(C) What type of food can you expect in Vietnam and Romania?

If you love exploring, traveling and discovering new countries and cultures, then you are sure to be enjoying reading our Asia to Europe travel blog. We love traveling because it is a great way to see new places, meet new people and experience exciting cultures and cuisines. The cuisine in Asia differs vastly from that in Europe. Our trips starts in Vietnam and ends in Romania; both of which have very diverse cuisines.

If you consider yourself quite brave when it comes down to tasting new foods, then you are sure to be looking forward to all the great dishes you will be able to try when you go traveling. However, for those who like traditional home-made dishes, which you like to eat on your cosy sofa in front of your laptop when you are watching TV or playing partypoker on a night in, then it might be a little bit more difficult for you to adapt to new cuisines if it’s not what you’re used to. This blog post will show you the differences between Vietnamese and Romanian food, so if you decide to embark on a trip similar to ours, you know what food you’re likely to see.

Vietnamese food is known for being a very healthy cuisine which uses lots of fresh ingredients, small amounts of oil and plenty of herbs and vegetables. There is also a strong vegetarian tradition which has been influenced by Buddhist values. Some traditional family meals include stir-fry, steamed fish, steamed rice or a vegetable broth.

Romanian food on the other hand is quite different; it is known for its tangy and sour soups – such as calf foot broth – and many of the dishes use vinegar and lemon juice. The cuisine is much richer, heavier and heartier than Vietnamese food. Some of Romania’s typical dishes include Camati (garlic sausages) and Chiftele which is a large meatball, covered in a flour or breadcrumb crust.

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Palomina

It’s time to congratulate our third crew member for the 40,000 miles (64,000 km) succesfully completed. That’s 50,500 km more than what she had when I purchased her. Still doing great, after some routine maintenance and minor repairs performed in Calcutta. We are now at km number 13,600 on our journey, still very far away from the destination.

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Reinforcements have arrived

Just recently we got a package. New visor for me (I scratched the brand new visor just after departure), Skullcandy ear buds for Laura, seat cover for both of us, a coolant tank cap and a sprocket for Palomina and some lithium batteries for the GPS tracker. I also updated the damage report page.

Many thanks to my sister and the Romanian embassy in Bangkok for the logistics support.

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“Sleeping” inside

We arrived in Hoi An tonight. After the first 1300km the bike still runs strong. I adjusted once the rear suspension to make it harder. The front feels really tight and precise, especially on bumps. The side stand broke in Hanoi just before leaving. Whatever welding I did to extend it’s length wasn’t that good.

The bar still wobbles when braking, but not as much after I retrued the disc. And today, after idling for a long time, the coolant light came on. I must check level tomorrow or probably get some mud off the radiator. On top of that, I managed to crack the right pannier along a welding by dropping the bike on the side in a gas station.

All manageable problems.

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Hharkonnen unit deployed

I think it’s been 15 years since I played Dune II last time. However, given the circumstances (bike still en route) I decided to teach the Ordos a lesson…

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