HCMC Tour and the Cu Chi Tunnels

My last day in Vietnam had begun. After almost a month here it had come down to this. My last…

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In Hoi An again

The most important appointment for the evening was the second fitting with the Bebe tailor. As soon as I had…

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Hué to Hoi An

The goodbye at breakfast was more difficult than I thought. We were leaving Veronica and Jo behind in Hué while…

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Final days in Hanoi

I shared the night train from Sa Pa to Hanoi with an English guy. While talking we discovered that last…

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Hoa Lu and Tam Coc

While being on the food tour the evening before I had met another Austrian on the road. We bonded over…

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Around the Hoàn Kiém lake in Hanoi

I arrived in Hanoi with an hour delay at 0:30 on May 30th. My month in China was over and…

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More of Shanghai

The next morning dawned bright and new and with a sunny ‘Good morning’ from my Korean roommates. After a lazy…

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Forbidden City

Momo had stayed home that night, maybe because we put a huge terra cotta pot in front of the garden…

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Summer Palace

On Monday morning we woke up to Momo gone. The storm during the night had opened the outer door and…

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Walking around the Hutong in Beijing

I slept forever on this first day in Beijing. It was so nice to not get up and go somewhere.…

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