From Japan to Germany: 12.000km by Train
My time in Japan is drawing to a close and in about 3.5 weeks I’ll start my return trip. Eight years ago I traveled with the Transsib, lots of other trains, buses and even...
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What’s the next step? My blog and Youtube
Lately I’ve received a lot of messages with the question why the blog has become so “quiet”. Therefore, I’m giving you a short update about Backpacker’s Guide to the World and the new Youtube...
What’s up in 2016?
It took a while but finally I’ve made a few travel plans for this year. During the semester and “holidays” (well I had to write exams…) there just hadn’t been enough time. So in...
Oh Alise, where have you been?
Here is the highly requested “Visited Map”, which is a map showing all my traveled countries until October 2015. A more up to date version can be found in the footer. All in all...
Is it possible to buy used underwear on a vending machine in Japan?
Living in Japan over a year the question I’ve been asked most is if it really is possible to buy used underwear on a vending machine. In Japan almost anything can be bought on...
Where is Merlin?
Merlin my “friend” had already been introduced in this post. During all my trips I collected to many pictures of him, this is the collection of my favourite 42 pictures. Don’t Panic!
Backpacker’s Guide to the World – Why?
From early age on I always enjoyed travelling. Like many of you too I dreamed from faraway places. And for a long time everything was limited to dreams I had and plans I made...
Backpacking is my favourite "hobby" and here I write tips, tricks and reports about it. 
