Tag Archive | China
Bienvenue a Dakar! Welcome to Dakar – First impressions from my first visit to Senegal
First Conference day in Senegal: Indecent offers: two, power-cuts: one, adventure factor: great.
Trans-Siberian Railway Diary – Day Two
12:36, September 25th 2012, 21 hours down, 89 hours to go till Moscow. The first night wasn’t nearly as cosy as I had hoped for based on my experience from train rides in China and Mongolia. The lights were on till late and my nose got so clogged up from the heat I could hardly breathe. On top of […]
It’s a long way to the Gobi, especially when things happen to your bus
A journey to the Gobi with public Mongolian transport can be quite the adventure. Especially when the drive is about 16 hours long and over night.
A ride on the Trans-Mongolian Railway
After one of the unfriendliest cab drivers I’ve encountered in Beijing refused to drive me a bit closer to the entrance of the station I heaved my 23kg heavy and 30 years old Samsonite out of the trunk and into the rain.
Back home in the middle kingdom – How China Eastern Airlines are fostering Chinese civil society (maybe)
Having an unplanned seven-hour layover with a two-hour delay on top can also be a great opportunity to witness a tiny bit of Chinese civil society.
Mini Break in Thailand: Dive into relaxation on Koh Tao
Nirvana is playing in the background, a cold bottle of Chang beer next to my laptop on the wooden table and one of my best friends M. is on the bench reading my book. While the bar is filling up with the local expats and other people waiting for the train, I am reminiscing on […]
Thai Food Part II: Lovely lunch, scrumptious snacks and delectable din dins à la Thai
These dishes can be eaten for lunch or dinner and most of them are served for breakfast too. I’m going to refrain from telling you about the full on classics, such as Tom Yum soup or Pad Thai and focus more on the dishes that are not the first a tourist yells when you say […]
Thai Food Part 1: The perfect start to any morning: Thai Breakfast
I know there have been whole books and blogs on this subject. But I cannot keep from writing about this anyhow: Thai Food! If you can’t have Thai Food after reading this blog, maybe keep it for another time, you have been warned. If you’re a vegan you might want to skip this one as well. […]
Volunteering with intellectually challenged youth in China
Most foreigners volunteering in China are teaching in schools, but even though they are not easy to find, there are other options. One possibility for foreigners is volunteering at the Special Commune, a Non-Governmental Organisation working with disabled Youth.
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