https://www.hophoptravels.com// Recent content on Kitty R. around the world Hugo -- gohugo.io en-GB Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:08:40 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/indonesia/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 06:08:40 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/indonesia/ Break from travels for a holiday on an Indonesian Island - Ceningan! OMG, what a relaxing time! https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/swimming-with-sharks/ Mon, 29 Sep 2025 05:37:42 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/swimming-with-sharks/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/living-in-a-jungle/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:26:40 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/living-in-a-jungle/ In today’s episode, we’re staying in a jungle cottage on the Filipino island of Negros. It’s full of wildlife and a nature documentary-style atmosphere. We visit a local market and experience incredible relaxation amidst the ever-noisy rain forest. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bohol-island/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 05:04:08 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bohol-island/ The Philippines. First impressions. We flew here straight from Japan, so the culture shock began immediately after getting off the plane and using the restroom. Gone are the babbling streams and the endless options. There may be nowhere to buy water at the airport itself, but there are vending machines selling tests for dengue, malaria, and cystitis. There’s noise, chaos, and touts everywhere. I’m sweating in the tropical crowds, as the insane humidity has returned. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/welcome-to-phillippines-bohol-island/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:50:46 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/welcome-to-phillippines-bohol-island/ The Philippines. First impressions. We flew here straight from Japan, so the culture shock began immediately after getting off the plane and using the restroom. Gone are the babbling streams and the endless options. There may be nowhere to buy water at the airport itself, but there are vending machines selling tests for dengue, malaria, and cystitis. There’s noise, chaos, and touts everywhere. I’m sweating in the tropical crowds, as the insane humidity has returned. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/travelers-life-in-japan/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 05:34:34 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/travelers-life-in-japan/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/lets-talk-about-kitsune-kyoto-japan/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 03:46:50 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/lets-talk-about-kitsune-kyoto-japan/ In today’s episode, I’m taking you to Kyoto. We’ll visit a famous sacred site, where I’ll explain, among other things, the purpose of those orange gates, and we’ll learn more about the symbolism of the mysterious kitsune foxes. I’ll also show you how to travel by train, go for giant sushi, wander the streets of Kyoto during the day, and visit some atmospheric places in the evening. We start with a classic vlog, a coffee break, and a journey from Osaka to Kyoto! https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hiroshima/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:19:55 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hiroshima/ In today’s episode, a real dualism - first, a sad and difficult history - Hiroshima and the explosion of the atomic bomb, and in the second part, a Buddhist temple hidden in the mountains, Japanese forest bathing. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/osaka-1/ Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:10:34 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/osaka-1/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/tokyo-dream/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 03:58:15 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/tokyo-dream/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/giant-trees/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 03:40:01 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/giant-trees/ American dream. Man all his life watched American films, drank Cola, wore jeans until one day he woke up in a black convertible, rushing through California. During the week we visit two national parks, we give an interview standing on Walk of Fame, fry fluffy pancakes and laugh at the tears on Secret Comedy. The latter, thanks to the good and tasty jokes of Standper, shows us the state and its inhabitants. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/the-most-beautiful-desert-i-have-ever-seen/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 07:11:09 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/the-most-beautiful-desert-i-have-ever-seen/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/los-angeles-california-dream/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:43:05 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/los-angeles-california-dream/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/panama-canal-by-train/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:32:28 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/panama-canal-by-train/ undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/juancho-de-croc-in-panama-city/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 06:14:56 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/juancho-de-croc-in-panama-city/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/we-found-paradise-in-bocas-del-toro/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 05:55:47 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/we-found-paradise-in-bocas-del-toro/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/cages-for-people-in-manuel-antonio/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:39:56 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/cages-for-people-in-manuel-antonio/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/mangroves-in-costa-rica/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:21:18 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/mangroves-in-costa-rica/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/what-to-do-in-la-fortuna-costa-rica/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 04:03:19 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/what-to-do-in-la-fortuna-costa-rica/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/el-salvador-is-it-safe-to-travel/ Sun, 30 Mar 2025 21:27:15 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/el-salvador-is-it-safe-to-travel/ undefined https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/lake-atitlan-was-it-really-that-special/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:49:49 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/lake-atitlan-was-it-really-that-special/ San Pedro de Laguna on Lake Atitlan. I have had very mixed feelings since we arrived here. Supposedly beautiful natural circumstances; we are at an altitude of about 1600m above sea level, on the great Lake Atitlan surrounded by mountains and 3 volcanoes. The last eruption of Atitlan took place in 1853, so I put aside the fear sown by the earthquake in Antigua that I had just experienced and turn it into an inactive volcano of emotions. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/antigua-guatemala/ Sat, 22 Mar 2025 19:09:10 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/antigua-guatemala/ Antigua Guatemala. A town beautifully simple at the foot of active volcanoes: Volcán de Agua, Acatenango, and Volcán de Fuego. The extraordinary views and fresh air delight us constantly🌋 As soon as I got off the bus, I thought I would rest here, but fate had a different plan for us. From the day we arrived, we fought a battle with fleas (which we won after visiting a doctor), we lost our strength due to … (the fight continues), we were in two hospitals from which I left without a diagnosis, but with a prescription for migraines and electrolytes. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/flores-tikal-semuc-champey/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:48:39 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/flores-tikal-semuc-champey/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/mayan-ruins-and-horse-riding-through-the-jungle/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:23:13 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/mayan-ruins-and-horse-riding-through-the-jungle/ undefined https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/a-natural-wonder-in-danger-belize-coral-reef-if-this-reef-dies-the-caveman-dies-too/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:18:21 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/a-natural-wonder-in-danger-belize-coral-reef-if-this-reef-dies-the-caveman-dies-too/ https://cavemansnorkelingtours.com/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/wildlife-and-snorkeling-in-paradise/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:01:56 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/wildlife-and-snorkeling-in-paradise/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/paradise-on-a-caribbean-island-caye-caulker-belize/ Sat, 22 Feb 2025 02:39:17 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/paradise-on-a-caribbean-island-caye-caulker-belize/ undefined undefined undefined https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/incredible-lagoon-of-the-7-colours/ Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:08:48 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/incredible-lagoon-of-the-7-colours/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/cenotes/ Sun, 26 Jan 2025 03:38:55 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/cenotes/ My dream became reality today and expectations were exceeded as we had the cenotes literally just to ourselves 🥹 I feel truly touched by the absolute silence so we could hear every single drop and the unbelievably clear deep waters in all variations of blue… The ancient Maya believed that cenotes were sacred portals to the underworld, and they used them for rituals and ceremonies, including communicating with gods and ancestors… Unforgetable and refreshing experience. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/valladolid/ Sun, 26 Jan 2025 03:29:35 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/valladolid/ undefined undefined undefined https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/one-way-ticket-to-cancun/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:01:14 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/one-way-ticket-to-cancun/ undefined https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hygge-in-sweden-1/ Mon, 16 Dec 2024 19:45:41 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hygge-in-sweden-1/ undefined undefined undefined https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/puffins/ Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:55:39 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/puffins/ Skomer Island undefined https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/homely-stories-from-podlasie/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:40:58 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/homely-stories-from-podlasie/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/is-it-time-to-go-back-to-poland-video-from-home-region/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 15:15:35 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/is-it-time-to-go-back-to-poland-video-from-home-region/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/what-to-see-in-north-wales-and-liverpool/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:23:33 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/what-to-see-in-north-wales-and-liverpool/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/skiing-in-bansko-bulgaria-video/ Sat, 02 Mar 2024 19:19:14 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/skiing-in-bansko-bulgaria-video/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/albania-road-trip-with-balkan-friends/ Sun, 19 Nov 2023 12:20:55 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/albania-road-trip-with-balkan-friends/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/victoria-good-girl/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:09:09 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/victoria-good-girl/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bilingual-personal-thoughts/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:51:08 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bilingual-personal-thoughts/ There is something really bothering me… what are the advantages and disadvantages of being bilingual? In which language should I create my videos?! By the way, for the first time I did Polish subtitles [hells bells, what a job!] :) also, many many thanks to Asia who helped with the shoots! xxx https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/road-trip-in-the-balkans/ Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:22:35 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/road-trip-in-the-balkans/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/skiing-in-the-tatry/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 19:41:21 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/skiing-in-the-tatry/ Trip from Bristol to Zakopane in March 2023. Amazing people, beautiful places, fun, few bruises and pure happiness! Love you all :) Music: Zobol - Astronomical Significance from: whoispaula.bandcamp.com/merch And from Audio Library YT Sebastian (our driver) - FB: Bus Woznica Zakopane https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hygge-in-sweden/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 19:40:21 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hygge-in-sweden/ Throughout my childhood I used to go with my parents to Sweden every summer time. After many years, we wnet there again with my father, Tomasz and Wojtek. This short video is for memories and with dedication to my hygge companions :) https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/road-trip-in-south-morocco/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 19:30:03 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/road-trip-in-south-morocco/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/jubilee-weekend-queens-vs-ours/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 19:21:00 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/jubilee-weekend-queens-vs-ours/ For memories of a lush weekend away with the gang : Agnieszka, Piotrek, Sebastian, Tomasz. For another 70 years with you, cheers guys! https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/city-break-in-portugal-algarve-in-december/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:19:47 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/city-break-in-portugal-algarve-in-december/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/wakacje-w-uk-w-czasach-pandemii-gdzie-p%C3%B3j%C5%9B%C4%87-co-zobaczy%C4%87/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:11:20 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/wakacje-w-uk-w-czasach-pandemii-gdzie-p%C3%B3j%C5%9B%C4%87-co-zobaczy%C4%87/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/summer-time-in-poland/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 20:04:03 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/summer-time-in-poland/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/whats-up-bristol/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 21:03:23 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/whats-up-bristol/ No travels… no problem. Let me take the biggest video challenge on - film the town I actually live in at the moment! Let me show you Bristol from a local perspective. Thank you Tomasz, you are the best video buddy ever! :) PS. This was an exeptional weekend in Bristol. After many months the warm sun has shown up and people just went outside to enjoy the sun. Trust me, it was not a typical lockdown day in Bristol. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/lake-district/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:42:34 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/lake-district/ An irreverant amble through towns both popular and obscure in the North of England. Also, we take a closer look to the difference between hiking and laughing in the Lake District. As a bonus: Aga teaches the cobra pose! Thank you Girls! :) Lake Wasdale Lake Distrcit, somewhere. Lake Windermere The symbol of Industrial Revolution in Telford Telford https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/pandemic-holiday-in-uk/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 11:27:24 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/pandemic-holiday-in-uk/ . . . . . https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/around-the-corner-the-lockdown-in-bristol/ Sun, 30 Aug 2020 11:11:40 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/around-the-corner-the-lockdown-in-bristol/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/chicken-and-chicks-in-costa-del-sol/ Sat, 07 Mar 2020 23:32:59 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/chicken-and-chicks-in-costa-del-sol/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/macedonia/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:50:35 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/macedonia/ You wake up in the morning, slowly go outside town and in the absolutely scorching sun stand next to the road. The hitchhiking adventure begins. At this point you have no idea where you will sleep, what you will eat, who will stop to take you in their car on their way to your destination. The only thing you focus on is staying safe. The only thing you focus on is protecting yourself from possible sunstroke. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bristol-pride/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 17:09:24 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bristol-pride/ In my homeland Pride is far from being just a celebration. It is not peacaful. This video is to bring hope to all Polish, that it is possible to have a Pride with no fear and no fights. LGBT is not ideology. It’s people. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/dartmoor/ Wed, 29 May 2019 19:39:14 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/dartmoor/ First night in Dartmoor Kitty R. and her friends observe Musk’s satelites crossing the stary sky. The very next day Kitty R. holds her breath while admiring the beauty of the moors, and most important of all: SHE MEETS WILD PONIES! Kitty promises to come back to make a proper video. Till then enjoy the teaser. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/thessaloniki/ Wed, 22 May 2019 11:55:52 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/thessaloniki/ Kitty R. decided to spontaneously visit her friends in Thessaloniki, Greece. She didn’t go to White Tower or visit plenty of ruins, museums or churches. Instead she experienced the easy flow of Greece in her own way. harbour exploring some buildings Thessaloniki cat fish market me too ;) reggae boys and the girl the world https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/french-pyrenees/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:36:28 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/french-pyrenees/ https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/cahors/ Sat, 23 Feb 2019 15:18:45 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/cahors/ Kitty R.goes to France to experience delicious food, discover the story of the Devil and find out the weirdest handles ever! It’s the first part of her french adventures. [TURN ON SUBTITLES] In the next episode she visits French Pyrenees and discovers that … Fat is Life. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/asia-by-kitty-r/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 16:49:15 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/asia-by-kitty-r/ Today no text, just a piece of hard work and the combination of true passions: travelling and video editing. Enjoy and … do you like it? PS. Kitty recommends to watch with headphones and with full HD. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/warsaw/ Thu, 19 Jul 2018 20:32:32 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/warsaw/ Warsaw. This is where Kitty R. was born and brought up. It is the capital city, yet she spent her childhood in a converted stable, where in the yard there was a dog on a chain and three greenhouses around (with cucumber, primosus and lilies). To this day, she loves the fact that her childhood was based on the combination of the big city and the village at the same time. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bemowo-piskie-lidzbark-warmi%C5%84ski-and-toru%C5%84/ Sat, 30 Jun 2018 18:41:33 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bemowo-piskie-lidzbark-warmi%C5%84ski-and-toru%C5%84/ Kitty R. and Sir Last say goodbye to Southeast Asia and fly to Europe. Over the next weeks, Kitty R. experience real food porn, mainly thanks to lush raspberries, strawberries and tomatoes! She is also delighted with the cool summer air that she catches greedily (Dear Asia, do you know how deep you can breathe when the air is not steamy and hot and that the brain works at high speed not only in an air conditioned environment? https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/sukhothai/ Sat, 09 Jun 2018 07:36:28 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/sukhothai/ Kitty R. recommends. When travelling to Southeast Asia, you should pack as if you were going to the beach, thus take: sunscreen and a book. The reason for the first one is that sunscreen and tanning oils are much more expensive here and usually they whiten the skin. As for the book, do not panic, it is not about carrying it around, but it’s about reading it (sic!). You can do it, for example,while rocking in a hammock, and when you finish reading, without a problem, you can exchange such a book in the next hostel for a new one and read it and then replace it in the next hostel and … In other words, take the book on a journey to get involved in the mobile, awesome travel library in which you never pay penalties for over keeping, and that’s a deal! https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/pai/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 10:14:28 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/pai/ The barmaid asks: - What are you up to today Kitty? - Well, again I will look at rice fields surrounded by the mountains and I will observe how the clouds of steam float over the rainforest. Also I plan to listen to cicadas, the croaking of frogs and birds singing. - Great! And what sounds does your city make? - In Warsaw, in the summer time, playing children can be heard in the backyards, sometimes you can hear the sound of passing trams, and from my roof in the evenings you can hear the sounds from the nearby Zoo Park*. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/chiang-mai/ Fri, 25 May 2018 09:03:23 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/chiang-mai/ Dear Reader, Have you ever wondered how many things and emotions you can experience in just one day? Have you ever felt sensory overload? That’s what Kitty R. feels while travelling; so many things, emotions, details, happening around her all the time! Chiang Mai in Thailand is a great example of that feeling, that’s why instead of writing today, she has decided to present you One Day in this town. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/chiang-rai-and-chiang-mai/ Thu, 10 May 2018 10:22:31 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/chiang-rai-and-chiang-mai/ - What did you do today Kitty R.? Do you recommend any attractions? - Well … I haven’t done anything special. I walked around, I looked, I lied down, I took pictures. Nice day. Attractions. Kitty R. looks at the piles of leaflets in the hostel’s vestibule. Tigers. You can come and take a selfie with them, the price depends on the size, age and color of the tiger. A controversial place, that divides internet society into two opposite groups by the question: do they drug / abuse the tigers there or not? https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/laos-lovve/ Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:45:47 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/laos-lovve/ It is time to part with the Pumpkins; Y. moves to the South (Cambodia), L. heads to the North (China), Kitty R. and Sir Last move to the West (towards Thailand). Warning. Today’s post will strongly sound like a Kitty Coelho thingy, that is, full of philosophical clichés about what a journey means to her. She has promised to write about it, you know… After all Kitty R., does not force anyone to read it; for example, you can immediately jump to the video below and thus tick off the whole thing. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/luang-prabangg/ Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:10:40 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/luang-prabangg/ Kitty R. continues the river wandering through Laos, that is, she flows with the Mekong River to another small town - Nong Khiaw. All this is still happening with the good company of Sir Last, Y. and L., constantly wonderful people, with whom time passes lazily, without social compulsions or unnecessary small talk. They call themselves Pumpkins due to the few-day worship of the local homemade pumpkin soup. Sir Last asks the waitress: ‘I’m sorry, the spring rolls in Lao style, what does that mean? https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/muang-ngoy-and-nong-khiaw/ Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:27:59 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/muang-ngoy-and-nong-khiaw/ From Vietnam to Laos, the mini bus leaves only once a day. This sentence contains everything, including the fact that on that day from the entire border town of Dien Bien Phu only a few travelers and a few local people are heading to Laos, which suggests that this is not a very popular direction. The minivan moves unhurriedly, stopping here and there, efficiently taking various goods for transport (roof plate, food bags, bucket with something alive), thus filling all available space. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hanoi-and-sa-pa/ Sun, 01 Apr 2018 06:56:04 +0100 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hanoi-and-sa-pa/ Again Kitty R. and Sir Last travel by vietnamese night train, in which the compartments are made entirely of varnished dark wood, on the table there is a jug with freshly plucked flowers, and blue bathroom flip-flops lie scattered on the floor. The compartment is for 4 people, so Kitty R. and Sir Last are accompanied by two young American women who teach English in one of the Thai schools in the countryside. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hoi-an-and-hue/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:15:45 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/hoi-an-and-hue/ Travelling around Southeast Asia is simple and sweetly thoughtless. After landing, most often in Bangkok or Hanoi, the tourist is immediately taken into a spider’s backpacker network, not requiring from him too much thinking or organizing. Town after town, attraction after attraction, thread by thread; offer attack at every step. To get out of this imposed network is probably possible only for lucky motorbike owners or very fierce hitchhikers. A specific travel dress code also seems to be solid here; dresses and trousers predominate in banana and watermelon patterns (Kitty’s favourite couple is the one dressed as a pineapple-couple). https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/ho-chi-minh-and-da-lat/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:49:25 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/ho-chi-minh-and-da-lat/ To write that Saigon is crowded for Kitty R. is as writing that the Earth is round; almost everyone knows that. However, for Kitty R. to hear about this is one thing, and to survive it, is another matter. Ho Chi Minh is not a pedestrian city; here are scooters that fill the urban space to the brim; all pavements are completely obstructed by parked mechanical two-wheelers. Kitty R. observes and inevitably participates in the street traffic with a certain fascination; it seems that there is absolute lawlessness here. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/kratiee/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 05:06:23 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/kratiee/ Kitty R. and Sir Last have been on their way since long enough to adjust to many Asian innovations, they became their everyday life. High-fives with children as natural as having every day breakfast, tough-refusal-with-a-smile to tuk tuk driver’s offers, chopsticks they could use with covered eyes, and they even started to give names to their room-mates: cockroaches and geckos. In connection with the above, Kitty R. and Sir Last decide to go to Kratie. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/phnom-penh-and-kep/ Fri, 23 Feb 2018 09:27:32 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/phnom-penh-and-kep/ Sir Last feels a bit better, so together with Kitty R., they decide to transfer themselves from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. All inclusive, that is, the bus even has free wifi and croissants. In Phnom Penh, they go to the Vietnamese Embassy to arrange a visa for the March future. It turns out, however, that even at the embassy of Vietnam in Cambodia they celebrate the Chinese New Year (the embassy is closed for a week). https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bangkok-siem-reap-and-angkor/ Wed, 14 Feb 2018 06:37:02 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bangkok-siem-reap-and-angkor/ Kitty R. and Sir Last spend their last few Thai days in Bangkok. Their host – W., is an authentic man in everything he does, very empathic, but at the same time with a huge awareness of his own needs and boundaries. Artist and warrior in one Thai man. He introduces Kitty R. and Sir Last to the culinary world, where nothing is wasted and teaches Kitty how to eat rice with a spoon. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/koh-lanta/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:40:24 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/koh-lanta/ Kitty R. and Sir Last arrive on Koh Lanta- a tropical island. Kitty R. has never seen so many happy people at once. Arrivals, tourists, locals, cats, fish. All smiling, happy, relaxed. In the morning, in the evening, at night. On the beach, on the street, in front of the bungalow. Ubiquitous chillout. Land of happiness. From time to time someone with a bandaged leg or hand flashes as a memory of an accident on a scooter. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/khao-sok/ Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:13:07 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/khao-sok/ Night. The gentleman who unexpectedly every now and again gives them treats (rolls with nothing-like paste, soy milk with black sesame seeds, peanuts in coffee coating, carrot-unknown juice…) suddenly pokes Kitty in her shoulder. The bus stops. Kitty R. and Sir Last get off. The bus leaves. They are alone, bathed in the complete darkness. There is not even a shadow of life or memories of light. They are in the jungle and they can not see anything. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bangkok/ Sat, 13 Jan 2018 11:52:15 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/bangkok/ Kitty R. and Sir Last land in South East Asia. It’s their first time here. With one way ticket. Leaving the airport they intensively catch new smells. The humidity and heat of Bangkok’s air brings a new hint of river mud. Within just a few hours after landing, they tick off their first tuk tuk ride, bus ride (wooden floor love) with no ticket (the driver doesn’t know how to help them with directions and map, so doesn’t take any money for the ride), mosquito bites and food marked as ‘I have no idea what I’m eating’. https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/essaouira/ Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:36:41 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/essaouira/ Kitty R. and Grandpa T. hitch hike pleasantly from Marakesh to Essaouira. The driver offers them delicious bread made by his mum and a place to sleep in his car when the night comes, but Kitty R. and Grandpa T. have other plans. By sunrise they reach Essaouira, where they treat themselves with an awesome mix of fried no-name fishes. They share their food with some street cats, which eat given snips in a lazy and unwillingly way (in this town such a fishy treat must be an overboard for everyone). https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/date-palm-grove/ Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/date-palm-grove/ Kitty R. and Grandpa T. sleep in the wild, in the middle of a date palm grove. Kitty R. is significantly afraid of the giant African ants coming everywhere from nowhere. Nevertheless she bravely heats up the milk on the fire and soon after she blissfully falls asleep while looking into Saharian constellations…  After a morning kilo of tangerines and scrambled eggs Kitty and Grandpa decide to change their travel direction within 180 degrees (they cross to the other side of the road). https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/from-rashidiya-to-somewhere/ Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:53:42 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/from-rashidiya-to-somewhere/ Kitty R. and Grandpa T. are looking for the master of qwan ki do in Rashidia to get back (after 12 years) the violin of a kung fu master from Tetouan. The Master is not found, but a clue is caught, and a letter left. The cold of the region can be found in the signs. Kitty R. and Grandpa T. continue their journey without a plan. On the bridge leading to outside town, they hear a voice from down the river “Salam! https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/classic/ Thu, 15 Jan 2015 19:53:42 +0000 https://www.hophoptravels.com//blog/classic/ Twilight. One minute to night. Kitty R. and Grandpa T. stand next to the road to catch a ride to Rashidija. After a while, a woman appears and approaches them with a child on her back and the rest of the family behind her (two sons, the wife of one of the sons and another child). Loudly and emphatically she says (‘you can’t stand here like that’), grabs and shakes one of her breasts (‘you are my kids’) and commands (‘first you eat, then you sleep and in the morning you continue your travel’).