Pascale passed away unexpectedly on July 13, 2016. We are unbelievably sad at heart and miss her so much. Her heart suddenly stopped beating while preparing the pictures for the next blog in a hotel in Langmusi (Sichuan, China). The…
Shangri-La
A mystical name! It stands for the searched for hidden paradise on earth, that had already played a roled in antic wisdom and was again dealt with in old buddhist books. For the people from western cultures James Hilton named…
climbing the edge of the tibeten plateau
From Lijian to Yulong National Park (Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) there was a lot of traffic. On the carpark of this 5A tourist attraction accordingly we the discovered the largest get-together of coaches we have ever came across in our…
Lijiang UNESCO World Heritage
Lijiang, since 1997 listed as UNESCO world heritage, is the old capital of the Naxi culture, a matriarchic structured society. Impressive how its architectonic structure could be kept/reconstructed over the whole area of the old town. It covers an area…
A short detour – a lucky strike
As we realised that all routes leading north out of Dali were major busy roads, we changed our mind in the last second. Therefore we headed south instead, back to the modern town at first, before riding around the southern…
A Chinese town
The towns and cities are all organised in a similar way. Often in the periphery there are new skyscraper living suburbs. In the outer circles you find the car/truck/bike mechanics. A little more towards the centee between the mechanics you…
Impressions from Yunnan
Men and women with straw hats or traditional colourful woven towls are walking steadily along the road. They either carry a hoe or a basket with rice seedlings on their way to the rice fields. In early summer in Yunnan…
Dali – a historic town with many faces
The centre of Bai culture, the capital of the autonomous Region Dali, the perfect location according Feng shui, the town between the 4000m range CangShan and lake Erhai, place of one of the most improtant Han buddhist Pagoda, former Mekka…
north of the tropic of cancer
After Lancang every valley became more interesting. The mountains gained in height, the valley became wilder, the rivers splashed louder. The passes of course became higher and the vegetation changed every day. Before Shuangjian we crossed the tropic of cancer…
Suprises – three episodes with Chinese
We were cycling downhill towards Lincang on a road with a lot of colourful bougonvillias. 100m ahead of us a car stopped and two smiling Chinese, mother and sun, steped out. With hand, feet and phone we learned that they…