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Backpacking Northern Vietnam Part I – Crossing the border from Hekou to Lao Cai
January the 28th, 2017 Not too long ago we had this idea of traveling from China to Vietnam, crossing the border from Hekou (Yunan, South China) to Lao Cai (North Vietnam) on foot. The easiest and most straight forward preperation we did was to buy a Lonely Planet of the destination country and do some…
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Winterly Temple of Heaven in Beijing
It’s our first week back after the Christmas holidays and I have to say the weather treated us very nicely. Over newyears our friends who didn’t return home as well as the German media repeatedly reported the devastating smog situation in Beijing, and I already expected the worst. Fortunately, we brought the clean air back…
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Andy Warhol’s “Contact” in 798 Art district
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Hutong Streets of Beijing
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Sunday Purrfection.
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Roadtrip to Panlongshan Great Wall, Gubeikou, Beijing, China
Having a drivers licence in China (or a boyfriend/girlfriend/good friends that don’t mind bringing you along who have one) turns out to be of great great advantage when living in Beijing. On weekends you can spontaneously rent a car (i.e. from Avis near Dongzhimen for 290 RMB/day), pick one of the many sightseeing spots that…
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Walking to work in the pouring rain
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Flokati dog on flokati rug