Xishuangbanna… Poets and dreaming seekers of adventure would probably love that mesmerizing name. Add the words « jungle », « minorities » and « tea plantations » and now it sounds like the perfect place to go! In that state of mind, we rushed eagerly to…
Somewhere, in western Yunnan… It’s eight o’clock in the morning and we are already walking our way on the dark bitumen of the road. Where are we going? South. Always south. Following that dear travel mate of ours we call the Mekong.…
Last time you heard from us, we were in Sichuan. We spent two weeks in Emeishan, waiting for Mariette’s foot to heal while visiting the holy mountain and the giant Buddha of Leshan. But now it’s time to hit the…
Our amazing trip to the source of the Mekong river has come to an end… Yet our travel has just started! The Mekong river, flowing down from the holy source of Zaxiqiwa, will soon enter Tibet territory. But, as we…
Today is THE day! How to tell the extraordinary, the indescribable? Where to start? Those last 48hours has been like a lifetime experience… We leave Zadoi at sunrise, and head to a moutain pass at 5000m high. We are stunned…
Beijing, western railway station, 13:00. The huge station hall is overcrowded and messy. The result of thousands of chinese people pushing each other trying to make their way to their platform! Of course, we get lost. Until a young chinese…
8 days in Beijing, first impressions of China If we start to think about it, the ideas we get of Beijing from Europe are quite blurry and/or completely cliché. We all remember from a boring old school lesson that the…