Mandalay
11 Mart 2015, Myanmar ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Well, Mandalay is not quite as exotic as it's made out to be. In fact it's a dusty, dirty, polluted, busy, smelly grid of streets. And it's pushing 40 degrees (the picture below sums up the mood inOkumaya devam et
Kunming
12 Mart 2015, Çin ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Third time in China and it keeps getting better and crazier each time. Having checked into the hostel, I went for a walk through Green Lake park (feels like a smaller version of central park) beforeOkumaya devam et
Lijiang
15 Mart 2015, Çin ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
One word - Disneyland. Lijiang Old Town had been somewhat ruined by the consumerism of tourism. The old cobbled streets with rickety wooden buildings are an enchanting place to walk around in theOkumaya devam et
Tiger Leaping Gorge
17 Mart 2015, Çin ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Tiger Leaping Gorge is one of the deepest Gorges in the world and has a famous trail to tackle. The bus dropped us off at the beginning and the driver pointed vaguely up a dirt road. Eager to begin,Okumaya devam et
Lijiang
18 Mart 2015, Çin ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Celebrating St Patrick's day in style at an Irish Pub in China. After successfully completing the gorge trail we attacked all boissons Irish; Bulmers, Guinness, Baileys and, because it's green,Okumaya devam et
Lanzhou
19 Mart 2015, Çin ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Not a terribly exciting day although Ellen on the bus did help me with my Chinese. I can now count to ten and vaguely ask to go to the train station. Essential vocabulary in my case.
Lanzhou is aOkumaya devam et
Dunhuang
20 Mart 2015, Çin ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
An oasis town and once an important hub of the silk road, Dunhuang has little left of its historical character. However, out of town lies a wealth of fascinating sites.
Arriving at the train stationOkumaya devam et
Turpan
22 Mart 2015, Çin ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Turpan - death valley of China. At night it is freezing cold but by day the weather rivals that of a hot British August afternoon. I arrived at the train station after another overnight train to a mobOkumaya devam et
Kashgar
24 Mart 2015, Çin ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
After a long overnight train I arrived in the incredible city of Kashgar. Here, the majority of people are Uighur and of Islamic faith. The food and architecture a very middle eastern inflenced.Okumaya devam et
Osh
28 Mart 2015, Kırgızistan ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Here's a story about how to get from one ex-communist country to another.
First, get on a sleeper bus with thirty odd chinese men. Warning: you will be required to squeeze on to a bed the size of aOkumaya devam et
Bishkek
29 Mart 2015, Kırgızistan ⋅ ☁️ -3 °C
Let's play a game - spot the Lada! They are everywhere and seem to be the automotive brand of choice for the police force. So USSR. Today it started snowing and tomorrow the "high" is -6. I intend toOkumaya devam et
Bishkek
30 Mart 2015, Kırgızistan ⋅ 🌫 -9 °C
Miriam - schnee! And lots of it.
It has been below freezing for two days here in Bishkek, plummeting to a painful -13 yesterday morning.
The post office is very old fashioned. A giant map of theOkumaya devam et
Almaty
2 Nisan 2015, Kazakistan ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
Iz nice.
Tehran
4 Nisan 2015, İran ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Shiraz
6 Nisan 2015, İran ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Esfahan
7 Nisan 2015, İran ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Kashan
10 Nisan 2015, İran ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Tehran
11 Nisan 2015, İran ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Istanbul
12 Nisan 2015, Türkiye ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Konya
15 Nisan 2015, Türkiye ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Istanbul (again...)
19 Nisan 2015, Türkiye ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Sofia
20 Nisan 2015, Bulgaristan ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Nis
23 Nisan 2015, Sırbistan ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
Pristina
23 Nisan 2015, Kosova ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Skopje
26 Nisan 2015, Kuzey Makedonya ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C











































Richard BraithwaiteAs you are in the land of the Buddhas you should be reading the Heart Sutra; http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/heartsutra.html