Don't brood, travel!
-Julia Malchow
Chongqing
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Christmas on the Yangtze
The morning in the night train began with an unpleasant surprise... Kirstie had food poisoning and to make matters worse she had a nasty cut on her forehead because she fainted on the train toilet ...
Xi'an
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Colourful Streets, Lamb Skewers and Terracotta Warriors
Due to a small miscalculation of our travel time to the station, a delay purchasing the tickets and a missed metro it was a pretty close call to reach our train to Xi'an in time. When we finally arrived at the station ...
The Chinese Wall
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An Excursion with Obstacles
The Great Wall, one of the most fascinating monuments of mankind and we were only two bus rides away. Our first problem arose even before we left: we needed to find a functioning ATM. Chinese ATMs are a little moody ...
Beijing
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China for Beginners
After quite a number of kilometres and hours spent in the train I finally left the Trans-Siberian Railway in Beijing. The square in front of the station was packed with people as expected and the sky was bright blue ...
Trans-Siberian Railway
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Part 3 Ulaanbaatar to Beijing
After passing an exciting month in Mongolia I got back onto the train. A little more than 28 hours and one border separated me now from my next destination, Beijing. The breathing mask I bought gave me the feeling of being ...
Ulaanbaatar
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Nothing but Sound and Smoke
Ulaanbaatar, the 1.2 million person city, is now home to nearly half of the Mongolian population. Accordingly, it's large, colourful and loud for local conditions. The streets are crowded with constantly honking cars ...
