Why Vietnam is always a great destination

What’s the best part about Christmas in Vienna? It’s the many little stalls which sell hot wine, the constant party…

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White water terraces Yunnan

After surviving the Tiger Leaping Gorge the day before we started our day with a hearty breakfast at the Tibet…

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The flowers of Yunnan

Kunming is also called the city of eternal spring which in my case it wasn’t really true. It was raining…

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Trekking the Tiger Leaping Gorge

We left Lijiang at 7am with a driver who would take us to the starting point of the Tiger Leaping Gorge.…

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Walking around lake Erhai and moving on to Lijiang

After a full day in Dali which ended with rain I was glad to see that we had sunshine the…

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Easter in the East

As you might have noticed I was traveling a bit these last couple of months, but mostly weekends or other…

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What I learned in Kyrgyzstan 

Kyrgyzstan was a revelation. This country is so unique and beautiful that I can only urge you to visit it…

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The doors of Kyrgyzstan

Standard feature after visiting a new place (for other places click here and here). Kyrgyzstan turned out to be very difficult though. First…

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Cholpon-Ata and the Burana Tower

Our last day in Kyrgyzstan had arrived. Unbelievable how quick the time has passed. Basically we just arrived and all…

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Back down from Altyn Arashan to Karakol

It was a cold morning. There was no heating except for the wood stove on the other side of our…

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