We also stayed in Ha Long city during the lunar new year, Vietnamese people call this time of the year: Tet. It’s this week where the whole usually super busy country comes to a full stop. Restaurants and shops close, everybody is going home to celebrate with their families. Enjoying home made food and celebrate the year of the snake. …
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Around 3000 jagged limestone pinnacles scattered around the bay of the defending dragon, the literal meaning in vietnamese, and all around Cat Ba island, covering a vast 1.500 square kilometres, that is more than the size of whole Berlin state. The area is a rocky labyrinth an UNESCO world cultural heritage protected site and listed in the natural wonders of …
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Our hotel receptionist recommended a trip to Yen Tu mountain for us. He organised a driver who took us there and picked us up again when we were done. Around an hour drive from Ha Long city we found ourselves all of a sudden in a local touristy spot, being the only foreigners we earned recognising views from the Vietnamese. …
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We arrived on a Friday night in Hanoi the capital of Vietnam. With a round 8 million people, the second biggest city in the country.We stayed directly in the old quarter, a narrow labyrinth of streets with typical tube houses, old trees framing the streets overarching the small alleys and a lot of people, motorbikes and cars pushing through – …
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End of January I went with Elise for a little weekend trip up north. On our arrival in Beijing, we immediately felt the friendliness of the people. First local policeman were guiding us to the proper train to reach our hotel then other strangers who don’t speak that much English were trying their best to help us out. Super friendly …
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There are several sections of the Great Wall that have been restored and are easy accessible for visits and walks for foreigners. One of them is the Great Wall of Mutianyu, the longest and well preserved to visit. It can be reached within 90 minutes from Beijing by bus we decided to go with an operator called Mubus in order …
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Chinese speed trains are among the fastest in the world . The Fuxing train connecting Shanghai to Beijing runs under 4,5 hours for its 1300 km distance. Reaching speeds up to 350 km/h. A bit more luxurious use in terms of leg space and also the services on board are more a normal German train can offer. You can order for …
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Today I went through the narrow lanes of different quarters of the city, equipped with a little guidebook, Elise gave me as a present. It’s written by Germans who live in the city for decades and already know their way around. The book is called “Streifzüge”, it features 8 different non touristy routes and is done in a really nice …
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It’s my second time in the land of the rising sun. Now I know my way around, at least a bit, so arriving here felt familiar, especially in the nice district of Yangpu some 15 km outside the city centre, surrounded by waterways and lush green. Well it’s winter time now and lush green changed to brown and yellow since …
Continue ReadingGoing to Amed seems like an adventure, 2 hours on the scooter, and this in the midday heat, we were prepared, but didn’t eat much. The first half of the way is going direction Padangbai, I already knew the way so easy. We ate some cookies and had some nice drinks on the “highway”. Then short after Padangbai Google took …
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