Ever since we enjoyed The Mother of all Roads down under, we’ve been looking forward to doing its sister: Highway 1, going along the coast of California. Having taken care of business in LA, we started with a great Coffee in Santa Monica. What followed was… beautiful. And very, very cold. Even though “California 1” does not go all the way...
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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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A bit surprised that all trains were actually booked out, we decided to give Spring Airlines a chance and flew from Shanghai to Xi’an. We didn’t stay in the city, though, but instead made our way straight to Huashan, in chase of another item on our bucket list: The much-hyped most dangerous path in the world. The small town of Huashan has a cozy, relaxed...
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After an 8 hour delay and a ride in the probably oldest and worst plane ever, we made it to China, got ripped off by a taxi driver and finally settled into a rather noisy and not-so-clean backpackers hostel. What can we say – it’s Beijing. It’s humongous. There’s more than 63’000 registered taxis (and we didn’t find a single nice...
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