West Africa 2012 (part III): Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso: We arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso with the train from Ouagadougou. Although we heard that it might be possible to see wild elephants from the railway line, we didn’t […]
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West Africa 2012 (part II): Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: A minibus brought us from northern Benin to the capital of Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou. However, the journey was not as straight-forward as it may sound. Our bus […]
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 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 XI): Litang
Litang, Sichuan: Situated at an altitude of more than 4,000 m, Litang is one of the highest settlements of the world. In contrast to our previous stop Ganzi, the town […]
Video: Bus journey from Ganzi to Xinlong (China 2015)
After our days in and around Ganzi, we took the minibus to Litang. The journey followed a narrow river gorge towards the south (for a map of the trip click […]
China 2015 (part X): Ganzi (Garze)
Ganzi (Garze), Sichuan: The public minibus brought us from Yushu in Qinghai (~3,700 m) to the mid-sized town Ganzi in Sichuan (~3,400 m). However, we wanted to see something from […]
China 2015 (part IX): Yushu
Yushu, Qinghai: Since we knew that our bus from Xining would arrive in Yushu in the middle of the night, we had already booked a hotel in advance. Although information […]
China 2015 (part VIII): Xining-Yushu
Xining-Yushu, Qinghai: Because our first experience with the high Tibetan altitudes at Qinghai Lake led to a pounding headache, I was expecting worse during our bus journey from Xining to […]
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