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Fanjing Mountain and the Mushroom rock
7th of May, 2021 Since it seems like we will be stuck in Beijing for a few weeks and can’t travel outside the city without high risk of being quarantined, I went through pictures of previous trips and enjoyed some good old wanderlust. Here are some impressions from Guizhou, a province in southwest China which…
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Winter wonderland at Yunmengshan, Beijing
Saturday, 16. January 2021 Up in the northern part of Beijing, some 90km or 1.5 hour drive from the city’s center, lies Yunmengshan, a scenic area very close to the Miyun reservoir. In summer, visitors can “hike” the stairs up the mountain, past waterfalls and steep mountain cliffs. In winter, it becomes a frozen fairytale…
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Beijing Winter Games – Ice Biking on Lake Houhai
In this exceptionally cold winter, a popular Beijing pastime has half the city under it’s spell – ice bike riding on Shijiahai.
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Beijing revisited – Temple of Heaven
Inscribed on the UNESCO world heritage list in 1998, the Temple of Heaven is the first of several iconic sights in Beijing we plan to revisit in 2021.
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Driving west into the Tibetan heart of Sichuan – Garze and Kangding
October 4th, 2020 It’s a very interesting experience to drive from Chengdu halfway across the province to reach Sichuan’s Tibetan roots in the west. Starting in an urban metropolis most of the route goes merely along highways and speedways. If you pay attention, you may notice the ever so slight climb in altitude, but truth…
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Liujiang Old Town
Saturday, 03.10.2020 – Sunday, 04.10.2020 On our road trip from Sichuan’s capital Chengdu to the autonomous Tibetan region farther west we made a stop at the ancient town of Liujiang where we spend a night at a beautiful traditional courtyard hotel. At night we sat on the veranda on the second floor outside overlooking the…
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Wannian temple & Mount Emei
Visiting one of the four holy Buddhist mountains in China.
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The Big Buddha, Leshan
During the 2020 national holidays we decided to go see the Sichuan province and discover China’s Buddhist and Tibetan roots.
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Chaoyang Park blanketed under a thick layer of fluffy snow
Beijing, Saturday the 8th of February 2020 We have been given a rare treat this winter in Beijing – two consecutive days of snow have covered the city under a fluffy white blanket. In Chaoyang Park, where we usually have our picnics during summer, the lawns are hidden below more than 10cm of snow. Taking…
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Missing the island life on Gili Air
February 5, 2019 It has been already a year since we visited Gili Air and spend a few incredibly relaxed days on the island. Again and again I am shocked how time flies and truly cannot imagine that our Indonesia vacation was precisely one year ago. After spending a day in Jakarta and two days…