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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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A late autumn visit to Zhenjue temple
Beijing, 1st of November 2020 Beijing’s Haidian district is home to the Zhenjue temple, which is a people magnet in late autumn due to its golden ginkgo trees. The main sight is the diamond throne in the center of the temple complex looking strangely like the pagodas in Cambodia or India. Built from bricks and…
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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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Ximen Rainbow Crosswalk in Taipei
Taipei, 05.10.2019 It’s been already a few month since we traveled to Taiwan but I still think back on this trip often. There were so many moments where we simply got lucky – like with this photo of the popular Ximen rainbow crosswalk which usually attracts way too many other tourists to get a good…
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Taiwanese East Coast by Bike – Hualien
Taiwan, 30.09.2019 – 07.10.2019 It’s Chinese Golden Week again and this year we spend the seven holidays in Taiwan. On our first day we landed in Taipei and were surprised by a taifun – most of the shops were closed, rain came at us from all sides and the wind destroyed our borrowed umbrella. Still…
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Shibuya Baby
One of the busiest intersections in the world is the Shibuya crossing in Tokyo. When you are right in the middle of it you don’t really feel it, but especially during rush hour – like during lunch break or after work – and you stand to the side and wait, thousands of people cross this…
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Chinese New Year escape to Indonesia
Indonesia, 29.01.2019 – 09.02.2019 2018 has passed in a rush and the lunar new year provided us with a whole week of (extra) holidays yet again. Every year we contemplate to just stay in Beijing and boycott the exorbitantly high prices airlines and hotels charge for travels on these Chinese holidays, and every year we…