RosjaIrkutskaya Oblast’Ol’khonskiy Rayon53°10’57” N 107°8’45” E
18 sierpnia 2017, Rosja ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Sometimes one needs to take a rest and so did we. This is our last day on Olkhon, so we hired bikes and pushed them up the mountain nearby. The rest of the day we spend at Shamanka, a picturesque and Czytaj więcej
RosjaRespublika BuryatiyaIvolginskiy RayonUlan-Ude51°49’25” N 107°36’44” E
20 sierpnia 2017, Rosja ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The time has come to dive into Russian trains one more time. This time: 3. class, 9,5 hours platzkart travel. An intense mixture of all possible human smells welcomes us as we board the open sleeping Czytaj więcej
MongoliaUlaanbaatar HotState Circus47°55’6” N 106°55’5” E
21 sierpnia 2017, Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We pass a huge amount of nothing until we get dropped off at the buzzing Dragon Bus station at the dirty outskirts of Ulaanbaatar. We meet Tegi and escape the crowd. "This is Ulaanbaatar" one of her Czytaj więcej
MongoliaTöv AymagBayan Bulagiin Hural48°1’0” N 107°29’21” E
23 sierpnia 2017, Mongolia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Tegi arranged a trip to the countryside. We take seats in a Toyota Prius and plough through unpaved roads while the Mongolians show us the incredible beauty of their vast country. For tonight we find Czytaj więcej
ChinyBeijing39°54’36” N 116°24’44” E
27 sierpnia 2017, Chiny ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
The contrast is huge: From Mongolia, one of the least populated countries on earth right into the heart of China. However, as a Westerner it is easier to navigate through Beijing as expected. From now Czytaj więcej
ChinyShanghai ShiWujiaochang31°19’10” N 121°31’51” E
30 sierpnia 2017, Chiny ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Shanghai. It seems everything is possible here. What used to be swampland 20 years ago is now China's striving financial district. The metro system is said soon to be the largest worldwide. On a Czytaj więcej
ChinyFujian ShengXianyue24°28’57” N 118°6’15” E
30 sierpnia 2017, Chiny ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
The bullet trains takes me from Shanghai to Xiamen in an unusual short period of time compared to the trains we took in Russia. I find accommodation and meet Hui Ting from couchsurfing: Together with Czytaj więcej
TajwanFukienKinmen CountyShanghou’an24°24’48” N 118°18’59” E 1 września 2017, Tajwan ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
From Xiamen I hop on the ferry to Kinmen, which is some kind of an outpost of Taiwan dating back to the Cold War times. Finally, the first footsteps on Taiwan! But they quickly turn into 2-wheeled Czytaj więcej
TajwanTaipeiZhongshanTaibei Zhan25°2’47” N 121°31’3” E
2 września 2017, Tajwan ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
One day full of events: Lynn and her sister pick me up from TSA airport, take me to Longshan Temple, a massage saloon and famous Taipei 101. Inbetween: the best food I've eaten during this journey if Czytaj więcej
TajwanTaiwanTaoyuanCuoziXuanwu Hu24°58’6” N 121°11’46” E
3 września 2017, Tajwan ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Finally! After 27 days of traveling I reach the National Central University of Taiwan which defines the final destination of my journey. Within a few hours I find accommodation for the next five Czytaj więcej
