Asia Diaries

12-2011 If there’s a country in Southeast Asia that everybody has heard about, that’s definitely Vietnam. The war in Vietnam captured the attention of the West but centuries before that, almost everybody passed by here, the Chinese for a thousand…

01/2015 Our UAE story started with a lot of stress because our cars were pending somewhere between Iran and the UAE. As soon as we landed we headed straight to the Mina Rashid Port because that was the port that…

10/2008 The time had come to pay an extended visit to my neighbourhood country which I had visited before but I was too young to appreciate it or had not seen Istanbul well enough. Turkey is the so-called enemy of…

02-2005/11-2011 Thailand. If your idea of a vacation is sweeping white-sand beaches, hammocks swinging lazy between palm trees, limestone carts and beautiful sunsets, think no more. Thailand is for you. When I came here, I wanted to discover something more…

12/2008 Syria. Every time I mention that name, people say: Are you out of your mind? Why did you travel there for? Well, I don’t know if I should tell them or not, since it’s better to stay away from…

05-2013 A country of endless beaches, ruins and welcoming people, oodles of elephants, world class tea estates, excellent food; the list can go on and on. You might wonder how come you’ve never heard anything about this piece of paradise.…

07-2013 My trip to Korea came up as an extra since I was rushing through on my way to Fiji for work. Due to lack of time I had to plan a quick trip of just one week. After my…

04-2005 / 04-2014 A world apart from the other Southeast Asia countries is the island of Singapore. Although I spent a little more than 24 hours in the city, I got to know its everyday life quite well. Singapore's food…

11-2012 When looking at modern Qatar, you can see why Western travellers came here in search of an imagined Arabia. Even today, it’s tempting to go searching for evidents of that in Qatar: there are rock carvings to testify human…

03-2012 Really close to the fashionable Southeast Asia there are the lost islands of the easygoing, friendly, English-speaking, tropical archipelago of the Philippines, my travel target in March 2012. As part of our Southeast Asia tribute, Nikos and I took…

12-2014 We are here to tell you about Oman. As soon as the car was cleared from Customs we drove straight to Musandam Peninsula. Separated from the rest of Oman by the east coast of the UAE and guarding the southern…

02/2015 Following the route in our epic journey in 2015  the road brought us to the border off Nepal.  Ever since Nepal first opened its borders to outsiders in the 1950s, this tiny mountain nation has had an irresistible mystical…

02/2013 Writing about the Maldives is probably one of the hardest things that I have ever done. The place is a photographer’s dream and in order to put that dream in a piece is really hard. It’s probably one of…

            01/2009 It was two days before the New Year’s Day of 2009 that Voukefalas and I crossed the border to Lebanon. What I knew till then was just that it was a war zone.…

03-2012 Lao was part of my Southeast Asia tour and was the only country that my travel mates had already been to before me. Entering into the small, poor Lao from the big Chinese Republic is definitely simple without any…

08/2015 Kyrgyzstan is rapidly becoming the gateway of choice for western travelers in Central Asia. The reasons for this are its natural beauty, unspoiled mountain scape, ragged ridges, summer pastures and the recent introduction of visa-free travel, in addition with…

7-2015 We crossed this country as part of our Epic Journey in July of 2015 . Click on the link  bellow and you will be transfered to the post from our drive through Kazakhstan. Chapter 28/Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, the most economically…

02-2009 Jordan is advertised in all the brochures as the biblical land. It was on my Athens to Sinai route so I paid a visit there. After crossing maybe the easiest borders I have ever crossed, I was into Jordan.…

04/2009 This country is either loved or hated by many. My opinion, I am travelling around the world to get to know what is out there and not to judge from the history and the beliefs of specific countries past…

01/2011-09/2014 Although my first visit in Iran in 01/2011 turned out to be a disaster, I still consider Iran great destination  and I’had promise my self that I’ll be back in the near future when I was forced to leave…