Stories

Once upon a time there was a girl who swam under the warm and immense sky of Bangkok. There, watching the passing of the clouds and making "the dead", she felt as alive as it had not been for a long time. That was when the idea of ​​a great trip began to take shape. And of course, the boy who accompanied her, who would sign up for a bombing, began to devise with her what soon became her big dream.

We arrived in Japan 18 days ago. Our itinerary took us to Kyoto, Koya San, Osaka, Nara, Kobe, Himeji, Hiroshima, Miyajima and we wrote these lines from within a futon in Takayama, in the Japanese Alps. Although we will tell you better and in more detail the places we went and what we did. In this post we will try to explain our first impressions in the country of the rising sun and the odd curiosity of Japan.

That the erroneous message does not arrive to you: we are nobody and we are there fighting (and praying) so that the day arrives in which to be able to live-traveling thanks to our blog, like you… but after 3 years giving that I hit the blogger, to the networks and the blogging world we have thought of creating this and we share 10 tips to have a successful travel blog, thinking especially about those that start (and in me, hell, I just started a blog in Italian and I did not remember how difficult are the beginnings!

A few months ago we wrote the following: “Let's say that when God, Zeus, Buddha, the Adam or whoever endowed the man of life, it came with several standard equipment: a heart, two lungs, two eyes, a brain, a soul and something else. But they also provided us with some other extra equipment: there are those who are very clever, who tell jokes very well, who sing like an angel, who eat without getting fat and then there are the travelers.

We can't think of a better way to wish you a happy holiday than to remember the best moments of this 2012… Surely many of the things that make us happy make you happy too! May 2013 be even more full of little things that fill our day to day happiness! Here goes our # HAPPY2012LIST 1 TRAVEL 2 THE RE-ENCOUNTERS with family, old friends, travelers ... 3 THE FAMILY (you have to read it with the same intonation as Al Pacino in The Godfather, if not worth it) 4 THE NUTELLA, because there is no imitation that I can with her!

Warning: the post has eschatological elements that can hurt the sensitivity of the readers. But it's good that you screw up! If it's been a while since you follow the blog, you know we are food lovers! Dumpling here, Pad thai over there, spicy dishes that make us cry, fried plantain for me, curried rice for you (and for me too!

Going to the bathroom in China is an adventure that not even Indiana Jones could endure. The sensation caused by the first bath, truly Chinese, is "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, WHAT IS IT ???" Jolin, they've ripped the door to this bathroom. Hey this one too! And this one! And this one! Wait ... but there are no doors? Do I have to pee teaching the booty?

ODOP WHAT? Quiet, it is not one of my many grammar mistakes (hey that Italian and Spanish are similar but not identical! I am thinking of founding an independent language: Spanish, do you support me?). ODOP is the acronym for One Day One Photo For a long time I wanted to make a photo-daily project, but as I know that my record is valid only to eat Nutella, potatoes and try dumplings ... I am not able to take 365 photos for 365 days, but I am able to search the net for the best photos and share them with you.

Going on an adventure is a dream and YES! It is certainly wonderful, although there are some things you will miss incredibly ... enjoy them now that you can! So here is our list of things we have missed during our 9-month trip: 1. YOUR BED We miss her a lot, but we realized how much we love her that night we shared a bed with another 200 ... no!

We release section: misadventures ... because not only glamorous things happen on trips, nor is everything as simple as it seems. And if you add two ducks like us, the chances of something tragic-comical happening increase a lot! Of this first I only advance that has its morbidity ... We put ourselves in a situation ... Place: village lost in the mountains of Myanmar, God only knows where we were.

If you're done here looking for Bruce Lee's grandmother's perfect roll secret recipe ... bad news: this is not your place. We also believed that there was only one roll: the fried and refried spring roll. But it's not like that: there are rolls ... and rolls! There are kitty rolls Soft rolls Small rolls "human" And mysterious rolls But the roll that has impacted us the most, both to be part of our section "Cultural clashes", is he: The belly roll!

It was a cold and cloudy December when our heroes set out to Liverpool and Manchester to soak up rain, beer & Beatles! It was 2008 and our friend Álvaro was living in Manchester, and although he would not be in the city these days, he invited us to stay at his house. Great, we thought ... but we didn't know what awaited us.

This will be the last post of Backpacking in Asia. Our 9-month trip through South-East Asia and China was the best thing that happened to us ... getting up every day without knowing what is going to happen to you and going to bed at night with a thousand things learned and unreal situations, because it is priceless! But this is not a Goodbye, not even a Until Soon, it is a Until Now, because the end of something is the beginning of something better ... and after having had such a good time backpacking in Asia we want to repeat!

On our first trip to Thailand we noticed, between one Thai pad and another, that something strange was happening. And we are not talking about the alcohol bucket, well, they are also rarotes, but this we will tell you on another occasion! Outside every house and every business there are some super cute little houses where every morning offerings of flowers, food, drinks, cigarettes, desserts are placed ... They are the "houses of spirits".

Important message from the author: this post is in memory of all the fingers accidentally killed in the corners of the tables, of the beds, of the doors, trodden without humanity under pointed heels and boots of work heavier than a cooked Madrid for breakfast , and especially for you: my dear little pinky of the foot, that you never left me alone and lost your joy and innocence so typical of a young finger and with so much desire to live ... that distant day on the island with personality disturbances.

Since childhood they teach you that "whoever finds a friend, finds a treasure." True, but over the years you realize that, apart from the "friend-treasure" category, there is a very different one: the "crap-friend" category. Famous examples are: - Those who when you are shopping and try on leggins that would take cellulite out of Kate Moss, they tell you that they are “divine” and when you put them at home you realize that you look like a ham with head and arms .

Bangkok 12 noon. 45 degrees in the shade. While we are about to evaporate, a Thai girl with a hat, long sleeve and gloves goes by! After a few minutes another passes, and another. And another. Man, they don't have cold ... do they? Will they be sick, will it be fashion? The mystery was solved in a hostel where we found a cream that someone forgot ... moisturizing and bleaching: WTF (wow uncle flipo) are covered to avoid sunbathing!

OKAY. You already know that we have made a 9-month trip through Southeast Asia and China, that we have become dumplingomanos, that we are backpacking and we have the 55 symptoms of travel addiction… but little do you know what we have done since we have returned to "normal" life. The truth is that nothing from the other world: we have escaped by Italy and Spain, enjoyed Barcelona, ​​it was cold after so much heat, gained a few kilos, we have planned a trip to Morocco and the road to Santiago ... that we will not do for now .

Write down this word: bed bug. It is a hemiptera insect of the family Cimicidae. Their diet is hematophagous, that is, it is nourished with blood from humans and other warm-blooded animals, blah blah blah. This is what Wikipedia says, the truth is a bit different ... Bed bugs are an evil entity more annoying than chupacabra.

It will be that we are close to the sea, it will be the dip in the pool, it will be the tapas and the cañitas of today, it will be that my hormones are happy, that Rober is on vacation or most likely they will be the cannelloni of the Angelines but these days we are very happy! But what is happiness? They say that happiness is not eternal and that you only live for moments.