Kategorie: Asia and Pacific

Turkey – Cappadocia – October 2018

A destination very high on my travel list was Cappadocia in central Turkey. The fantastic landscape with its very strange looking rock formations is a result of the volcanos in the area creating a soft tuff layer. The soft tuff layer eroded over the 1000nds of years. Only at points […]

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Last Sunset at Rekawa Beach

Sri Lanka 2016 – Highlands and Beaches

After the stressful last weeks it was wonderful to escape into the warm. I am not a fan of Asia but I wanted to give Sri Lanka a try as I heard a lot of positive about the Island. On the world map Sri Lanka is „below“ Inda just above […]

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Yurts at Song Kul

Kyrgyzstan 2014 – Issyk Kul and Song Kul

„For work?“ I was was asked when I told I was travelling to Kyrgyzstan. No it was not for work – yes you can make holidays in Kyrgizstan. The idea of that trip came early this year. Via Internet I found a local tour leader – Talant Asemov – that […]

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Nepal and India 2012 – Annapurna Basecamp and Taj Mahal

  The reason for this trip was to see Taj Mahal, the last of the New 7 Wonders I have not seen. But I was not so motivated to go to India for more than one week, so I combined that trip with a Trekking Tour in Nepal. I have […]

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Nepal 2008 – Mt. Everest Basecamp

Nepal is known as the Mekka for Trekking. One of the famoust regions is the Mt. Everest (Khumbu) region. I joined a 2 week (Teahouse) Trekking Tour to Mt. Everest Basecamp. First I flew with Qatar Airways from Frankfurt via Doha to Kathmandu. The next morning we flew with Yeti […]

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China 2006 – Bejing to Hongkong

On this trip to China I went with a friend (Philipp) from University. We joined an adventure group tour with lots of young people around the world. In Beijing we stayed for a couple of days to visit all the famous sights. Very impressive was the day trip to the Great Wall. […]

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