Our flight was as newly planned and arrived in Bangkok around midnight. We took a taxi to the hotel in Sukhumvit 15 for less than 10€ (320 b). We were surprised to see so much activity on the street that…
Beijing
While I left Beijing under the Sun (the 23th), arriving back in the mid afternoon the 26th was another story: grey sky and low visibility. The next days in Beijing were almost under this grey and rainy weather. In Beijing,…
Shanghai
Shanghai is one of the most western cities in China. It grew mainly thanks to international investors between 1850 and 1950 where British, French and Japanese got concessions to develop their business (not always the cleanest one, opium and prostitution…
China
I planned just one week in China, mostly to meet friends. First I am going to Shanghai to meet Olivier I know from Regensburg in 2006. Later I’ll be back in Beijing and spend some days with Lingli and Anna…
Arrested in UB!
I came back to the capital for the week-end. On Saturday, I rented a bike for the day ($25). I biked in the South of the city, along the river, and rode up in a random valley starting with a…
Western life in UB
Coming back into the busy Ulaan Baator (UB) was like a slap of the western world, an impressive contrast with the quiet countryside and its slow rhythm. And to make the gap even bigger, we went to the cinema for…
Clubbing in UB
Later back in UB, the 4 of us met again to celebrate our last evening all together on this Saturday night! First in the fancy MB bar, we got a nice black Mongolian beer. When Sarah’s friends joined us, Sarah…
Sightseeing in UB
Waiting for the Naadam, I/we visited the major museums and temples in UB. The natural museum has impressive dinosaurs’ skeletons, with real bones there, not like the huge models in the natural museum in Frankfurt (which I visited ca. 6…
Last days in Tehran
When we arrive, we were supposed to go to our CS host respectively, but we figured out we had the same! As the metro is closing before 11pm in Tehran, we arrived too late. So we shared a taxi to…
Kashan
I took the bus in the afternoon to Kashan and arrived about 18:30. My CS host was kind enough to bring me from the bus terminal. I was just the first of many other guests at his place: Raquel and…