Chinese food – taste buds gone wild
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olaf
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March 2, 2025
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China
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Food, Streetfood
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So many things I discovered during my 2 months in China. Some obscure stuff I wouldn’t even touch. Like turtle, dog,shark, monkey brain, chicken feet, …you get it.Most of the time there is no English translation, so I was using the translator a lot. Mandarin is not word by word translatable so sometimes it was very funny to see what …
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Shanghai – enjoying Michelin star cuisine
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olaf
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February 28, 2025
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China
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Food
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The density of Michelin Star Restaurants in Shanghai is huge. Some of the worlds finest chefs settled here and the most expensive even combining food with a unique experience for body mind and soul, expect to pay more than 150 euro per person here. Other star restaurants are pretty affordable to European standards. First Elise introduced me to The Lakeside …
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Hanoi – hustle and bustle in the city
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olaf
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January 26, 2025
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Vietnam
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City, Food
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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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Shanghai – New arrival
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olaf
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January 9, 2025
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China
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City, Food, Party, Sunrise, Sunset
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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 …
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Cairo – first steps in Mama Africa
Egypt was my first time in Africa, and it started in Cairo. Loud, dense, overwhelming and impossible to ignore. I reunited with Elise in the middle of this chaos, and from that moment on the city pulled us straight in. We visited the Egyptian National Museum, moving through halls filled with objects that shouldn’t still exist and yet do. Layer …
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Potisí – My precious….
Potosi das in quechua lärm bedeutet liegt auf über 4000m höhe und hat knapp 170.000 einwohner damit die größte stadt der welt auf dieser höhe, am anfang des 17. jahrhundert hatte die stadt um die 150.000 einwohner und war damit eine der grössten städte der welt, das alles aufgrund des berges cerro rico (reicher berg, den namen geben die spanier …
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Amazing pics
Sunrise and sunsets are probably the best-est of times to explore Hampi. It looks like a veritable lost world and…
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