In Chinese New Year we planned to visit Xi’an and Tibet. We spent the entire month of January planning the trip and obtaining the special permit foreigners need to visit Tibet. We planned to go by train and come back by plane, but buying train tickets for during Chinese New …Read the Rest
In 2008 I visited the great wall in the Janshaling-Samatai section. In 2010 Christina and I visited the Mutuanyu section …Read the Rest
In December Christina and I rode the train from Shanghai to Beijing for a week long holiday. We visited some …Read the Rest
In December I hiked the Hui-hang Ancient Trail with some CEIBS students. This trail is an old tea route used …Read the Rest
In October during Chinese National holidays, Christina and I planned a beautiful trip from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington and …Read the Rest
In mid-Autumm holidays in September I scaped to Hangzhou for one day. There were loads of Chinese tourists but I …Read the Rest
Christina and I flew to Giulin on our first trip out of Shanghai on the second weekend of July 2010. …Read the Rest
This post is a compendium of all the stories I posted in this blog related to my trip in Russia …Read the Rest
Music to put you in Mongolian mood This is the favorite song of Gotov, our travel guide in Mongolia. Every …Read the Rest
I decided to take the bus between Ulan Ude and Ulan Bataar because it is much cheaper and faster than …Read the Rest
Ulan Ude was the last Russian city I visited. Short after Ulan Ude is the starting point of the Transmongolian …Read the Rest
The food My hosts in European Russia didn’t like Russian food. They preferred to eat European style food. However in …Read the Rest
The Baikal Lake is the largest reserve of fresh water in the world and it is said to be a …Read the Rest
Irkutsk its just 20 hours away by train from Krasnoyarks. My travel buddies were a young Russian mum and her …Read the Rest
The provonitza woke me up one hour and a half before arriving at Novosivirk. She really wanted me not to …Read the Rest
Alexey and his wife Thania hosted me in Omsk. Alexey is one of the most interesting personalities I met in …Read the Rest
In my way from Rodna to Ekaterimburg I discover how to travel between cities Russian style. In the bus stops …Read the Rest
