Short trip Shanghai

Hike to Martinsloch

Sunshine Coast and Brisbane

The Coke Zero was left behind

The last day on La Gomera was also our departure day. Since our flight was not until half past five in the afternoon, we could sleep in, enjoy a leisurely breakfast, and pack our...

Sweets before dinner

There isn't much new to report at the start of the day, as the morning began again with coffee, sunshine, and a lot of relaxed lounging around. However, we simply skipped...

The lizards had another argument today

The day started again exactly as almost every day on La Gomera has felt. Breakfast, coffee, and then straight back to soaking up the sun. And this routine continued quite...

Hiking sounded briefly interesting

Today started exactly like vacation days should start: breakfast, coffee, and relaxing in the sun. This concept successfully carried through the whole day. Of course, there were...

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...