China 2015 (part VII): Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake: The morning following our visit to Kumbum Monastery, saw us on the road to Qinghai Lake. The bus journey took around 3 hours one way and led us […]
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China 2015 (part VI): Kumbum Monastery
Kumbum Monastery near Xining, Qinghai: On the day following our arrival in Xining, we took the bus to nearby Kumbum Monastery. This complex of ancient and modern temples constitutes one […]
China 2015 (part V): Xining
Beijing-Xining: One day after visiting the Great Wall of China outside of Beijing, my girlfriend and me took the train all the way through Mainland China to Xining, the capital […]
China 2015 (part IV): Beijing
Beijing: The first couple of days in China went by real fast as we visited the major sights within Beijing’s city limits. But although we enjoyed touring the capital, we […]
China 2015 (part III): Beijing
Beijing: After visiting Beihai Park and the Temple of Heaven as well as the New Summer Palace, I wanted to visit the Forbidden City together with a friend. We arrived […]
China 2015 (part II): Beijing
Beijing: On my third day in Beijing, a friend and myself met with fellow blogger Marie Louise at the Olympic Forest Park in northern Beijing for some birding (you can […]
China 2015 (part I): Beijing
Beijing: In August 2015, I flew to China to visit my girlfriend who did an internship in Beijing. After spending a few days in the country’s capital, we took the […]
Turkey 2010/11 (Day 5)
Istanbul: While the previous days were packed with sight-seeing, we used our last day in Istanbul to leisurely stroll through the alleys of the old town. We wandered to the […]
Turkey 2010/11 (Day 4)
Along the Bosporus: After celebrating New Year’s Eve on the Galata Bridge, we spent the first day of 2011 on the Bosporus. This narrow waterway separates Europe and Asia and […]
Turkey 2010/11 (Day 3)
Istanbul: We started our third day in Istanbul with a visit to the world-famous Topkapi Palace (see here for day 1 and day 2). The city’s sultans lived in this […]
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