旅游

As we take the train from Delhi to Haridwar, Uttaranchal Pradesh, we once more feel the truth in the often used description of this country: “India is an attack on all your senses...”

I think it only hit me later, as we rolled across the wide, open Siberian plains – seeing half deserted settlements, the odd gas station, babushkas in red shawls and sometimes clusters of old wooden houses – that I really was in Russia…

Our first impression was that the great land Cambodia is a lot like Thailand, and indeed it is, which is not strange considering the vast Khmer Kingdom once covered all of Thailand. It is however different and has its own characteristics...

SO here we are, finally getting real, making our way out of the Big City and looking for new venues in this amazing land. Hopping on a plane for three hours and landing in the southern, tropical part of China is almost like arriving in a new country...

After shortest possible time in the city we set off for our trekking area; Gorkey-Terelj National Park, 150 km east of Ulan Bator and close to the Russian border. Everything feels very exciting and in spite of dangerously high expectations we are quickly rewarded...

Western Province Xinjiang is a far away adventure in itself, but going to the Westernmost corner of this province is like leaving China altogether. The people living here consist of an ethnic mix of mainly Uyghurs, Kyrgyz, Uzbecks and ...

Since time wasn’t on our side we couldn’t make it to Tibet, and thus decided to make a dash for the southern province of Yunnan. This time we went to Xishuang Banna, also called the “Mini-Thailand of China” and well known for its many ethnic minorities...