India 2016 (part XL): Manali
Manali, Himachal Pradesh: After the epic road trip from Kaza on the previous day, we explored Manali before finally leaving the Himalayas and returning to the hot plains of northern […]
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India 2016 (part XXXIX): Kaza-Manali
Kaza-Manali, Himachal Pradesh: Once our work in the magnificent Spiti Valley was done, we left Kaza and began our long return journey via Manali. The ca. 200 km long drive […]
India 2016 (part XXX): Rishikesh
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand: After several weeks of work in Jaipur, I took a weekend off and jumped on the night train to Haridwar. Upon arrival, I left my luggage in a […]
India 2016 (part XXIX): Sights of Jaipur 5
Jaipur, Rajasthan: Following the walks through the city centre of Jaipur and the small town of Amber, I visited the temples of Galtaji together with a friend. We started our […]
India 2016 (part V): Junagadh
Junagadh, Gujarat: On the long way from the Gir National Park to Bhuj in Kachchh, my driver and me had a short stop in Junagadh. Junagadh boasts a number of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
China 2007 (part VIII): Nam-tso Lake
Nam-tso Lake, Tibet: Because longer excursions outside of Lhasa were too expensive for independent travellers and students such as us, we could only afford a day trip to Nam-tso Lake […]
