China

Unfortunately, Markus has now also caught a cold and slept badly. We also find something for breakfast in the large buffet. At 8:40 a.m. we are sitting in the restaurant on deck 3 with earphones and a receiver with which we can understand our English-speaking guide well. We wait patiently until group 6 is complete. So that’s […]

This morning at 10 a.m. we were picked up by our tour guide Han. She explains something about Chongqing to us. It is a city state and covers a total of 84,000 km2, and has 32 million inhabitants. In the city center there are 10 million. Chongqing, also called oven or fog city, is located […]

In the morning at 6:30 a.m . Markus sets off to see the sunrise at the golden summit. Unfortunately there was a lot of fog, but the atmosphere was mystical. A temple was open and the monks performed their morning ritual. Sylvia stayed in the room, unfortunately her nose is tight, I’m sure it will get better […]

Today it’s time to repack. We only take our backpacks with us. The rest stays with the driver in the car. Our tour guide Maya explains to us in the car on the way to Leshan the origin of Buddhism. We are already slain. We can hardly process so much information. After 2 hours we […]

Whenever you think, THAT was a super great breakfast buffet, it tops the next one. We can’t get rid of the feeling that someone from the kitchen once worked in Switzerland. There were pretzel rolls and Swiss Emmental, a feast. In Chengdu there is a panda breeding station 15 km away. We were in the […]

The day starts with Chinese breakfast’s TV, it doesn’t come any other than with us, war in the Middle East and our colleague with the red tie, Last day in Tibet. We visit the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. It was built by the first Dalai Lama. We were not even aware of that. In one of […]

We start at 9:00 a.m . On our 6-7 hour drive to Shigatse we make the first stop at Yalu Tsangbu, the longest river in Tibet, 6th longest river in China, highest large river in the world and flows into the Indian Ocean in India. We drive on into the mountains. Our driver’s car is really […]

It goes really well with the altitude. Our oxygen saturation is around 95% again, we are very happy. And so we are in good spirits for the ascent today to the Potala Palace. From 1642 to 1959 it was the official residence and seat of government of the Dalai Lamas, although the massive structure is […]

We survived the first night at 3,650 meters above sea level well. We all followed the advice. Yes, it’s really strange to walk so slowly, drinking 3 liters of water is not that difficult, you’re thirsty all the time anyway. This also comes from the Diamox that we took as a preventive measure against altitude […]

We are picked up punctually by Mia and our driver and driven to the airport, on the way we see countless residential silos again. The drive takes about an hour, Mia takes us to check-in, we also have to show the special Tibet visa. At the airport there is still coffee, and a sandwich and […]