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After a year, 7 days, 16 hours, and 18 minutes of travel, we are back in Switzerland. We look back on an unforgettable time! So many amazing experiences, encounters, and...

The last part of our journey took us to the Cook Islands. The island group in the South Pacific is self-governing but freely associated with New Zealand. The islands can only be...

Indonesia is scattered over 17,500 islands - we wanted to start in Jakarta on Java. In the mega metropolis (9.5 million), we planned the rest of our trip with mixed feelings....

It was not easy to select photos from the past few weeks. Despite its small size, the island is extremely versatile and diverse. Let us tell you about the deep green landscapes...

First we went into the metropolis Mumbai. The South welcomed us with hot and humid weather. At the southern end of the city, magnificent English colonial buildings, such as the...

Back in Delhi, we picked up Isabell from the airport, who wanted to accompany us through Rajasthan. We spent the rest of the day preparing, i.e. getting her a colorful Indian...

From Delhi, we flew to the Kingdom of Bhutan for a few days. During the flight over Kathmandu, we passed Mount Everest, Lhotse, and their companions in perfect weather. Only...

From Myanmar, we flew to Kolkata. The 4.5-million metropolis offered a crash course in the country and its people. It was deafeningly loud with constant honking and wonderfully...

With grandma at the temple

From Khao Lak, we slowly made our way back to the north. In Khao Sok National Park, we went hiking in the jungle and had to defend ourselves against leeches. Luckily, we were...

Arriving in Luang Namtha in Laos, it was finally really hot again, so everything went a bit slower. The food already had a Thai influence and green curry and sticky rice were a...

China has impressed us a lot. Just beyond the Chinese border, you enter a whole new world. In China, there are 50 million cities - even relatively smaller places feel...

On the train journey to Mongolia, we wanted to get a last sniff of Russian air in Ulan-Ude. Here live the Buryats, who already look very Mongolian. We visited the Ivolginsky...

At the world's largest lake

We flew from Novosibirsk to Kamchatka for an 18-day trekking tour. We ended up in a funny travel group with 9 Germans (including 4 drinking Franconians on a men's vacation) and...

On the Trans-Siberian Railway

While St. Petersburg appears young, hip, and relaxed, Moscow is noticeably more hectic and competitive.