Category: Travels

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A trip to Louisville

I’ve spent a few days in Louisville, Kentucky, taking part in the NICAR conference as a part of a research project on data journalism out of Södertörns högskola. It’s been intense, fun and inspiring....

Back home, looking back on the Thailand trip 1

Back home, looking back on the Thailand trip

I enjoyed Thailand a lot, especially after Vietnam and the challenges posed by the mad traffic and the cold weather there. Koh Pha-Ngan is a great place. Both the places we stayed were good....

Sunshine, warm waters, sandy beaches 1

Sunshine, warm waters, sandy beaches

Thailand is very relaxing, and we’re not really doing much, so I don’t have much to tell. Atleast everything worked out with meeting K at Bangkok airport, fetching the train tickets at Thai Airways...

Halong bay and Cat Ba Island 0

Halong bay and Cat Ba Island

Halong Bay wants to be one of the natural wonders in the world, and though we went in the cold of winter, it was very beautiful. A calm sea and the most improbable rocks...

Hanoi in the cold 0

Hanoi in the cold

We had decided to stay in Hanoi for four days, during which we could use it as a base for day excursions and possibly a two day trip to Halong bay. What we didn’t...

Vietnamese food 2

Vietnamese food

So far I’ve only had one dish I didn’t like in Vietnam. The food is very tasty, and not too spicy. Instead it is flavourful, and they use a lot of ginger which I...

From budget travel to five star luxury 1

From budget travel to five star luxury

When browsing I thought the Palm Garden Resort looked pretty nice. Though I thought that the self-appointed five stars were probably just a way to attract more tourists. Gitta agreed that a few days...

Botanical gardens and high tea 2

Botanical gardens and high tea

This morning we went to the botanical gardens for a stroll. I’m quite impressed by the jungle vegetation. Great sizes, shapes and colours – very good for photography. We also went into the orchid...

Sleepless in Singapore 3

Sleepless in Singapore

I woke up at 3 am today and couldn’t get back to sleep. Now dawn is arriving, coloring the sky behind the skyscrapers outside the window. We are pretty jetlagged after the flight to...

Soaked in London 0

Soaked in London

London in the winter time of course equals rain, rain, rain. We are constantly wet or damp. Though we’ve had a good time so far, anyway. Yesterday we explored the Moore exhibition at Kew...