While most of us may be used to some sort of change in time zone due to travel, this one still managed to throw us off a bit: Crossing the date line in the Pacific Ocean is…weird. The 15-hour time difference backwards between Hong Kong and Los Angeles means that you would in theory be able to land in LA before you take off in Hong Kong. On the same day. Well,...
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We felt like easing our way back into Western society, so we chose Hong Kong as our last stop in Asia. After a very intense China, that proved to be a wise decision. With a little help from a friend, we were able to stay at the perfect location: In Mui Wo, on the island of Lantau, just a stone throw away from the ferry pier. What a great place to stay! A ferry every...
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We are down to a 800’000 people city: Welcome to Guilin, China’s most picturesque region. While it still feels like a small charming city, it is actually one of China’s top travel destinations. That was as a bit of a surprise, given the fact that we usually just follow our noses when choosing the next destination. It turned out to be a very good...
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The places we visit get smaller and smaller. Kunming is the capital of Yunnan and only 2 Million people live here. It is the main destination in China for summer tourism and is also called city of eternal spring (Number 2 because we had that already in Japan: Fukushima). Temperature is around 15 to 28 °C all year and it is located about 1’900 m above sea level,...
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Jiuzhaigou is a beautiful area located between Xi’an and Chengdu with cristal clear blue lakes and vallies as you would imagine they exist only in wonderworld. It seemed to be the perfect place for us to stay for a few days between the two cities. Turned out it’s still winter there! According to the weather forecasat it was snowing and cold, so we decided to...
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