The rainy season started when we arrived, and it is supposed to affect the west coast (Phuket & Koh Phi Phi). But the east coast and the gulf of Thailand are pretty much preserved and have their own monsoon more…
Bangkok, part2
Together with Hervé and Punkgy who never went there before, we visited Wat Arun on Saturday. The stairs to get up are impressively steep, like some part of the Great Wall I was hiking one week before! Once on the…
Thailand, discovering Bangkok
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…
Extra time in Beijing
Ling’s visa story let us three other nights in Beijing because the next flight was on the 1st. Finding a place to stay in such a huge city is not an easy task! We spent 2 hours in the airport…
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…
Sightseeing in Karakorum
Thursday the 19h of July: the weather is still gray, Nicolas and Eve want to move to another city, Sarah and Manon are not motivated yet to ride their horses the whole day. We walked all together to the town.…