WHAT I BOUGHT IN SE ASIA | Shoplog

Ofcourse I shopped some stuff while I was travelling through Asia. When I left I was like, no I don’t need anything, but eventually somewhere in the end of Vietnam and Cambodia it went wrong and I bought a few things. Well at least I didn’t have to carry it with me from the beginning.

In Thailand I actually only bought an elephant bracelet. It was super cute but sadly I lost the elephant… Oh and I bought this green tiger balm for mosquito bites at 7/11. It really works!

VIETNAM

The first thing I bought in Vietnam (Hanoi) was this ‘fake’ grey Fjallraven Kanken backpack because my own backpack broke down. While I was in Berlin I saw the original ones and I compared that one to mine, and seriously they are the same. Everything. The real one is 85 euro, while mine (real or fake) was only 6 or 8 euro.

In Hanoi I also bought this super cute Brandy Melville inspired jumpsuit. For Vietnam it was quite ‘expensive’. I believe around 12 euro. But I really love it and wore it a lot already while travelling.

In Sapa there were a lot of cute bracelets, I actually didn’t buy them but got them from Josie and Paulien as a present. And I bought some for my sister.

I also bought a rose quarts necklace but I will show that in a Cambodia shoplog picture.

For the rest I only bought some souvenirs for my family as magnets, keychains, and a Vietnamese head.

CAMBODIA

Well in Cambodia I was a few times alone where I was like, I want to go shopping let’s go to a market.

The first thing I bought was this touristic Cambodia shirt with a colorfull elephant. Please ignore the touristic Angkor Wat outfit and blue lips from the Fanta in the picture. What I like about the shirt is that it’s 100 % cotton and has a wide fit. That makes it great for temple visits. You’re still dying from the warmth and sweating like crazy, but it would be worse with a thight stretch shirt. It’s comfortable. And it was only 3 dollars.

At the same market in Phnom Penh I also bought two pairs of the comfy colorfull shorts. I couldn’t choose so I just bought both… Two pairs for 5 dollars. How ironic that this picture is taken at a market though. What do you mean addicted? (and addicted to Green Tea Matcha Iced Latte yes)

Now the necklaces! So in Nha Trang in Vietnam I bought the rose quartz necklace at a night market, and in Phnom Penh in Cambodia I bought this buddistic tree necklace. They look really cute togehter. I quite went for the ultimate hippy backpacker look or something with all my colorfull clothes, sapa bracelets, cool necklaces and henna tattoo. I hope you can see them, because there is quite a lot going on in the selfies. I showered everyday with both necklaces, and only the rose quartz one became a little bit rusty. What also gave it quite a cool look actually.

A while ago I got my second earlobe pierced, right now I’m even thinking about getting a third one in one ear. So I was looking for some cute hoops to accompany my bali hoops in my first earlobe. Right now they have replaced them because my first ones became really black because all of the smog. Well, I found these really cute bigger bali hoops for only 5 dollars! With bargain ofcourse, they all start at like 15 dollar or something. At first I was really bad at it, but my bargain skills evolved.

Okay now my favorite purchase of my whole trip. This amazing flowy hippie dress. I bought it specially for Angkor Wat because it was boiling hot and you have to cover your shoulders and knees. It was really nice for the temples and it really gave me this cool hippie feeling, and only 8 dollars. Sorry for the overload, but I just love the dress so much.

Because I loved my elephant tshirt so much I decided I wanted another one. They also sold these cute one with the text: ‘We live by the sun, we feel by the moon’ (or maybe the other way around). So I bought another one together with some shirts for my friends. I ended up buying five shirts or something, oops. Well atleast they are only 2 dollars per piece.

The last thing I bought for myself in Cambodia was this cute daisy jumpsuit. I just had to get it because you know, I am Daisy… I got it for 5 dollars. And it’s adorable and comforable, I love it. Jumpsuits are the best thing ever.

In the end I still ended up with a way too heavy backpack full of clothes that I don’t really need… But I love everything that I bought and I’m really happy with everything!

Ofcourse I also bought some souvenirs for my family and friends as the tshirts, scarfs, magnets, keychains and a little statue of Angkor Wat for my room. I’m happy, my bank account is not so happy. Oh well…

Thank you so much for reading and visiting, hope you have a lovely day!

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TIME TO GO HOME | Travel Diary

After almost two months of travelling in South East Asia it was time to go back home. Wednesday April 19th 2017 was the day I left Cambodia. I flew early in the morning from Siem Reap to Bangkok. There I had to wait for 8 hours for my flight to Singapore from where I eventually would fly to Amsterdam.

It was a long day and flight. The only thing that made me really happy was that I got two times dinner. The love for food is huge. And I had an amazing seat in the airplane with loads of space for my legs.

At 7 in the morning I arrived at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. My mom and dad were waiting there for me, I was really happy to see them! 🙂 I’m really happy to be back home safe and see my family again. It’s also so weird to be back, it seemed like everything was changed. Probably just because you haven’t seen it in so long.

While I’m writing this, I’m already home for longer than a week. It’s cold in the Netherlands and I miss the warmth of Asia, but I’m happy that I can see my family and friends again when I want to. I love travelling, and it is one of the best experiences in life, but (really cheesy) home is where the heart is.

As a nice ending of my trip I would like to share my favorite photos I posted on Instagram. I don’t know why, but I just like scrolling back in my Instagram and see all the great things I experienced and seen there.

THAILAND

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Showering this cute little baby 🐘

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Just chillin'

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Had to fall in the sea first to make this perfect photo 😅🌴🌴🌴

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VIETNAM

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Halong Bay with my bae 💕

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Casually posing with pretty lampions🏮🏮🏮

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Me and my coconut on the beach☉☉☉☉☉

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About last night 💃🍸🍸🍸gonna miss these girlies❤❤❤❤ @paaulien97 @josie11_

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CAMBODIA

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Happy Khmer New Year!! 🎉 They throw water and babypowder everywhere, and look how happy they are ❤☉

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I tried, and failed. Oh well…

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Travelling through SE Asia was amazing, I had the best time there. It felt like home, the people were so kind and I met the most amazing people there from all over the world. I learned a lot, I got a lot of new and great experiences and I made lots of new friends. I’m definetly going to miss it, in fact I miss it already. But it’s good to be home.

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The temples of Ayutthaya | Travel Diary

My last day in Thailand I went to the temples of Ayutthaya. It is only 1 and half hour with the train from Bangkok. Also it was really cheap, for the third class I only paid 20 baht what is like 50 cent. In the Netherlands that would be impossible! The train ride was nice. 

When I arrived at Ayutthaya I didn’t really know what to do, because I didn’t expected it to be a huge city. But glady I met a nice French girl with who I spend the day. We hired a motorbike and discovered the lovely temples of Ayutthaya. First we were totally lost, but in the end we were great at finding the way! And I’m happy she was driving because the traffic in Thailand is just crazy everywhere.

The temples were really beautiful and so different from the ones in Bangkok. Apparently Ayutthaya was the capital before Bangkok, and because it was it’s 666 years birthday the entry of all the temples was free. That was nice 🙂 .
In the afternoon we visited a floating market where I had some dinner and after that it was time to go back with the train. This time the train took a little longer to get back. I also was lost when I had to walk back but glady I bummed into one of the girls from my next group and we found our hostel back. 

Right now I’m waiting for my taxi to pick me up to go to the airport. My Thailand adventure sadly will end today but I’m excited for the adventures in Vietnam. Thailand felt so much like home and I’m definitely coming back! But right now: Vietnam is waiting for me 🙂

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Unicorns in Bangkok | Travel Diary

After my tour with the group I took the night train back to Bangkok. It was a long trip, the train had a delay of over one hour and all I wanted was sleeping. But in the end everything was fine and around 11 am I was in my hostel where I met two others girls from my next group. 

Around noon we went with the tuktuk to the Unicorn cafe. It was so cute, like so much pink and sugar and cuteness. It was amazing I loved it! And it smelled so sweet there and the food was all pink and cute.

After that we went in the evening to Chinatown. I loved it, it was huge and like you were walking in a Chinese city. We ate some delicous Chinese food on the street, it was great! I had a fun time 🙂

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Koh Phi Phi | Travel Diary

Last day of the tour today, in a few hours I’ll go with the ferry back to Surathani and take the night train back to Bangkok.But first a short post about Koh Phi Phi 🙂

DAY 6

Today we travelled from the Khao Sok National Park to the Island Koh Phi Phi. We arrived there at noon, just before sunset so I went to the view point to see it. It was really beautiful. In the evening we had a beach party, it was so much fun! And it’s so beautiful here 🙂

DAY 7

Today we could had a free morning so it was possible to sleep very long. Instead of sleeping I went to the beach with a few girls, the water is so nice and warm here. Later we went to Maya Bay with the whole group. We first had to swim from the boat to the cave to get there. It was really pretty. Sadly I brought my phone with me to Maya Bay because they say it is waterproof, but apparently not ocean proof. So I was a little bit stressed in yhe evening because my phone didn’t want to charge. In my pyjamas I went over the island searching for phone fixing shop but it was closed already.  Glady we could get some rice and now it’s working again 🙂

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Night train & Khao Sok National Park | Travel Diary

On Wednesday we took the night train from Bangkok to Surathani. After that we went to the Khao Sok National Park.

DAY 4
We arrived at 7 in the morning in Surathani with the train. I slept really good actually. We had some breakfast in across the train station where we waited for the mini van to take us to the lake. There we took the longtail boat to our accomodation. We slept on the lake of the Khao Sok National Park, it were floating houses on the lake. On our way there we went swimming in the lake. In the afternoon we took the boat again to the jungle, there we got a tour through the jungle and to a cave. It was so cool, we had to walk and sometimes even swim trough the water in cave. There we also a lot of waterfalls. 

In the evening we ate some delicous Thai food and did some drinking games. It was a lot of fun.

DAY 5

We left the boat houses by boat and went by van to the mainland of the Khao Sok National Park. We first made a stop at the monkey temple where we could feed and cuddle the monkeys. Some were a little scary. 

The appartement where we stayed next was so beautiful. We had some free time and I chose to go bathing with the elephant. It was very beautiful.

In the evening we went to a reggae bar where we drank some cocktails and played some games. It was lots of fun.

I’ll post something about the other days as soon as possible! I’m visiting the islands right now and it’s so beautiful!

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BANGKOK | Travel Diary

It’s my third day in Thailand now and I’m really liking it so far. Tonight I will leave Bangkok to go to the south.

DAY 1

First day in Bangkok! I arrived in the morning at the airport, where I had to find the driver who would bring me to the hotel. It took me an hour or something because I got the wrong information of where he was, but I finally found him. It was already so hot in Bangkok, over 35 degrees.

When I arrived, I couldn’t find my hostel. Again. I’m so bad at finding things. But when I arrived I met some others from the trip and we went to the temple together. It was very beautiful.

In the evening we had this welcome dinner with the whole group. The Thai food is soooo good. I had chicken massaman curry and a watermelon juice. After the dinner we went to koa San road to a rooftop bar with life music where we drank some cocktails. I was really tired because of the time difference so after that I went back.

DAY 2

Today we went on a temple tour. We first went to the temple of dawn, the white temple. It was again really beautiful. After that we went on the boat to the other side of the river to the other temple (I forgot the name) It was this beautiful big golden temple complex. It had a few meter long boeddha in side. It was huge.

Around 3 we were back and I had this Thai massage. It hurts so much haha.  

For dinner I had noodles this time. And after dinner we went to a rooftop bar with a few where you had this amazing view over the temples we visited. For the way back we had  go with 7 in a tuktuk. It was crazy haha

DAY 3

Last day in Bangkok. Today I went to the floating market with a few others. But before that we went to a market on a train rail where the train was only a few centimeters away from your face when it came by. It was really weird.

The floating market was really interesting. We went on a boat and could see how the people live. It’s so different. 

In the afternoon it was time to pack to go on the night train to  to the south of Bangkok.  That’s where I am right now, and we will go to the national park and have a jungle trek. 

I’m loving it so far, just Asia in general. It’s amazing! The food is so good, the people are so kind and the country is beautiful.

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Thailand here I come

Right now I’m at Helsinki airport. Waiting for my flight to Bangkok. It still feels so unreal, but I’m not that nervous anymore.

This morning I woke up at 6.30 in the morning. I was so tired, until I realised today is the day I’m going to Thailand! I flew from Zaventum, Brussel to Helsinki where I will fly further to Bangkok. Tomorrow morning I will arrive there. 
I will be travelling with a group of other backpackers through Thailand. After two weeks I’ll go to Vietnam, to travel there with another group. After Vietnam I was planning to go to Cambodia. 

I will try to blog about my journey as much a possible, but there will be a chance I won’t post in a while. (This week I also didn’t post anything because I was too busy with packing my backpack) 

I hope to write soon about my time here! 

I may post some more on my instagram, so if you want to keep up with me, you can follow me here.

Have a lovely day xxx

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Backpacking Preparations | Travel

Hi,

In two weeks I will be leaving for my backpacking adventure to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. I already told a bit about it in this blogpost about my gap year update, where I also wrote about getting 100 followers on my blog. And guess what, a few days ago I reached 200! I can’t believe it was only a month ago that I reached 100, and now I’m already over 200 followers. Thank you so much guys for supporting and following me, it means a lot to me and I’m so happy, I’ve never expected it!

Okay, so in two weeks I’m in Bangkok, Thailand. I will be travelling there with a backpacking group, but I will make a post about that where I tell everything before I leave. I already knew that with travelling there also comes a lot of arranging, but I feel like that with destinations further away comes also way more stress. I mean, most of the times you go on a trip to somewhere in Europe, you don’t have to get vaccines,  extra travel insurance or to think about how less you bring with you to prevent a hernia. To clear my mind a bit, and to maybe help others who are in the same situation, here is a little TO DO LIST before you leave:

PASSPORT

Make sure your passport is valid for a while, other wise it may be possible they won’t give you a visa or you aren’t possible to travel. Oh and DON’T FORGET IT!!

VISA

For some countries you need to do a little extra work to get a visa. In a lot of countries you can get a visa on arrival (for example Thailand and Cambodia), but there are some exceptions. For instance, to get a visa for Vietnam, you have to get a approval letter.

VACCINES

Also very important, better to be sure than unsure. Oh and try to schedule getting your vaccination in a week you don’t have to do much with your arms. It’s going to hurt for a while, not very pleasant. (I made this mistake hehe )

TRAVEL & HEALTH INSURANCE

Again, better to be sure than unsure. It’s a lot of money for something that you maybe are not going to use, but it will cost you more if you’re not insured and something happens to you.

BACKPACK

How can you go backpacking without a backpack?! Make sure you find the right one, one that fits nice on you and feels good. I still have to buy mine oops, but I already know wich I’m going to get.

PACKING LIST

Make a packing list, so you know what you want to bring, you don’t forget anything and what you have to buy before you leave. Don’t only make a list of the clothes you want to bring, but also of the essentials like sunscreen, deet, travel plug etc. And try not to bring too much! This is going to be hard for me haha, but I have to remember I have to carry it everytime and I don’t want to end up with a hernia.

Well, these are the things I’m keeping myself busy with at the moment. Most of the things can already get checked of the to do list, so I can focus on reading about the culture and planning the things I want to see. I’m very excited, but also a bit nervous. This will be my first trip ever all alone, but it will be a great experience. I will post more preparing post as in the next two weeks.:)

By the way, have you seen my new header? I’m so happy with it! I am blogging for a few months now, and I finally made my own personal header. (it took me pretty long to finally start making one oops)  I love the pink and the daisy flower, it’s so cute.

Thank you so much for visiting. Have a lovely day!

xxx

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