India 2016 (part IV): Gir National Park
Gir National Park, Gujarat: On the 10th of February, I took the overnight train from Jaipur to Rajkot in Gujarat. A car and driver were arranged to pick me up […]
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India 2016 (part III): Pushkar 1
Pushkar, Rajasthan: Following the outing to the step well of Abhaneri, another day trip brought me to Pushkar, 145 km southwest of Jaipur. Pushkar is a small town surrounding a […]
India 2016 (part II): Abhaneri
Abhaneri, Rajasthan: Following my arrival from Kachchh, I joined friends/colleagues on a day tour to Abhaneri, approximately 100 km east of Jaipur. This little village is famous for an enormous step […]
India 2016 (part I): Kachchh 1
Kachchh, Gujarat: In January 2016, I once again flew to Kachchh in the westernmost corner of Gujarat, India. I had come here almost yearly for research since my first visit in 2008/09, but […]
China 2015 (part XVII): Beijing
Beijing: Our journey along the Tibetan border had finished at the Leshan Giant Buddha, south of Chengdu. But our stay in China continued for a few days in Beijing, where […]
China 2015 (part XVI): Leshan
Leshan, Sichuan: On our last day in Sichuan, we took the public bus from Chengdu to Leshan, 130 km towards the south (for a map click here). Visitors from all […]
China 2015 (part XV): Chengdu
Chengdu, Sichuan: After spending the morning with the pandas of the Chengdu Panda Base, we returned to the city centre to visit some more sights of the capital of Sichuan. […]
China 2015 (part XIV): Chendgu Panda Base
Chengdu, Sichuan: On the day following our arrival from Kangding, we got up very early to visit the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base on the outskirts of Chengdu. In stark […]
China 2015 (part XIII): Kangding
Kangding, Sichuan: A short bus ride brought us from Tagong to Kangding, the capital of the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (click here for a map). The city is crammed into […]
China 2015 (part XII): Tagong
Tagong, Sichuan: Our next destination after our days in Litang was the tiny village of Tagong (click here for a map). This sleepy, little settlement is quite popular with backpackers […]
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