Road Trip North of the Arctic Circle – Part 5 – The Lofoten & a Moose!!!
12.07.2018 Björkliden (Sweden) – Mortsund / Leknes (Norway) 355 km As we reached Norway again, the weather cleared up some more and there was even some sun and blue skies.…
Road Trip North of the Arctic Circle – Part 6 – The end of the road at the Lofoten!
13.07.2018 Reaching Svolvær we parked the car again by the shopping mall in the center. It was approx 13:30 and in addition to the 1 hr free parking I paid…
Tales from the French Rivers …
My Mom keeps telling this story about me. She says when I was little and somebody asked me what I wanted to be when I grow up, I would answer…
Ecuador & Galapagos 2016 – Ein Rückblick
ECUADOR RUNDREISE & KREUZFAHRT auf dem Katamaran M/C ANAHI durch die GALAPAGOS INSELWELT 20. Oktober - 05. November 2016 20.10.2016 Pünktlich um 07:00 Abflug von Frankfurt via Amsterdam nach Quito…
By Train from Tibet to Berlin in Winter — Part 1 — Stop Over Kathmandu
29.01.2018 The great adventure started with a week in Kathmandu to sort out my China Visa. After some long flights with short connections I (and my luggage) arrived finally in…
By train from Tibet to Berlin in Winter — Part 2 — Tibet!
05.02.2018 Why did I opt to fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa? I had done the 7 nights overland tour in a jeep from Kathmandu to Lhasa in 2007 and it…
By train from Tibet to Berlin in Winter — Part 3 — On the way to Beijing!
07.02.2018 Now the great train adventure starts! I arrived at the Lhasa train station well ahead of time. Strict security is in place to even enter the station. First ID…
By Train from Tibet to Berlin in Winter — Part 4 — Beijing, the Great Wall, roast duck & scorpions
09.02.2018 The Emperor Qianmen Hotel is located in a side street right in the center. Check in was quick, they even spoke well enough English. It seems post modern. In…
By train from Tibet to Berlin in Winter — Part 5 — Ice, ice in Harbin, baby!
12.02.2018 Arrived in Harbin with approx. 1.5 hrs delay. The small airport was packed with people. More flights seemed to have arrived at the same time. Finding my luggage was…
By train from Tibet to Berlin in Winter — Part 6 — Russia’s Wild Far East, Tigers & the Pacific!
15.02.2018 The flight from Harbin to Vladivostok was short with about 1 hr 20 min and it was only about half an hour delayed. One of my friends asked –…