OLIVER JOEST

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  • Exploring British Columbia

    Exploring British Columbia

    The van turned out to be a great investment. The travel through British Columbia is a very relaxed and plentiful ride. We stay overnight wherever we feel it’s appropriate to pull out. The car is well equipped and the comfort increased little by little towards a stagnating maximum. We come across forest fires in the…

  • The long way to Panorama Ridge

    The long way to Panorama Ridge

    After cruising all across the beautiful Vancouver Island it was time to take the ferry back to the mainland of Canada. While cruising all the way up north to Jasper we came across the Garibaldi Provincial Park where we thought to climb our way to Lake Garibaldi. Approaching the Rocky Mountains After we arrived late…

  • DPRK: Why did I go?

    DPRK: Why did I go?

    It was a long-cherished dream to go to the DPRK. Partly out of curiosity for a secluded place, partly out of the wish to educate myself about the reality of life in a separated country. I missed the chance to visit GDR before the collapse of the political system in socialist Germany. And of course…

  • Ho Chi Minh City

    Ho Chi Minh City

    The two days I spent in the southern Metropole of Vietnam were super relaxed. Some walking around at night time, a visit to the unification palace and admiration for the unwritten laws that keep the traffic participants alive. From this point onwards I am on my own once again. Heading to Bangkok to meet my…

  • From Ban Ho to Ta Phin to Sapa

    From Ban Ho to Ta Phin to Sapa

    The trek ended in a Red Dzao Homestay in Ta Phin where we were able to get a prime herbal bath. The tribe people would collect the herbs in the rain forest surrounding the property and cook it in a giant copper bowl over an open fire for hours. The extract would then be poured…

  • From Ta Van to Bang Ho

    From Ta Van to Bang Ho

    Our route went from Sapa to Ta Van for the first night. From there we continued the route along the mountains to Ban Ho where we’d stay another night. The trek was ambitious without being overwhelming. The daily walking of 6 hours and around 15 Kilometers were a nice contrast to the last weeks in…

  • 4 days and 3 nights in Sapa

    4 days and 3 nights in Sapa

    The bus from Hanoi was a weird experience. No real two level bus, not a real sleeper, something in between. We left Hanoi very early to reach Sapa the basecamp for many trekkers in northern Vietnam around lunch time. The town in the north close to the Chinese border overwhelmed us with the different weather,…