Travelogues Shaanxi

Many tourists come to Xi'an because they want to see the famous Terracotta Army. Today is our day, and I expect crowds, so we leave early in the morning. But it doesn't help. It...

In the Xi'an region, there are countless tombs of emperors, generals, and other important figures from various dynasties. I chose to visit the tombs of two outstanding emperors...

Since the most important museum of the city of Xi'an remains closed to us, we decide to take a journey into the distant past and visit the Banpo village. This is an archaeological...

We are traveling on a regular train, not a high-speed train, from Xi'an westward to Baoji. It’s my first time taking a regular train in China. The elegant train station in Xi'an,...

To recover from our Terracotta battle, we travel to the Huaqing Palace with its natural hot springs. Our driver shows an important ID in front of a barrier at the end of the road,...

My wife rejoices because the Chinese medicine (TCM) that I often dismissed has worked. No more fever and my cough has improved significantly. I feel fit, and so we head to the...

Breakfast buffet, Chinese style with warm and cold noodles and rice, European breakfast with eggs fried and boiled in all kinds, various vegetables, and cold options. By bus to...

Sculptures 😛😂

Hello girls and boys This morning at 06:30 we flew out of bed to drive away extremely punctually at the train station in Peking. The people here are not used to backpackers, so...

Baoji - Day 37-41 - 20.08.-24.08.2019

In order to visit the Terracotta Army, we wanted to try it on our own this time and not book an expensive tour. It was actually very easy once we knew which bus line to take and...

The ancient capital of the Tang dynasty is a modern, pleasant metropolis with a city wall illuminated at night. As in all the places visited so far, it is extremely clean and...

China is highly interesting. There are MANY Chinese, very many, and everywhere. They are friendly, but mostly speak NO English, which is surprising for a global power. However,...

Hello bitchachos Our hostel here is in the artist district, there are small boutiques with paintings everywhere... next to our lane is a street with bars. Unfortunately, that...

January 26-29, 2018 I had already flown in the smog in Beijing and was already experienced, but what was to follow was even bigger. Hardly out of the airport, I smelled the...

Buggy

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...

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...

In the morning, to the Temple of Heaven, along with tens of thousands of others. Trump was allowed to see it from the inside the day before; we did not, but on TV. Then took the...

As WiFi and Myanmar are not compatible, there was no opportunity to write anything in the blog... so here is an addendum: 'Bye bye Myanmar, you could be so beautiful!' 16 days...