Day trip to the DMZ and Kaesong, North Korea (09/2019)
On my last day in North Korea, I traveled to Kaesong at the border to South Korea. We began sightseeing at the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) […]
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International friendships in the Myohyang Mountains, North Korea (09/2019)
On my second day in North Korea, I went on a day trip to the Myohyang Mountains approximately 150 km north of Pyongyang. The Myohyang Mountains are most famous for […]
Arirang Games in Pyongyang, North Korea (09/2019)
After a long day of visiting the sights of Pyongyang, my guides took me to the famous Arirang Games in the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium. The Rungrado 1st of […]
A different world in Pyongyang, North Korea (09/2019)
For the time following the conference in Beijing, I had booked a three-day-tour to North Korea. If you book with a proper agency, it is surprisingly easy to travel to […]
Going north of Beijing, China (09/2019)
At the end of September, I was invited to attend a conference in Changping in northern Beijing. I took the chance to stay a few days longer and visit North […]
Delving into history in Delhi, India (09/2018)
What a change in scene – and weather – between the cold Himalayas and hot Delhi! I spent the last days in India with packing and organizing, but also got […]
Farewell from the Himalayas at Leh, India (09/2018)
Our work in the Indian Himalayas was finished and we were ready to leave the mountains behind. On our last day, we wanted to visit the remote Pangong Lake, but […]
Celebrating the Ladakh Festival in Leh, India (09/2018)
We were quite lucky that our return to Leh coincided with the start of the Ladakh Festival. The Ladakh Festival is celebrated over a couple of days with many individual […]
The long way back from Padum to Leh, India (09/2018)
We finished our work near Padum and started our long journey back to Leh. New direct road connections from Padum to Leh and Manali were under construction, but not yet […]
Entering Zanskar from Rangdum to Padum, India (09/2018)
After finishing our work, we left Rangdum and continued our journey to Padum in the eastern Zanskar region. Only 25 km east of Rangdum, the road took us across the […]
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