A Desert Safari in Sharjah
Imagine you are in the desert and watch how the sand dunes around you change their colour while the sun sets. You have dinner with Bedouins, you sip fresh mint tea and listen to the Bedouins playing their instruments while million stars above you illuminate the sky....
The Highlights of Tashkent
When you travel to Uzbekistan by air you will most likely fly into Tashkent, the capital of the country. Most visitors leave the city right away and head to the more popular places of Uzbekistan Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. Yes, maybe Tashkent cannot compete with...
Travel bloggers tips for Uzbekistan
Ever since I travelled overland along the Silk Road of China from Beijing to Kashgar in October 2014 I wanted to see more of this amazing ancient trade route. My dream was to return to Kashgar in Xinjiang province and continue my journey from there out of China...
The Beijing 798 Art Zone: a hip side of the city
The rice paddies shimmered golden in the afternoon sun. Then just around the corner a huge crowd of golden spiders crawled onto me. No, I wasn’t in a horror movie, I was visiting a Tibetan exhibition called “The Rice Way” in a gallery in the Beijing...
A spontaneous trip to Beijing
I am on my way to Beijing. Again. While it may seem that I spend a lot of time in China’s capital my most recent visit is actually already 14 months ago as long as no break since my first stay in Beijing. After contemplating for a while when would be the best...
Hiking on the wild Gubeikou Great Wall
The air was humid and the weather misty. Although it was already end of August it was still hot when we ascended the unrestored wild Great Wall at Gubeikou. But when we reached the first viewpoint on our hike we knew that the climb was worth the effort. We could see...
2016: Happy Chinese New Year of the Monkey
Gong Xi Fa Cai – Happy Chinese New Year of the Monkey! Today people in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan and Vietnam celebrate Chinese New Year, also known as the spring festival. It is the most important day of the year for the people in these countries...
A hidden gem in Beijing: the Dongyue Miao Temple
During my first two visits in Beijing I had explored the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the Temple of Confucius, the Tibetan Lama Temple and the Hutongs, some of these amazing sights even twice. So when I was in Beijing...
2015: A diverse Year in Review
It is probably absolutely ridiculous to post an annual review of 2015 on the 21st January 2016 but different than in 2013 and 2014 I didn’t manage to write my end of the year wrap-up for 2015 still in the old year. This January I already achieved my first goal...Languages
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I am a writer and photographer from Cologne in Germany. Travelling, writing and photography are my passions. I love good talks with interesting people from all over the world, cooking and authentic really Asian spicy food.
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