Highway 1

By Markus on Jun 15, 2015

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...

Hong Kong and Macau

By Markus on May 26, 2015

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...

China’s Beauty

By Judith Scharnowski on May 20, 2015

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...

City of eternal spring 2

By Judith Scharnowski on May 17, 2015

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,...

The capital of Sichuan

By Judith Scharnowski on May 11, 2015

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...

8’000 soldiers and 11’000 steps

By Markus on May 6, 2015

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...