Travelogues China

Early bird

New Year, Year of the Rat, Ice lakes

As always on time with Air China, the plane lands in Beijing at 11:25 am. Snowfall at 0 degrees. Due to this and also because it gets dark at 3:30 pm, I decide not to go on a...

Spontaneously, we went to China for a day to inspect the start of mass production for an item. The factory was near Shenzhen, so we could take the high-speed train from Hong...

Our last stop in mainland China was Xiamen, a small coastal city with about 6 million inhabitants. On the first evening, we visited an insanely crowded night market....

We traveled from Suzhou to Shanghai by bullet train. The hostel we stayed at was more like a hotel with a great location. Of course, we visited the Bund together and enjoyed the...

Today on 16.10.2018, I have been traveling for almost 2 months. I have already been to 6 countries: South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Nepal, Hong Kong, and Macao!!! Amazing. And...

Tsim Sha Tsui

After about 9 hours of flight time, we reached Beijing. During the flight somewhere between Warsaw and Moscow, we had our first Asian meal, rice with chicken. The flight was...

After Guangzhou, we continued to Guilin. Here, I took a tour to the rice terraces in Dangzhai for a day, because I really wanted to go there. Unfortunately, the weather was not...

Saturday then officially started the Chinese New Year. Since the parade didn't start until the evening, we went out at noon and visited Hong Kong Park beforehand. It was...

Today we have 4 hours of classes in the morning and then receive our certificates. Norbert and I will be honored with a trophy for our culturally connecting activities between...

In part 3 of my blog post mini-series about famous personalities in the Cangzhou region, I dedicate this segment to art and culture.Zhan Ziqian (550-618) was from Bohai, a...

In Cangzhou, as in many parts of China, the cultural heritage is highly valued. In this context, significant personalities related to the Cangzhou region are presented in...

After 10,500km in the air and about 12.5 hours of flight time, the wait for the connecting flight begins. It's shortly after 5am, cold and dark, when I arrive in Beijing. It's...

After getting back on the bullet train, we continued to Fuzhou where we then changed to a bus that took us to Wuyshian. Since it was already getting dark when we arrived, the...

Suzhou was just a short stop on our trip to Shanghai. Arriving in the morning by night train, after checking in to our hotel, we set off for the Water City. There we could...

Hardly getting off the night train and checking into the hostel, we were already picked up and driven to the Terracotta Warriors archaeological site. The historical facts were...

Kids & Sightseeing On Saturday, the focus was on the kids. In addition to the normal Saturday program, both boys have soccer training at school and Mika also has guitar...

First Impression of Hong Kong: tiny room, high buildings, crowded places, high air humidity, high temperature I'm living in Sham Shui Po which is one of the poorest areas in...

Mini first few days have flown by. After being warmly welcomed and cooked for at my accommodation in San Jose, I went on to La Fortuna the next day. There I had an amazing...

Hong Kong was amazing for us, especially Hong Kong Island is simply breathtaking. Our hotel room was on the 59th floor and offered us a mega view. We threw ourselves into the...

Since I also have Wednesdays off, we went to Mongkok to visit the many different markets. The area is known for its colorful street stalls and shops that are somehow arranged by...

The farewell from Vienna was at least easy due to the weather. Foggy and cold. The captain's announcement before landing in Hong Kong was all the more pleasing: 16 degrees and...

Since I only have two days of university, we went to Lamma Island on Monday. We took the ferry for about 20-30 minutes. Since the island is very small, we could comfortably walk...

On Sunday we took advantage of the great weather again and went to Lantau Island to see the Big Buddha. There were cows roaming freely and everyone was taking selfies with them,...

One of the highlights of this trip: the world's largest megacity (34 million inhabitants), eight times the size of Saarland. From Elin Park, and especially from its modern...

Accompanied by a strong thunderstorm and rain, we want to take the high-speed train to Hua Shan. We start in Tianshui at around 22 degrees. The bus picks us up and takes us to...

The fourth and final part of my blog post mini-series on famous personalities from the Cangzhou region takes us into the 18th and 19th centuries. Ji Yun (1724-1805) was born in...