Slowly getting nervous...
7 сентября 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Die letzte Trainingsfahrt
10 сентября 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Den letzten Sonntag vor der Reise haben wir für unsere letzte Trainingsrunde genutzt. Wir haben uns eine ganz besondere Tour bis zum Schluss aufgehoben: Den kompletten Mauerradweg an einem Tag. EsЧитать далее
Almost ready
15 сентября 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Packing. Almost set. But we have the feeling there is something very black, very heavy, very hairy we should not take to China...
Bikes everywhere
17 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Recently a lot of people in Berlin were complaining about the amount of shared bikes in Berlin. Well, they definitely have never been to Beijing 🚴🏻♀️😁
Hutong life
17 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Hutongs are definitely a lot different from
what I expected. While most of them were torn down in recent years to make space for new highrise condos, they apparently experience a hip revival. SomeЧитать далее
E-Mobility in Beijing
18 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
While Germany is talking about e-mobility China is doing it. With fascinating vehicles. But they are everywhere and make the city super quiet, especially off the main streets. Obviously even ducks areЧитать далее
The first buddhist monastery
20 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We arrived in the Himalaya and that means that we visited our first buddhist monastery, the Kumbum monastery in Huangzhung. The temple is the birthplace of Tsongkhapa, the founder of Gelug buddhismЧитать далее
Wannabe Rockstar friendly
20 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Have you ever been in the mood of destroying a hotel room but were afraid of the costs? Go to China. They have a pricelist for each and every item in the room, so you can party according to yourЧитать далее
ПутешественникI do understand one wants to destroy the scale, but the „tea thing“? What do they even mean with „tea thing“? 😉
Dancing in the streets
20 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
No need for a dance floor in China. Just go to the nearest park, set up your boom box, turn the volume to max and start dancing. No matter if you are into Chinese pop music, traditional songs orЧитать далее
Путешественник
I did. I was actually dancing with them. The choreographies are not that hard😁
Arriving in Lhasa
21 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
So, we finally made it to Lhasa.
After a 24 hrs train ride across 5000 m high passes and permafrost ground.
No altitude sickness so far, and we immediately got some chinese medicine to keep it thatЧитать далее
Visiting Potala palace
22 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
It is without doubt one of the most impressive buildings in the world: The Dalai Lama's palace in Lhasa. Being Tibet's palace and administrative building since the 17th century it's now empty sinceЧитать далее
Debates
23 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
According to buddhist belief in Tibet ignorance is one of the greatest sins (the others are greed and jealousy).
Monks have to study all their life. More importantly they have to understand... SoЧитать далее
Getting serious now....
24 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We are starting for the first 60km now!
Day 1: Easy going
24 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
An easy first day of biking. Flat, only 100m height on 65km. Very good road. Quite a lot of traffic, but super relaxed. Everybody is very tolerant with us, passing cars are keeping a lot of distance.Читать далее
Changes in scenery
27 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Yesterday we passed one of the highest glaciers in the world. After a long uphill ride to 5040 m, the glacier suddenly appeared before us reaching up to over 7100 m. It was simply breathtaking (andЧитать далее
Visiting a chinese supermarket
29 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
It's always interesting visiting a supermarket in another country. Here you can find: Weird vine bottles, Schnaps from the barrel (in different qualities), more soy sauce than you can imagine, animalЧитать далее
Staying on the tibetan countryside
30 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
We found a hotel for the night. It‘s clean and it has Wifi. And it has an outstanding interior. And a donkey!
Only drawback: It doesn‘t have a toilet😯. But on this trip we anyway have to getЧитать далее
ПутешественникEither we crossed the road where there were no buildings or right next to the building. That were the official places.... Fun fact: the building was quite new. For what reason ever they didn't put a toilet in or at least lose to the house...
Meet the team
30 сентября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
You might have guessed so: We are not alone on the road. It's actually quite a big team. Four people doing the tour, our German guide, a tibetian guide and two drivers. A van and a truck.
That mayЧитать далее
A challenging but rewarding day
2 октября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ 🌙 2 °C
Today was our hardest trip so far.
First a long uphill ride to 5200 m.
And then a downhill ride that felt like going uphill again because of the really strong headwind.
But....
We saw the MountЧитать далее
Going to mount Everest base camp
3 октября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
Today we don't cycle but go to the mount Everest base camp by bus. It would be possible to cycle, but it already takes 4 hours by car. All in all it would probably take 3 days to go up, see theЧитать далее
Drinking tea at mount Everest
3 октября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
We arrived at the first (tourist) camp. Now it's tea and noodle soup time. And dry meet time for one of our guides.
We also visited the highest post office in the world. So if you get a card from us,Читать далее
At mount Everest
3 октября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
This is as close you can get. Amazing views, though you are not allowed to go closer or to the mountaineers base camp.
And right next to the camp a very old monastery. And the monastery's toilet isЧитать далее
Staying in a tibetian village
4 октября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 0 °C
Coming back from the mountain we had accommodation in a small village. We stayed with a tibetian family in a traditional house. On the ground floor a living room, the only room in the house withЧитать далее
Police and thiefs
4 октября 2018 г., Китай ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Tibet has broken vehicles on the road, with police signs. Maybe a reminder that police exists?
Crossing the border
7 октября 2018 г., Непал ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Crossing the border to Nepal was really a show. The contrast between the two countries could not be more obvious. A big customs building, which was meant to impress in China vs. a shed in Nepal. EvenЧитать далее