels #travelmalaysia #ilovepenang #overlander #offroadcamper #w460 #wildcamp #overlandlife #freecamping #glife #myoverlandadventure #expeditionvehicle #gclass #overlanding #strongerthantime #travellingourplanet #campspot #puch #coleman #campiswhereyouparkit #theoutsideiscalling #campkitchen #beachcamping #truckcamping #lovemalaysia #overlandadventure #outdoorkitchen @penangtoday @i.love.penang @expeditionvehicles @overlandvehicles @colemanusa ![#ThrowbackPost ๐ Greece did not only convince us with its beautiful coastline, we also loved to explore its mountainous inland and found this quiet #campspot at a charming lake.โ
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๐ Country: #Greece ๐ฌ๐ทโ
๐ Date: 2018-06-01โ
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* Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ
However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.]()
#ThrowbackPost ๐ Greece did not only convince us with its beautiful coastline, we also loved to explore its mountainous inland and found this quiet #campspot at a charming lake.โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ๐ Country: #Greece ๐ฌ๐ทโ ๐ Date: 2018-06-01โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ * Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content. ![#ThrowbackPost ๐ Some roads in Indonesia surely leave some room for improvement ๐โ
Well, we don't mind - the worse the conditions, the better the performance of our old car.โ
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๐ Date: 2019-08-19โ โ
๐ Country: #Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉโ โ
๐ Place: #WestKalimantanโ โ โ
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* Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ
However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ]()
#ThrowbackPost ๐ Some roads in Indonesia surely leave some room for improvement ๐โ Well, we don't mind - the worse the conditions, the better the performance of our old car.โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ๐ Date: 2019-08-19โ โ ๐ Country: #Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉโ โ ๐ Place: #WestKalimantanโ โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ * Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ ![#ThrowbackPost ๐ The countless mountain passes that we crossed in Tibet meant hard work for our old #GWagon. We constantly drove on around 4000 m altitude, several times even beyond 5000 m.โ
The jaw-dropping landscape in this part of the world was worth the strain, and our G did master it like everything on our trip: slow but persistent. โ
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๐ Place: #Tibetโ โ
๐ Date: 2018-10-08โ โ
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* Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ
However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ
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#mountainpass #roofoftheworld #prayerflags #freetibet #overlandlife #overlandadventure #myoverlandadventure #offroadcamper #glife #mbfanfoto #expeditionvehicle #overlander #overlanding #strongerthantime #puch #mercedes #gclass #w460 #triparoundtheworld #epicroadtrip #youcangofastbuticangoanywhere #mbsocialcar #travelinchina #travel2china #mychinagram #borntoexplore #travellingourplanet @travel2china @expeditionvehicles @overlandvehicles @overland_kitted @overlandjournal @overlandnation @forgeoverland @expeditionportal @natgeotravel]()
#ThrowbackPost ๐ The countless mountain passes that we crossed in Tibet meant hard work for our old #GWagon. We constantly drove on around 4000 m altitude, several times even beyond 5000 m.โ The jaw-dropping landscape in this part of the world was worth the strain, and our G did master it like everything on our trip: slow but persistent. โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ๐ Place: #Tibetโ โ ๐ Date: 2018-10-08โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ * Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ #mountainpass #roofoftheworld #prayerflags #freetibet #overlandlife #overlandadventure #myoverlandadventure #offroadcamper #glife #mbfanfoto #expeditionvehicle #overlander #overlanding #strongerthantime #puch #mercedes #gclass #w460 #triparoundtheworld #epicroadtrip #youcangofastbuticangoanywhere #mbsocialcar #travelinchina #travel2china #mychinagram #borntoexplore #travellingourplanet @travel2china @expeditionvehicles @overlandvehicles @overland_kitted @overlandjournal @overlandnation @forgeoverland @expeditionportal @natgeotravel ![#ThrowbackPost ๐ On our journey through Southeast Asia, we were most of the time accompanied by a sweltering heat. The Bolaven plateau in Laos was one of the few areas where pleasant temperatures prevailed. โ
When we found this well hidden #campspot right on a small waterfall, we had no doubts that we would stay longer than only one night. โ
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๐ Country: #Laos ๐ฑ๐ฆโ โ
๐ Place: #BolavenPlateauโ โ
๐ Date: 2018-12-12โ โ
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* Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ
However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ
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#laostrip #laostravel #alifelessordinary #overlander #offroadcamper #overlandlife #wildcamp #travellingourplanet #w460 #offtheroad #campingislife #campiswhereyouparkit #strongerthantime #campingspot #expeditionvehicle #laostourism #overlandadventure #glife #overlanding #freecamping #myoverlandadventure #puch #gwagon #poptoproof #livebravely #campkitchen @laostourism @laos.explores @expeditionvehicles @overlandvehicles @overland_kitted]()
#ThrowbackPost ๐ On our journey through Southeast Asia, we were most of the time accompanied by a sweltering heat. The Bolaven plateau in Laos was one of the few areas where pleasant temperatures prevailed. โ When we found this well hidden #campspot right on a small waterfall, we had no doubts that we would stay longer than only one night. โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ๐ Country: #Laos ๐ฑ๐ฆโ โ ๐ Place: #BolavenPlateauโ โ ๐ Date: 2018-12-12โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ * Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ #laostrip #laostravel #alifelessordinary #overlander #offroadcamper #overlandlife #wildcamp #travellingourplanet #w460 #offtheroad #campingislife #campiswhereyouparkit #strongerthantime #campingspot #expeditionvehicle #laostourism #overlandadventure #glife #overlanding #freecamping #myoverlandadventure #puch #gwagon #poptoproof #livebravely #campkitchen @laostourism @laos.explores @expeditionvehicles @overlandvehicles @overland_kitted ![#ThrowbackPost ๐ Spending a night on a completely remote #campspot like this one in Iran, is one of the things we currently miss the most. Just us and the wilderness - that's priceless. โ
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๐ Country: #Iran ๐ฎ๐ทโ
๐ Date: 2018-07-28โ
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* Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ
However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ
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#letsfeeliran #iranpics #youcangofastbuticangoanywhere #myoverlandadventure #overlandlife #glife #w460 #offroadcamper #overlander #mbsocialcar #expeditionvehicle #gclass #overlanding #iran4x4 #offtheroad #triparoundtheworld #puch #strongerthantime #irantraveling #travellingourplanet #mercedes #campingspot #freecamping #campiswhereyouparkit #overlandadventure #wildcamp #campingislife @tourism_iran @irantraveling @iran_offroad @offroad.iran @iranoffroader @mercedesbenzclubiran @expeditionvehicles @overlandvehicles]()
#ThrowbackPost ๐ Spending a night on a completely remote #campspot like this one in Iran, is one of the things we currently miss the most. Just us and the wilderness - that's priceless. โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ๐ Country: #Iran ๐ฎ๐ทโ ๐ Date: 2018-07-28โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ * Since March we are grounded in Vietnam due to Covid-19. It became a part of our daily routine here to look through the more than 40.000 photos we have taken on our trip so far and indulge in memories. It helps to soothe the wanderlust in us at least a little bit.โ However, we stumbled across so much unpublished material, that we decided to break the habit of using this account only as chronological travel diary. Temporarily, we will share some old memories until we resume our trip and create new content.โ โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~โ โ #letsfeeliran #iranpics #youcangofastbuticangoanywhere #myoverlandadventure #overlandlife #glife #w460 #offroadcamper #overlander #mbsocialcar #expeditionvehicle #gclass #overlanding #iran4x4 #offtheroad #triparoundtheworld #puch #strongerthantime #irantraveling #travellingourplanet #mercedes #campingspot #freecamping #campiswhereyouparkit #overlandadventure #wildcamp #campingislife @tourism_iran @irantraveling @iran_offroad @offroad.iran @iranoffroader @mercedesbenzclubiran @expeditionvehicles @overlandvehicles
