Arriving in Chengdu, Sichuan Province When I decided to go to China for 6 months I also wanted to travel a little bit around the country. Actually my first plan was to take a 48 hour train from Beijing to Lhasa, explore Tibet for a couple of days, visit the Mt....
Langkawi, the island of dreams When I flew in to Langkawi, it was rainy and cloudy, but when we started to descend through the clouds, I got an amazing view of the island. It looked like the island in the old King Kong movie. The sea was grey and the island was...
Discover Kuala Lumpur After I finally found a nice backpack in Beijing, I finally boarded the plane to discover Kuala Lumpur or KL as the Malay say, on Saturday afternoon. After a six hour flight with Air China, I arrived at 11:30 PM in KL, went through...
Chengdu Panda Bear Sanctuary On my 6th day, I finally had a chance to visit the Pandas!!! I had decided not to go to the large Panda reservation in Wolong, but to the closer Panda Bear Sanctuary and Research Station directly in Chengdu. I have heard that...
Discover Beijing After we made it back to Beijing, feeling a lot better, Lisa started her sightseeing tour to discover Beijing. As she was here for about 2 more weeks, I could not take the whole time off. So during the week, Lisa went out to explore Beijing...
Going Abroad – My adventures in Germany, the US and China Going abroad… Well, I actually did that about three years ago… I am originally from Germany, but I moved to San Diego in August 2007 to continue my studies. I have already spent quite...
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