17.03. Bye bye Myanmar 🇲🇲

02.03-03.03 Yangon (Rangoon)

Former capital of Myanmar and starting point of my journey. Here I will meet two friends with whom I will travel around for 2 of my 12 weeks of sabbatical. First impression:...

02.03-17.03 Myanmar: a slightly different travel report

Inle-typical street scene

30.04-01.05: Bus, Ferry, and 16 hrs Airport. Sleep wherever possible.

Travel-wise, the Philippines doesn't always make it easy to get from point A to point B. And so, I ended up spending almost 48 hours without a bed, shower, etc., traveling by...

18.04-22.04 on remote islands with Tao Philippines

And an awesome birthday! 🎉🎈☺ With the sunrise, beach massage, a birthday hat made of coconut leaves with grasshopper and fish :), plenty of sun, fresh fish, bonfire, birthday...

09.04-10.04 Playing music in Cebu 🇵🇭 or maybe Japan 🇯🇵 ?-)

Sometimes the unexpected happens: like this totally crazy evening in a Japanese guesthouse, surrounded by Japanese people and a Korean, lots of Soju and music

01.04-04.04 Lantern City Hoi An 🇻🇳

Tashkurgan تاشقورغان بازىرى / Sarikol تاشقۈرغان بۇزۇر / Shitoucheng 石頭城

As a conclusion in Xinjiang, we wanted to go to the mountains once more, specifically to the Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County on the Pamir Plateau, a remote area near the...

Hotan City / Hetian

Initially, we intended to travel across the Taklamakan to Hotan, allegedly there was supposed to be a bus from Kuqa, but according to information at the bus station, such a...

Kuqa كۇچار/Kuche 库车

Next, we continued to Kuqa, located 650 km away - once the center of the Buddhist kingdom of Qiuci, today a relatively small Uyghur city. A good 10 hours overnight by train, and...

Turpan/Turfan تۇرپان شەھىرى/ Tulufan 吐鲁番

We have finally made it to Xinjiang! A region that has primarily been in the headlines due to conflicts between the Chinese government and the Muslim Uyghur minority. To summarize...