China

We can watch the sunrise from our bed, everything is shrouded in thick fog and it is still raining. After breakfast we make our way to the cable car with our guide. The rain has subsided in the meantime and there are bright spots and lo and behold we still see something of the yellow […]

So yesterday evening the following happened. We arrive at the train station of Mount Huangshan, but no driver at the first exit. So out of the building, of course on the ground floor, where else. Exit????? Wooooo???? Ah here…. Still no driver. Markus starts searching… Sylvia is approached from behind and a sign with our […]

Mr. Yang picks us up at the hotel at 10 a.m . So we still have time to get a coffee in the morning. The only long noses far and wide. We drive half an hour to Tongli. One of the many water towns. At the entrance we meet Sahra, our companion from yesterday, she has new […]

Today we drive with Sahra to Suzhou. The drive takes 1.5 hours. She loves this city very much and tells us enthusiastically about it. Among other things, Suzho is also called the Venice of the East and is a well-known silk city. There is no airport in Suzhou, but it can be reached quickly by […]

Now we actually wake up in Shanghai. From the mountains directly to the mega city. These contrasts are still very impressive. Markus was here with Robert almost 10 years ago and already knew a little bit about what we will see today. Our tour guide is already waiting for us and we go to the […]

We start early, pack, have breakfast and at 7:30 a.m . we meet Mr. Hu and Alex. At the bakery around the corner, you already recognize us, we get a coffee and a little food for later on the train. The destination Today is Tianmen Mountain, which is located just eight kilometers south of the village of […]

Today we will go through the southern gate into the national park and until then we drive 40 minutes over a mountain with Mr. Hu’s minibus. Everything is green, wet from last night’s rain, and it smells wonderfully fresh. We don’t quite have 20 degrees and a good 80% humidity. Perfect for our noses and lungs.  The […]

Today we are supposed to be ready at 08:30 a.m., we manage, the breakfast in a canteen-like atmosphere was just OK. Markus had opted for fried rice and noodles, which was a good choice. We then went to the bakery, where there was fine coffee. Then we start on time and a big van drives […]

You can already hear footsteps, voices, doors, it is still early, and it is the end of the ship’s journey. One sunrise later we make our way to breakfast and then to the assembly point on deck 2, at 8 o’clock we leave. We say goodbye to Summer, she looked after us personally on the ship, many […]

Well rested, we go to breakfast shortly after 8 a.m ., because nothing happens until 11 a.m. Markus treats himself to a massage including foot care, you should see the back, bright red. But if it helps. In the meantime we pass the Qutang Gorge by ship. It’s impressive how the rocks suddenly rise into the air. There […]