Georgeoustown

No photo can do Georgetown justice, but the pictures of StudioHoward come pretty darn close.
One of our first souvenirs purchased on our South East Asia trip is this man's calendar, which will fit really nicely on our kitchenwall!

Great street food, beautiful colonial buildings, street art, and some really nice coffee shops for hiding from the heat and indulging in Western breakfast, plus a guesthouse that easily deserves an award of some sort, made it really difficult to leave - a feeling we have been forced to get used to along the way.

Halfway

Halfway through our time in South East Asia.
We left without a plan and whatever vague idea we had of our itinerary got thrown out of the window within the first week. Everything we need is in our 10kg backpacks (8kg when we started) with the freedom to go wherever budget transportation takes us.
My kind of luxury!

So far we've done some immensly enjoyable islandhopping in Thailand followed by a crossover into Malaysia where we've marveled at the beauty of the Unesco world heritage site of Georgetown before taking a rather spontaneous flight to Borneo for some rainforest adventures.

The picture above is taken on sunset beach on Koh Lipe, hands down my favorite island so far.

From 2013 to 2014

Before and after :)

Happy New Year!



Last year ended with quite some traveling, and 2014 will start exactly like that as well.
More blog activity can be expected around the end of April!

xxx

Aina Maj

Yet another storm

The media might have spiced it up a little, but shouldn't a storm that threatens to flood even a small part of European coastal areas together with expectations of sea level rises in the future due to climate change make people realise that things are getting serious?

København

25 days ago we left our island and headed for Copenhagen. 

I had been counting down for such a long time!

3 days wandering around in this beautiful city really was the perfect start to our trip.

We were armed with a little list of great spots and recommendations but somehow managed quite well to discover little gems on our own :) 

Kafferiet was perfect for our first coffee in Denmark, hiding from the rain after having photographed the little mermaid together with a busload of Japanese tourists :p

For those of you planning a citytrip:

Café Lyst serves a smashing breakfast,

The Royal Smushi Café is a great spot for hungry shoppers,

and vegetarians and vegans will definitely enjoy Café N!

But don't plan too much!

There's something magical about getting a little lost and finding 

the best imaginable place for a late-afternoon Irish coffee. 

(in our case Tjili pop)

Tip (added by my sensible boyfriend ;)) - find accommodation with free parking or park your car outside of town!

Sugar kick at work

What follows is possibly a health hazard, 

(and very irresponsible for a nutritionist to recommend)

but since we'll run out of chocolate by 2020 it'll only be an issue for the next 7 years.

Brownies disguised as regular cookies.

Dangerous little things!

(actually better cold than hot so be patient and let them cool on the tray. I promise, it's worth it)

Saving some to take to work ( in our case with a bottle of fresh apple juice) is also worth it,

a perfect pick-me-up after some vigorous gardening!

Going South

Soon we're following the birds down south to escape the cold (a little bit anyway) but this weekend we enjoyed an exceptionally beautiful autumn day by the sea discussing our first project for next spring - renovating a typical Gotlandic fishing house.