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All in – Leaving Mongolia
The day I leave Ulan Bator it is sunny and I decide to take the route north. It’s less traffic. The city seems to crack open and fall apart. Gaps between houses are getting wider. Grass is grow... Read More
No country for old men – Ulan Bator to Khövsgöl
In the early planning phase of this journey our actual goal was Mongolia. We both like nature more than cities and Mongolia somehow has this reputation of being pure green nature and crystal clear lak... Read More
The Beauty and The Beast – Gobi desert
After I had left Beijing and reached the plateau on around 1400m altitutude trees had gotten smaller and grass shorter. Around 300km to the Mongolian border I started to feel like I was about to leav... Read More
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon – China
Last year in Nepal we wanted to enter China from Kathmandu and cycle to Lhasa and into Laos. But the border crossing was closed due to the earthquake. Later we wanted to cross from Sikkim into China,... Read More
Jurassic Park – Beijing to Mongolia
I already had one of the best Beijing Ducks you can have, because my room mate needed to get rid of his last 500 Yuan before flying back to France, so he invited me to a high class restaurant to have ... Read More
The wall – Manchuria
I wander around on the beach in Dalian and check out some delicious Chinese food. I also wrote an email to Jibin – my Chinese successor at my former workplace in Germany – to help me find ... Read More
Du baidu baidu – I’m in China
A few hours ago I arrived in Dalian and already after a few minutes I knew that I was back in dude land. You can say what you want, Europe and Japan are convenient, but if you want some real travel fu... Read More
Breaking Bad – Seoul
I enter Seoul on a Sunday in the early afternoon. I am happy my bicycle made it up to Seoul, because the sound of the rear wheel implies it falls apart any second. Two days ago my chain also broke a s... Read More