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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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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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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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Visiting legendary UNESCO world heritage temple Angkor Wat
As the world’s largest religious monument Angkor Wat is an architectural masterpiece from the Khmer period. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7vwLw5FcoP/?igshid=1pt092qc1pry7 https://www.instagram.com/p/B7vxfpjlfMn/?igshid=1bwzqfpvl9ml3
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Disputed Preah Vihear Ruins on the Thai-Cambodian Border
Cambodia, the 27th of January 2020 A three hour long road trip with our local guide Oeum Rida through the Cambodian „outback“ brought us all the way to the northernmost part of the country to the Preah Vihear temple. Located at the natural border of Thailand and Cambodia atop the Dangrek mountain range, these Khmer ruins…
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Traveling through Yunnan – First Leg: Lijiang
May Day Holidays, 28th – 30th of April, 2018 The May Day holidays were spent traveling through Yunnan province! Its a beautiful place with very friendly people, delicious food, and incredible sights to visit. Just sitting in one of the rooftop cafes and enjoying the view of the city is a great start into our…
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Mangrove Kayak Tour through Langkawi’s Kilim Karst Geoforest Park
Malaysia, 24th of September 2017 Already a few month back we joined an adventure tour group to kayak through Langkawi’s UNESCO protected Geoforest park. The day before we had arrived on this incredible Malaysian island and even though the resort (and especially its infinity pool) was unbelievably alluring, we made it in time for the…
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The Blue Mansion, Penang
Tuesday, the 26th of September 2017 The Blue Mansion was the first place we went to see after arriving in Penang. Since this historical house opens to visitors only three times a day, we joined the guided tour at 3:30pm. Our ferry from Langkawi had just arrived and after checking into our hotel, we conventiently…
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The Eastern Qing Tombs and Dowager Empress Cixi’s Final Resting Place
Weekends are for daytripping – at the end of last month that motto brought us to the Eastern Qing Tombs in Zunhua, almost 130km northeast of the Jing in the province of Hebei.