October 30, 2015 Xiàhé - The Road To Sìchuān So far there have been not that many changes to my original travel itinerary. Sure, I have spent one …
October 27, 2015 Dūnhuáng - Resting in the Old Oasis Arriving here on the 24th of October, Dūnhuâng was not only my most western place in China, but also …
October 24, 2015 Jiāyùguān - Disappointing Artifacts Jiāyùguān has its historic place as the last major stronghold of imperial China on the Silk Road, …
October 22, 2015 Zhāngyè - The Silk Road Begins i Technically Zhāngyè was not my first city on Silk Road. Xī’ān is the eastern endpoint of this …
October 19, 2015 Xī'ān - Lots of Nice People In my previous entries I often tried to describe the flair of a city a bit. For Xī’ān that’s not …
October 16, 2015 Viewing the World as a Photographer Approximately half of my luggage consists of my camera, the lenses and my tripod. Trying to save as …
October 15, 2015 Píngyáo - Relaxing in the Walled City Although Píngyáo is not big for Chinese standards (only around 500 000 inhabitants), it is well …
October 12, 2015 Wutái Shān - Monasteries and Tourists The “Five Plateau Mountain” is one of the sacred Buddhist mountains of the north and a lot of …