tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83353749483653361292024-02-19T04:46:21.098+01:00RTWStill on the road!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-56928773610312911592012-12-29T15:56:00.000+01:002012-12-29T15:56:06.854+01:00Still driving!It's been a long time. I've done more than 3000km already, the last thousand or so with Fred and his 350cm Bullet. All through Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and now Orissa. <br><br>
We're enjoying the beach in Puri at the moment and will stay here for New Year's. After that it's gonna be Calcutta and then into the North East finally!!!<br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5D_NsT_bZgYBKHmHSuRENvX_yzwM0TAhXE4PgMcoGuFz-Xe-SC12jc-BPfAap3eSkJovODsrCkL9ILe5zqUEIVahebb-zmiha3EmqAcymygdVGfq735x4SLAh1O1rVPxHgKltdQB5YO5y/s1600/IMG_0106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5D_NsT_bZgYBKHmHSuRENvX_yzwM0TAhXE4PgMcoGuFz-Xe-SC12jc-BPfAap3eSkJovODsrCkL9ILe5zqUEIVahebb-zmiha3EmqAcymygdVGfq735x4SLAh1O1rVPxHgKltdQB5YO5y/s320/IMG_0106.jpg" /></a>
<br><br>Kerala Sunset<br><br>
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<br><br>Trichy<br><br>
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<br><br>Trichy temple (Shiva's Water lingam)<br><br>
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<br><br>Trichy temple carvings<br><br>
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<br><br>Madurai temple (Shiva's Fire Lingam)<br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrIrreje_EoivEOql9FaV-Lu1eSN7glgxrDz39_MQkMCqoLhPA3_kZc0u-SfZQsOrHC2LXAGMxUQCI6QZicQ1Zrz3pyMXOyVlFH0R3c8pGzcktbv5UkAUTM7_VE_d48wuUBbfoNz29mj2/s1600/IMG_0415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHrIrreje_EoivEOql9FaV-Lu1eSN7glgxrDz39_MQkMCqoLhPA3_kZc0u-SfZQsOrHC2LXAGMxUQCI6QZicQ1Zrz3pyMXOyVlFH0R3c8pGzcktbv5UkAUTM7_VE_d48wuUBbfoNz29mj2/s320/IMG_0415.jpg" /></a>
<br><br>Madurai temple cow<br><br>
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<br><br>Madurai<br><br>
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<br><br>Mamallapuram<br><br>
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<br><br>1000km to Calcutta!<br><br>
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<br><br>Orissa<br><br><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfszFH4GrZCiZW1dnUI0VPmrdlGbq8LqpRi6kAuC6WeKnqOE4fpxwMvdbneMRMUuL_Gio27F6mCLOhFfE4I222Cgkc6co19ZQHy9tEk0ZkgkywMEe2HwtGiS-CKN4vGkxjA1OpKxXr7AOy/s1600/IMG_0626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfszFH4GrZCiZW1dnUI0VPmrdlGbq8LqpRi6kAuC6WeKnqOE4fpxwMvdbneMRMUuL_Gio27F6mCLOhFfE4I222Cgkc6co19ZQHy9tEk0ZkgkywMEe2HwtGiS-CKN4vGkxjA1OpKxXr7AOy/s320/IMG_0626.jpg" /></a>
<br><br>Orissa!<br><br>
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<br><br>Orissa<br><br>
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<br><br>well...<br><br>
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<br><br>The nicest place in India at Chennai train station!<br><br>
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<br><br>The all new Pulsar!<br><br>
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<br><br>Apparently you can't go into Pizza Hut and order a couple of tomatoes...<br><br>
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Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-5410745106839752722012-12-03T11:45:00.000+01:002012-12-03T11:46:41.749+01:00Update Driving Day XCant type much... Computer rebooting constantly. <br><br>
Drove many kilometers. Bike doing fine. Missing screws reattached, tires inflated, oil changed, chain oiled, brake adjusted. Still dirty though. Currently hailing from some place called Allapuzha. Gonna be in Thiruvananthapuram soon. So far no problems, only a 400Rs ticket in Mysore for not wearing a helmet. Was valid for the whole day though... <br><br>
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Gokarna - Om Beach<br><br>
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Hampi - main temple <br><br>
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Hampi - ruins <br><br>
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Hampi - surroundings<br><br>
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Muslim festival Ashura in a small town 5km from Hampi<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ygJjs4SBH5oPHfp0VEVz6e4YDiq29O1m17g4hc8NfTcXug5C_3DVYZtwfJPivjLYbSn5EEnKsO5hLAq_hTveEPLbVJJ8l4s-gXz6YdWdvlX97N96UV_6bddisioCAaIhTSiEAYcsf3nJ/s1600/IMG_9680.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="320" width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ygJjs4SBH5oPHfp0VEVz6e4YDiq29O1m17g4hc8NfTcXug5C_3DVYZtwfJPivjLYbSn5EEnKsO5hLAq_hTveEPLbVJJ8l4s-gXz6YdWdvlX97N96UV_6bddisioCAaIhTSiEAYcsf3nJ/s320/IMG_9680.JPG" /></a><br><br>Salt is thrown in a great pit and then blessed wood is burnt therein.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9va5y-krwrYQ6PkK4p7D1HftxQJw1CpBxPShy4huAi3-2FonWjmiWqrHoSqbw5Qf8Z7YbQMAbEJ253C1UB0FLAKPNRyG7R1fS9sHHhPIET5Ync67IVmoiJ8f6dTBQsx8X8a7bZszAlvES/s1600/IMG_9752.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9va5y-krwrYQ6PkK4p7D1HftxQJw1CpBxPShy4huAi3-2FonWjmiWqrHoSqbw5Qf8Z7YbQMAbEJ253C1UB0FLAKPNRyG7R1fS9sHHhPIET5Ync67IVmoiJ8f6dTBQsx8X8a7bZszAlvES/s320/IMG_9752.JPG" /></a><br><br>Miscalculated bridge works sorrounding Hampi<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCr9m0NvXzISUYNwrryN5HrJFl7GHxWB-gieHAjR6eT9jOPNnx_X0Rm62_n1V_p60XuXxCq-r5wKaZmOpTW7kE0_PEyG1N0yp5uMm0yrwCbFeMIx6yqUwCFSNsklnbVB7n47K0YL3kqZO/s1600/IMG_9764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCr9m0NvXzISUYNwrryN5HrJFl7GHxWB-gieHAjR6eT9jOPNnx_X0Rm62_n1V_p60XuXxCq-r5wKaZmOpTW7kE0_PEyG1N0yp5uMm0yrwCbFeMIx6yqUwCFSNsklnbVB7n47K0YL3kqZO/s320/IMG_9764.JPG" /></a><br><br>On better luck!<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQg1wuAM4XX4ElirqSmpc-6ZBuonGnZ87tbtLAaDqDtWHsFydPoF70PQuwzY6V_HFhw-37IGtr_kZRSeCxzC2ugnBmtL25LWn6leG0Qm-ZTjP4BcvgoAEBCIGyvfrsO-pWDxwdbNe5BWJP/s1600/IMG_9797.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="320" width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQg1wuAM4XX4ElirqSmpc-6ZBuonGnZ87tbtLAaDqDtWHsFydPoF70PQuwzY6V_HFhw-37IGtr_kZRSeCxzC2ugnBmtL25LWn6leG0Qm-ZTjP4BcvgoAEBCIGyvfrsO-pWDxwdbNe5BWJP/s320/IMG_9797.JPG" /></a><br><br>Halebeedur Temple <br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3DZK2TyUJ9-zYLrUI5mRxEpSNU2U79hmvkmwgWXFYWasQU0EG2Y77egfOuodMLCa-lhDQ0cNGdzyaZSTrB4daFmKTxjC3iLwXM9m4QN0DLjWS2MVSqEXOd01bPbyKvf4ZKtG7DqKmF8x/s1600/IMG_9806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="320" width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy3DZK2TyUJ9-zYLrUI5mRxEpSNU2U79hmvkmwgWXFYWasQU0EG2Y77egfOuodMLCa-lhDQ0cNGdzyaZSTrB4daFmKTxjC3iLwXM9m4QN0DLjWS2MVSqEXOd01bPbyKvf4ZKtG7DqKmF8x/s320/IMG_9806.JPG" /></a><br><br>Halebeedur carvings.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlA7Kky4BJOoSOZiArga63d0AQezXiRgivnT84__Hh-C__7ir2kKxB7XRFvarYeAD4qtgxuf1IkLV4tKtkuDAoinoSgj9hH_SchotpjT8eMveyPdKNM_2hEU13P0_qaAVhIDyLmbuCdX1n/s1600/IMG_9810.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlA7Kky4BJOoSOZiArga63d0AQezXiRgivnT84__Hh-C__7ir2kKxB7XRFvarYeAD4qtgxuf1IkLV4tKtkuDAoinoSgj9hH_SchotpjT8eMveyPdKNM_2hEU13P0_qaAVhIDyLmbuCdX1n/s320/IMG_9810.JPG" /></a><br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1jqvbf7dyJ5PvF4-HXYikKXaa6-vGfesaiYi-hPe87qIAttBhs1xYaWZS-EADUmEMCYL-nOby_4pn151ztviRmKF1c-l5Gw_JHk7QYHwqKSqZXloX88k7b4Iay4uwl2EmMyGjGb8NGO-/s1600/IMG_9840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="320" width="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1jqvbf7dyJ5PvF4-HXYikKXaa6-vGfesaiYi-hPe87qIAttBhs1xYaWZS-EADUmEMCYL-nOby_4pn151ztviRmKF1c-l5Gw_JHk7QYHwqKSqZXloX88k7b4Iay4uwl2EmMyGjGb8NGO-/s320/IMG_9840.JPG" /></a><br><br>Dat cleavage!<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5ZjCsMMWiY8kcaNDSkEXgymKfolFO7QO45WOcaXNCTWx7fJHQ0UdAmKrMsl6yQ9gcjWUIxh15uLI8IcDxPmO3ZtYDGmxcKjm2nrWAyZZS0BxN7vESPe5u8-Z5hMpZtvxrnN6h2vUlWGx/s1600/IMG_9862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5ZjCsMMWiY8kcaNDSkEXgymKfolFO7QO45WOcaXNCTWx7fJHQ0UdAmKrMsl6yQ9gcjWUIxh15uLI8IcDxPmO3ZtYDGmxcKjm2nrWAyZZS0BxN7vESPe5u8-Z5hMpZtvxrnN6h2vUlWGx/s320/IMG_9862.JPG" /></a><br><br>Mysore mechanic lane.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wVq6pSzTSbm08Aia_HOT0t0lS7DymMI10bvy2lDE-cRPqlYH3NzfVq1AsEUdzihGiEmjlijoUXkPb8HxOVlus6hKOcquEu2oXkN9X6vDekKoC7MTwbb5m0Ffy_jPkrO1v_xu82KqomSp/s1600/IMG_9896.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wVq6pSzTSbm08Aia_HOT0t0lS7DymMI10bvy2lDE-cRPqlYH3NzfVq1AsEUdzihGiEmjlijoUXkPb8HxOVlus6hKOcquEu2oXkN9X6vDekKoC7MTwbb5m0Ffy_jPkrO1v_xu82KqomSp/s320/IMG_9896.JPG" /></a><br><br>Kerala parking lot.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28SE2iO9XXBOU_IGDX6LPR4Iznf0xYDkibFyENzS8hVfbs_SSvzBXZVIksUBXlxhwiqJHfsox9wuOa91j_k54XjM7_51NfkSW-nT1LPZNAoL9KdfYi4hYKJ6k8sYAkOPFiLuq4ja7l9bC/s1600/IMG_9905.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28SE2iO9XXBOU_IGDX6LPR4Iznf0xYDkibFyENzS8hVfbs_SSvzBXZVIksUBXlxhwiqJHfsox9wuOa91j_k54XjM7_51NfkSW-nT1LPZNAoL9KdfYi4hYKJ6k8sYAkOPFiLuq4ja7l9bC/s320/IMG_9905.JPG" /></a><br><br>With attached soccer field.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVREIanQ9s556aIaQSK4M__8TjM_gpT14EeZvTnBdwN9nlozSgkPSXbf47ya1Aiv5Yx5ESvEIADFAdJlNXfigiDcaD1IYdkYua4UPNn4JVSo7iL32sIB9UDlmDJLmSfYScR4AA1GEJvByv/s1600/IMG_9924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVREIanQ9s556aIaQSK4M__8TjM_gpT14EeZvTnBdwN9nlozSgkPSXbf47ya1Aiv5Yx5ESvEIADFAdJlNXfigiDcaD1IYdkYua4UPNn4JVSo7iL32sIB9UDlmDJLmSfYScR4AA1GEJvByv/s320/IMG_9924.JPG" /></a><br><br>Kerala backwaters.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGrOGe8NIlmvJ4hi3svagYVQ_HrzpwxCXjNEru8lBOpPZaYVKPLkePHOb2xcF4W62HvkoDdUhM9ArtepsZoD6OUdsU7nqi6BydXs4oMvqWufyoGP0hxyY09Y4p2bGa5xiB124csRZo2iV/s1600/IMG_9945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhGrOGe8NIlmvJ4hi3svagYVQ_HrzpwxCXjNEru8lBOpPZaYVKPLkePHOb2xcF4W62HvkoDdUhM9ArtepsZoD6OUdsU7nqi6BydXs4oMvqWufyoGP0hxyY09Y4p2bGa5xiB124csRZo2iV/s320/IMG_9945.JPG" /></a><br><br>Village life.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz38sBEXeRLYym42oIxMs4LhqoiFVYa9VQop4jBGvnby84SUpfXJ5paBsP2DY88dbmoIxs4HLgnTbY6xyhcANgHdV6WtJDhcoLivbTXkAfDKSH-3qIUsHYy744g6H6_NrYDeeLRd5a7rvG/s1600/IMG_0044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz38sBEXeRLYym42oIxMs4LhqoiFVYa9VQop4jBGvnby84SUpfXJ5paBsP2DY88dbmoIxs4HLgnTbY6xyhcANgHdV6WtJDhcoLivbTXkAfDKSH-3qIUsHYy744g6H6_NrYDeeLRd5a7rvG/s320/IMG_0044.JPG" /></a><br><br>backwaters.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoY_Vm9YKNc3YI7yJjyU3AlasHs-4cpj3MDaqVsUCD5Y6OsFzVKqVia00FkB3sZyOU04NTO_SUgsdRJTvNzjcrZ6Hu_iTLP9Kq069WrsOQQaEE5aVvk-iGOFfOKgzbHPwbnx0UFXAtE38/s1600/IMG_0061.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoY_Vm9YKNc3YI7yJjyU3AlasHs-4cpj3MDaqVsUCD5Y6OsFzVKqVia00FkB3sZyOU04NTO_SUgsdRJTvNzjcrZ6Hu_iTLP9Kq069WrsOQQaEE5aVvk-iGOFfOKgzbHPwbnx0UFXAtE38/s320/IMG_0061.JPG" /></a><br><br>backwaters.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CLxfEZhORGChoMv3t9C6rEMuMLn7Dd6mza14NhwCzDeeuwxfPEe4BVLm71d3GorGXbb9ooIOBDCNirG7ly6qE6B46Wp5uPCCtmGoxnCOID_eCp95aQ30hN_vx28jKyaPG5LArBXtrvJf/s1600/IMG_9962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="213" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-CLxfEZhORGChoMv3t9C6rEMuMLn7Dd6mza14NhwCzDeeuwxfPEe4BVLm71d3GorGXbb9ooIOBDCNirG7ly6qE6B46Wp5uPCCtmGoxnCOID_eCp95aQ30hN_vx28jKyaPG5LArBXtrvJf/s320/IMG_9962.JPG" /></a><br><br>backwaters.<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xSCFswsVNEVcQMO0VNSejSBz0WrIdFB_3XBfYAEOqzoz636jBEljfqlgYH_1SysK-N-iLI717yFrnCmf4KNOIEB462hCVV8fWn6YU3r8m1I1WaxLTSAZzRo5acqJ2MEAG_PURD4nP33B/s1600/Photo0242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-xSCFswsVNEVcQMO0VNSejSBz0WrIdFB_3XBfYAEOqzoz636jBEljfqlgYH_1SysK-N-iLI717yFrnCmf4KNOIEB462hCVV8fWn6YU3r8m1I1WaxLTSAZzRo5acqJ2MEAG_PURD4nP33B/s320/Photo0242.jpg" /></a><br><br>Refilling your gas station? Sure, gimme that chair and that PVC tube to hold the hose...<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWKPg8no1IpvNZWCEac0ws4J9_wdf8MYh0b-sKsu3QjG8zZIhXS7eENpyQujcmu14xnRdV8hN7e2L7-_yWGnNIMcZTnhFbX7AV5ZBa9hhauWy98f0cYEUIt5ZZVQIZouJvMFjHIpHmFeU/s1600/Photo0244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="320" width="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWKPg8no1IpvNZWCEac0ws4J9_wdf8MYh0b-sKsu3QjG8zZIhXS7eENpyQujcmu14xnRdV8hN7e2L7-_yWGnNIMcZTnhFbX7AV5ZBa9hhauWy98f0cYEUIt5ZZVQIZouJvMFjHIpHmFeU/s320/Photo0244.jpg" /></a><br><br>Promises to keep...<br><br>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3l3zsggG7BLEYsEyrItNMNKCzpOBo5K3kJXdZKTNs4W1DqeUhoBmAaUN3KdkKBwvBcpEwiCU8wfIsCzrtDdkzzbbqET0Qwj0HCDf8xKu3oJaY6bibFpul_gR1LXl_5M8lu5P3iGJZqyy/s1600/Photo0247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs3l3zsggG7BLEYsEyrItNMNKCzpOBo5K3kJXdZKTNs4W1DqeUhoBmAaUN3KdkKBwvBcpEwiCU8wfIsCzrtDdkzzbbqET0Qwj0HCDf8xKu3oJaY6bibFpul_gR1LXl_5M8lu5P3iGJZqyy/s320/Photo0247.jpg" /></a><br><br>BAM!<br><br>
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Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-7561956975334081372012-11-17T07:18:00.001+01:002012-11-17T07:19:04.271+01:00Driving day 2 & ArambolTo summarize day 1:<br>
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km: 369<br>
police checks: 2<br>
bribes: 0<br>
documents wanted: driver's license 1x<br>
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Day two started off easy on highway 17 but around Ratnagiri I couldn't wait any longer and wanted to see the ocean, so I headed East until I found it and then south on some obscure little roads all the way to Rajapur where I found highway 17 again. This took a lot of time and it got dark shortly before I crossed the border into Goa, which was no problem at all.<br><br>The roads were easy on me and the bike, as expected even though traffic on the 17 was a bit annoying sometimes.
A bigger problem was finding Arambol... the people along the highway all sent me to Mapusa to get directions, which is some 40km in the wrong way. So I took my chances and drove down the next road leaving highway 17 to the right. After going through Pernem and some villages I finally arrived in Harmle, next to Arambol. There I met Amar and bam! I had a room for the night!<br><br>
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So day two we have:
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km: 400<br>
police checks: 1<br>
bribes: 0<br>
documents wanted: 0<br>
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Right now I'm stuck in Arambol waiting for new front brakes. Somehow there is some air in places where it shouldn't be and they got stuck, blocking the wheel...<br>
They are coming in from Mapusa and will cost a whoopin' 1750rs (+ installation)<br><br>
Then, either late in the afternoon or tomorrow morning, I'll be off to Agonda, where there is less trouble. Arambol has become a bit weird. There is almost exclusively Israeli and Russian people here, and many of them with small kids. This is definitely not the place for kids. In the first two weeks of November alone 4 people died of drug abuse and 2 days ago a girl was raped on the beach next to sweet lake.<br>It is time to get out of here. Breakfast is waiting.
Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-29602855229055460102012-11-15T07:06:00.000+01:002012-11-15T07:06:12.230+01:00Touring India, Day 1
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Highway 4 from Mumbai to Pune: 6 lanes, doing kilometers!!!
Mumbai itself... pain in the ass... ferry not taking bikes across atm, had to drive all through 'town'... was hoping for a huge sign that said "THE FUCKING REST OF INDIA", but didn't see one. Just kept heading towards a feeling of north east and took the right turn I guess...
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Highway 4 after Pune is still nice but lots of construction going on and a lot of traffic. Didn't want to take it actually. I wanted to go straight on highway 17 but somehow it seems I missed a turn. Then decided to go by Mahabaleshwar but didn't expect the mountains to be that high... The road via Panchgani is extremely beautiful leading through lush valleys, green fields and old trees next to the street! Well worth it. Then the mountains of course boasted majestic views!
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That's my bike by the way! 2005 Honda Unicorn, 150ccm, 13bhp, 45km/l. It says 15000km on it but that can't be trusted.
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But obviously the road up there (and especially the one down) was horrible and took forever, so it got dark and I stopped at some shitty restaurant/hotel along the way for too much money. The first thing I saw in the bathroom was a cockroach quite a bit bigger than my thumb, must have been at least 5-6cm and it even took 3 hits from my flipflop to die. But little did I know that the place was actually quite beautiful:
The view from my balcony<br><br>
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river behind the building<br><br>
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That's it for today, heading off for the third day of driving soon, will post more and longer posts!
Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-57899725678486504842009-06-05T11:14:00.009+02:002009-06-05T12:35:42.757+02:00HawaiiHah, I lied.<br />The Hawaii blog is coming before I leave for Oahu tomorrow.<br /><br />It all started in the 'Waikiki Beachside Hostel' where you can spend a night in a crammed room with no AC for thirty bucks a night. There I met good people, like Greg from Scotland and bad people like Hollywood from Idaho and everything in between. <br />We had lots of fun and I didn't go swimming once. <br /><br />After a couple of days our crew took the public bus for 2$ and randomly stopped somewhere on the north shore, and we found a nice place!<br /><br />More and more people left and in the end only Greg and me were left but others had joined us at that time already.<br /><br />Then Greg headed to Canada and I flew to Maui for 40$.<br /><br />That's where I got my car and conquered the island myself. Slept in the car at a beach in Hana, after the spectacular 600 curves and 43 one lane bridges drive there, and went on to the camping grounds of the Haleakala volcano. There I gave a ride to Gale and Jordan, a couple who lives here since they wanted to do a hike and needed to park their car (with big Obama bumper stickers) elsewhere. When I met them again on the camping ground where I intended to sleep they invited me over to stay at the place the next night (after watching sunrise on the summit the next morning). And that's where I've been the last three days.<br /><br />The pictures are not in any specific order.<br /><br /><br />Wa'a valley hike<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjibAVc9FGUYt00ssaHJM2AdzCjsAW5xedxszcgZrfCce_TXAyclnjaYKFakvKXbtUZL8BRXBWqNKxOmjquoT8PYeEZXwWWIYvP3Q3TyaqCAvbwuM47X03v7FGer9fniY30c_OMa5TJrCd/s1600-h/IMG_2064.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjibAVc9FGUYt00ssaHJM2AdzCjsAW5xedxszcgZrfCce_TXAyclnjaYKFakvKXbtUZL8BRXBWqNKxOmjquoT8PYeEZXwWWIYvP3Q3TyaqCAvbwuM47X03v7FGer9fniY30c_OMa5TJrCd/s320/IMG_2064.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785726960391570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1lFD6tNlmGbk2hXbZxVGoTO2VawUr1fo1XTPsSgI7izrTMTSyTUvVW9Awa3ZOEz02E0u_y9u0MlzkkPUJMOHJMuwysoqzqB7LJWmr08R6xHewcdpBW6xIECnQTK9fDhunSf9fPdes07A/s1600-h/IMG_2052.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LxYJS1RKEM2PbUz5YAVeCJzWMre2ZSdzndVr6c5HbJH0874RskBxo7R3YTUPgtPTypLPoHP3Y7PnWzCtnFpFmDtDfojlhCpDzywxy78j4cbtDuNHqB1IuzcnbnRCX4dDJTCxNfXUlANO/s320/IMG_1992.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785717121870802" /></a><br /><br />Lahaina; I'd go there too if I had the choice<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwSIbKBVeQb9172-q4swH0kQ__5s4SsGEiFeW53QW3TuPaW0xQo_Ouh5xE8zdeqgP_SbFPFZhtkczpOmZlBWdmxoGJdihdxjstFMS9IoieM8M-sm18EHMxQ_BwJdnx7Nr4WdrTBx7C2kX/s1600-h/IMG_1990.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwSIbKBVeQb9172-q4swH0kQ__5s4SsGEiFeW53QW3TuPaW0xQo_Ouh5xE8zdeqgP_SbFPFZhtkczpOmZlBWdmxoGJdihdxjstFMS9IoieM8M-sm18EHMxQ_BwJdnx7Nr4WdrTBx7C2kX/s320/IMG_1990.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785713451159282" /></a><br /><br />Maui West Coast<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8wOH7Uaubpzx67rsgu8pIma6NNjI3O84ZhYaFFU3iSbocsYsjZclfWMaY42jkOkTMdAGIMx0D_fZ1EJPX_VqvLClD1elMOhoMfMMHO3RZuBurnBBgHiJsKLH7cEZbIEUGsx0PnqdP2f3/s1600-h/IMG_1983.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie8wOH7Uaubpzx67rsgu8pIma6NNjI3O84ZhYaFFU3iSbocsYsjZclfWMaY42jkOkTMdAGIMx0D_fZ1EJPX_VqvLClD1elMOhoMfMMHO3RZuBurnBBgHiJsKLH7cEZbIEUGsx0PnqdP2f3/s320/IMG_1983.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785342661108690" /></a><br /><br />View after iao valley hike, Kahului in the distance<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L9s68CZt3BJ9RJ_hSC36WyEFwoW_Rw2fNRXLv9365_xL61HeVNyTMdu5BghmS996Jojz9hKmAu2BDGx4-RrVf29lIXvqaL6zwkmn_W8QUST5BY2y5egXbF-crxOLBLKEgu9n6IezdmJ_/s1600-h/IMG_1964.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0L9s68CZt3BJ9RJ_hSC36WyEFwoW_Rw2fNRXLv9365_xL61HeVNyTMdu5BghmS996Jojz9hKmAu2BDGx4-RrVf29lIXvqaL6zwkmn_W8QUST5BY2y5egXbF-crxOLBLKEgu9n6IezdmJ_/s320/IMG_1964.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785334852558674" /></a><br /><br />Iao Needle<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3184obN7CLAjHeicJJzpsfbkYWPQNrZJlOduCm655oEE4bsfMs5zX9ctll0bNo4mx_-EH47Fu4LvIWPDa7oRRnJ1_a8t__Aqj23ZmVBP1CaGbcgRHtvIY9yk9aiRDr-jt9ZlFBV9fJ3Ta/s1600-h/IMG_1956.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3184obN7CLAjHeicJJzpsfbkYWPQNrZJlOduCm655oEE4bsfMs5zX9ctll0bNo4mx_-EH47Fu4LvIWPDa7oRRnJ1_a8t__Aqj23ZmVBP1CaGbcgRHtvIY9yk9aiRDr-jt9ZlFBV9fJ3Ta/s320/IMG_1956.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785330549895282" /></a><br /><br />My Pontiac in the clouds on my way up the serpentines of Mt. Haleakala<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90OhZhIOPR8n0Sode6Vy-S7FaR1Ib9kTMHt5MfwSHd5iKkttT9TztCFzfSSUoSdNMJNkN-XUtjpWwdi1lunO0w96lCgD2OU3a-zndK_-ez_gCEYRIfqzJXqJIFStB9Qn-0-HESFabCCTy/s1600-h/IMG_1950.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj90OhZhIOPR8n0Sode6Vy-S7FaR1Ib9kTMHt5MfwSHd5iKkttT9TztCFzfSSUoSdNMJNkN-XUtjpWwdi1lunO0w96lCgD2OU3a-zndK_-ez_gCEYRIfqzJXqJIFStB9Qn-0-HESFabCCTy/s320/IMG_1950.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785326515799426" /></a><br /><br />sunrise, 5:30AM, 47 °F<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgghQowo6C3LBCUYLR_i8-bzNA6JwMkGfpHjUYIvHeepJi_aMHp7YG5uu9u53hsooDke8g9QFGFNRA8dC8fn1a7BSz6zDabZvHgVXxAI54jY7jNPA6ihWei_nhdpIdGIghhT0l22LaVWF/s1600-h/IMG_1933.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgghQowo6C3LBCUYLR_i8-bzNA6JwMkGfpHjUYIvHeepJi_aMHp7YG5uu9u53hsooDke8g9QFGFNRA8dC8fn1a7BSz6zDabZvHgVXxAI54jY7jNPA6ihWei_nhdpIdGIghhT0l22LaVWF/s320/IMG_1933.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785323279834258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWYh2JosxIBvbWBdsosjAtjujp8b8NKkXX8ossI5zlHJHx0pxqq1FOyHr2-3ckQs6doHL1qd0Q51aMXmLuJCGikzSXAOWW4mPwbK02ZlTDSY_rsy9gKFlGVamVQW9-lY2Zfofl0-9I9uu/s1600-h/IMG_1910.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWYh2JosxIBvbWBdsosjAtjujp8b8NKkXX8ossI5zlHJHx0pxqq1FOyHr2-3ckQs6doHL1qd0Q51aMXmLuJCGikzSXAOWW4mPwbK02ZlTDSY_rsy9gKFlGVamVQW9-lY2Zfofl0-9I9uu/s320/IMG_1910.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785111621572962" /></a><br /><br />Mt. Kea on Hilo as seen from Mt. 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsARJ7LU2OHjLbv7NjbIuMnRHLAnwT9nHWHIq3sFiizAjBUy6igjmyd9ZCWTm4V2xMbr74EcsJgLOziu2EIiDfe4sxONxQEPIjYhik65C_Hs6SAsWXAu54IWzrsPQYQX3pMc8icqjyTuhh/s320/IMG_1843.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785104275791698" /></a><br /><br />hike down in the crater<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbjfyFqURjjqq-h8o3fsB5GxQHUmF6_X9SN9ssF_nLQRosVVnAAGNpi4_nkDS3CU3bpWLw3ALZ4dgswsfWgJ2Vk65JbqFZSjU6PUxOW3DhwxZk8aT_Lc5nIsH8QS0FhYY9LXCMZTs-Nrh/s1600-h/IMG_1834.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbjfyFqURjjqq-h8o3fsB5GxQHUmF6_X9SN9ssF_nLQRosVVnAAGNpi4_nkDS3CU3bpWLw3ALZ4dgswsfWgJ2Vk65JbqFZSjU6PUxOW3DhwxZk8aT_Lc5nIsH8QS0FhYY9LXCMZTs-Nrh/s320/IMG_1834.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343785102425102690" /></a><br /><br />crater from above<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYbDBPUkWPMjzd23ydQrv3WI_4mChNsCWBSJRWDjM-Onu8dnS54PGYVr01HTu9Nt1U84cQrpqb_Y-JrPs4xEZke1BrcdtpOujQaHyTUawqB2sTdcMbjyEruxK9H6iHcmLGLIgGn3LZu0a/s1600-h/IMG_1816.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9NFyUQzWwrpqXlifaCezqt64aKMAdhxl-Q8QQ4LiBN-EARPp_fu4BMJGOFsGq0YbiILfxfa5PpVZvSqz5G9XjHabrJr4nTxI3PncvuE2jw2hUA5RuP7InVN9olryKV6Ep0K__ym1EcttP/s320/IMG_1727.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343776454653902754" /></a><br /><br />Beachside Hostel Crew<br />f.r.t.l. Joe (USA), Marcus (Switzerland), Bonny (USA), G.I. Joe aka Todd (USA), Greg (Scotland), Chad (USA), me<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1n2MXrCw0GgZvLc_lia9jyPUDvzvnMoswtl3RNsV6lfrZR8Ph_lh5J0xYaF2axaaEpVcHsdW0UkxfZQthesiZzr106zP99DxLKC3NdDGMVlrA2yw62J9wTW8WNoEeQ6k-R3Ub3JLFmhA/s1600-h/IMG_1698.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1n2MXrCw0GgZvLc_lia9jyPUDvzvnMoswtl3RNsV6lfrZR8Ph_lh5J0xYaF2axaaEpVcHsdW0UkxfZQthesiZzr106zP99DxLKC3NdDGMVlrA2yw62J9wTW8WNoEeQ6k-R3Ub3JLFmhA/s320/IMG_1698.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343776448885564194" /></a><br /><br />Sandy Beach, east of Waikiki<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN92HgXn5Q5fCzKcTeRi4qMNsqmdSg7JYItiRLkxviCcQKewes75LQBUiY3cXqGdCqREE5Mv8jGKGVSXgm1_AIDTacaV5FkE4RsOvlEGaL_ya4Dyzx5exj1OmmlrfGdUxvNVVOT0BrXLgk/s1600-h/IMG_1688.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN92HgXn5Q5fCzKcTeRi4qMNsqmdSg7JYItiRLkxviCcQKewes75LQBUiY3cXqGdCqREE5Mv8jGKGVSXgm1_AIDTacaV5FkE4RsOvlEGaL_ya4Dyzx5exj1OmmlrfGdUxvNVVOT0BrXLgk/s320/IMG_1688.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343776443267330882" /></a><br /><br />See you soon!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-91922477041614541452009-06-03T05:24:00.004+02:002009-06-03T05:45:34.291+02:00Sydney + AucklandPorbably one of the longes breaks so far. <br />In the following post you'll see a couple of pictures from Sydney and 1 from Auckalnd.<br /><br />Hmm, what could that be? The Walmart in Eromanga?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IO7-IS-YfxuiGuavq8gekZBNUsqXwDj_d3mr9ISdhMbxJ443B4irFp3YEHCLHXVZeCv26tSgT2uqIcu0wwv0vRWcbrMY9AMTxpSENcFV41ne8PYMpVaIkhZpAAVUg0GO0lRJv_vcBWnU/s1600-h/IMG_1597.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IO7-IS-YfxuiGuavq8gekZBNUsqXwDj_d3mr9ISdhMbxJ443B4irFp3YEHCLHXVZeCv26tSgT2uqIcu0wwv0vRWcbrMY9AMTxpSENcFV41ne8PYMpVaIkhZpAAVUg0GO0lRJv_vcBWnU/s320/IMG_1597.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342938403421140594" /></a><br /><br />Blue Mountains<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTzM_XSmXYQpVn3X6dRkplTFiWaWViB7qErq2TSYTuhhoGyDDxfE8HglRjrOYuiJb7-924vDp_NHQwTDWNMXThnURtEeYMpr1uC7mw1udc02MysgOyG3231-eVKb98C_Y3bjkamRq5eCg/s1600-h/IMG_1607.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTzM_XSmXYQpVn3X6dRkplTFiWaWViB7qErq2TSYTuhhoGyDDxfE8HglRjrOYuiJb7-924vDp_NHQwTDWNMXThnURtEeYMpr1uC7mw1udc02MysgOyG3231-eVKb98C_Y3bjkamRq5eCg/s320/IMG_1607.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342940613471120530" /></a><br /><br />Darling Harbour<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvu7LSLw9aNxFLrktM_HWMcthuPRAd6v231lOTGbTYQNq2jEII6WoqgR8eFnDkzKSa__ExFbelldkWNS1R5TiWIwz94gmlRsUZFDigF7ssy4lYMz0WhLcizZb2COEjf2Nt_jUW_n61xOT/s1600-h/IMG_1645.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvu7LSLw9aNxFLrktM_HWMcthuPRAd6v231lOTGbTYQNq2jEII6WoqgR8eFnDkzKSa__ExFbelldkWNS1R5TiWIwz94gmlRsUZFDigF7ssy4lYMz0WhLcizZb2COEjf2Nt_jUW_n61xOT/s320/IMG_1645.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342940610223509362" /></a><br /><br />Hereby I declare the Elantra diaries for finished. Stay tuned for part II: 'The Insurance Odyssey'<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwkvK0y0AQabfiTMqwdlqYxGSDndsoDH5AbDpKtLeIJSEvmk7Kyfi6NeKdV62ab5Voq7wl6LRbnF5iuSkXcGoo_a1ndR6y19wL_h7uEwrgPDVk3ceuaWqNAWavMw3eq4tF3xVgHZodYjl/s1600-h/IMG_1654.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwkvK0y0AQabfiTMqwdlqYxGSDndsoDH5AbDpKtLeIJSEvmk7Kyfi6NeKdV62ab5Voq7wl6LRbnF5iuSkXcGoo_a1ndR6y19wL_h7uEwrgPDVk3ceuaWqNAWavMw3eq4tF3xVgHZodYjl/s320/IMG_1654.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342940603132771778" /></a><br /><br />Auckland, as seen from my Air New Zealand Boeing 767-300 whilst sipping a Steinlager.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zMRsYtDgWKsYtpS14yfgvHumCJlK73SykhvCuZBNRVRVYyhyEYPlX7GYocFd4fHjgLHE97at2rmALQ3rbWLTB8oyoAH-HsSdQHUGV21U8NYd4g0_VyUA7ZXlcw_k8MzjSCC-kgLAMggE/s1600-h/IMG_1683.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zMRsYtDgWKsYtpS14yfgvHumCJlK73SykhvCuZBNRVRVYyhyEYPlX7GYocFd4fHjgLHE97at2rmALQ3rbWLTB8oyoAH-HsSdQHUGV21U8NYd4g0_VyUA7ZXlcw_k8MzjSCC-kgLAMggE/s320/IMG_1683.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342940597075730482" /></a><br /><br />The first Hawaii update will follow as soon as I'm back on Oahu.<br /><br />Stay sound.<br /><br />Relaxing at the moment on Maui with a rented 3.5l V6 Pontiac G6 GT.Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-37613557858772145062009-05-20T03:03:00.004+02:002009-05-20T03:40:36.868+02:00Elantra diaries 02There was this dude I met from Germany, and when I told him I wanted to drive to the 'outback' he said: 'Yeah, good luck with that. You know that that's like 5000km away from the coast? First you have to drive 2000km through bush and then another 3000km and then you're there.' <br />Well... seems like he was a prick.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Day 05</span></span><br />Byron Bay - Roma<br />Kilometers: 679<br />Time: 11:30 - 21:45<br />Gas: 40l<br />Coffeinated drinks: 3<br /><br />Out of order<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbzr-USK_KlmiRLWpK1O7YzY9qeVVF1Lk6sLw1fhw9jznj4989utYcnqIcXei5pjSCJk7jgKEgYTxUgAoFHJ29iG4Y4blicjI4C3ZgfpjQX3DtCDA8qrywNmmfSu2wxmA5MoB_CxJgQY_/s1600-h/IMG_1520.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbzr-USK_KlmiRLWpK1O7YzY9qeVVF1Lk6sLw1fhw9jznj4989utYcnqIcXei5pjSCJk7jgKEgYTxUgAoFHJ29iG4Y4blicjI4C3ZgfpjQX3DtCDA8qrywNmmfSu2wxmA5MoB_CxJgQY_/s320/IMG_1520.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337710127521795858" /></a><br /><br />the other half of that cow was on the other side of the railway tracks<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XLeBjuPrwGx0EV8g2u2MCHJl8PaUz7zfzLb1okw7pbyQdKWlpbtzzJIRSJiDQgX4u78TQ5cPUz4hQ9orhDqd16xF9EQf-4XbjiihKAue3crQVQ2YokrFb0aGkkcmkmk0chHjF1TXhKAS/s1600-h/IMG_1524.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3XLeBjuPrwGx0EV8g2u2MCHJl8PaUz7zfzLb1okw7pbyQdKWlpbtzzJIRSJiDQgX4u78TQ5cPUz4hQ9orhDqd16xF9EQf-4XbjiihKAue3crQVQ2YokrFb0aGkkcmkmk0chHjF1TXhKAS/s320/IMG_1524.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337710131739551234" /></a><br /><br />bean head oil pump<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4GNRsU80uBjNyzmfa8MBdpOZZFlTVWQ1zi72oV4CFvsTUd0fd0aQr13Y1RjPn_nzxWdKIG6kRlhJSVN-GZYkPy0DGV0btpFQztuTW5W5qs-2OI3xgm0rZK2q-XtS9zhgjEw4kAyY9UF4/s1600-h/IMG_1545.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ4GNRsU80uBjNyzmfa8MBdpOZZFlTVWQ1zi72oV4CFvsTUd0fd0aQr13Y1RjPn_nzxWdKIG6kRlhJSVN-GZYkPy0DGV0btpFQztuTW5W5qs-2OI3xgm0rZK2q-XtS9zhgjEw4kAyY9UF4/s320/IMG_1545.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337710146018292178" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymCyzouPUqU9Za8dJlYa6njGJWhOxaWDslf7M4xFjIK2KVWXIuPBbXIWX2h-bK4vHtcu8DFXsYgD3Htv44_nn-WdG8KzmMyPSCne2AtjruDMWEsl8o0MnGe2YLD-aS7F6BqXHTUz26qld/s1600-h/IMG_1539.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkY4iMM2zrTPS23HPTsggu12RsH5ON2ZAADKTjHHD5cpwXyxRcH1Sv5LEqKmf-a5Nbi_gdg3s0nYk2ckFM82-3E9p6X9ITJpm2a5mDoH71lQXmhepozUDlI8Hhot7ewFJ4_2h-OvuTlTC/s320/IMG_1596.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337710506105871554" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Day 08</span></span><br />Bulla - Sydney<br />Kilometers: ca. 900<br />Time: 08:30 - 22:15<br />Gas: 71l<br />Coffeinated drinks: 5<br />Thick fog and heavy rain: 6hrs<br /><br />So I'm back from the outback, applying for my US visa today and realxing in Sydney with bad weather.<br />Things I almost ran over: kangaroo, eagle, ostrich, possum, dog, sheep<br />Things I ran over: frog, cockatoo, roadkill<br />Things that almost ran over me: cowBeowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-72477098783814388042009-05-16T02:49:00.004+02:002009-05-16T03:09:12.843+02:00Elantra diariesSo, I got a bigger car than expected and first of all drove back to Sebastians place to haul all my stuff inside, steal a pillow, a blanket, toilet paper and a guide book.<br /><br /><strong><em>Day 01</em></strong><br />Melbourne - Bairnsdale<br />Kilometers: 343<br />Time: 17:00 - 20:30<br />Coffeinated drinks: 3<br /><br />After dark I looked for a place to sleep, preferably wiht ocan view, and that's what I came up with:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmB9bG71NxHjfsLfl7sGdc65qBhBmCrqKDDNcMDA-AK3yZCXYlFzfUlYPQV-wE4lg3nNMvjUzA9-RrpYgGuQAxbZX9ePza8k4CxnIHpoWHuUVxL_goHor_hWGzZWZ7jyseOXa0WoYWHIOg/s1600-h/IMG_1407.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Even if there's no roadwork it never exceeds 110km/h...<br /><br /><br /><strong><em>Day 04</em></strong><br />Diamond Beach - Byron Bay<br />Kilometers: 525<br />Time: 11:30 - 22:30<br />Gas: 34l<br />Times key locked inside the car: 1<br />hitchhikers taken: 2<br />Coffeinated drinks: 4<br /><br />Got and 3.5mm audio cable so I can plug in my Mp3 to the car stereo (I couldn't stand the 7 cds I burnt in Melbourne anymore.)<br />Locked my key inside the car. 95.65$, 90mins. Took 2 Canadian guys with me and we waited for 2.5hrs after a horrible head on collison.<br /><br />That's it, heading for Brisbane now!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-47623065121963336962009-05-14T02:06:00.004+02:002009-05-16T02:49:40.855+02:00MelbourneI have to admit that I didn't see much of Melbourne in broad daylight except the airport and the budget car rental office. <br />I've seen a couple of clubs and bars though and met nice people.<br /><br />Here are some of the party pics of me and the guys.<br /><br />Upon arrival at the budget office to pick up the cheapest car I could find (a Hyundai Getz) I was told that I got a free upgrade and will be driving an Elantra, which is much more comfortable than a 3-door minicar (especially the 2.0l automatic compared to the 1.3l manual). <br /><br />Unfortunately the connection here in the library of Ulladulla is too slow even for Sebastians low-res party pics. I won't even try uploading mine.<br /><br />I'll pass Sydney today and blog again for my roadtrip details.<br /><br />edit: Melbourne pics<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KFylL8VxTGNR-vi41iTEzN5PFOYazoum7QZedFSHoK0TrO7QOf8CMStS15ARp8xtAvPL9sSZ_FCwdYp6OamsCsAQ8445HVvIbub6qQLzPTFkeFKdGTWmCwgeJ4_YScvFCic7kL4fJ-mU/s1600-h/friday+night+may+8th+Stamford+(15).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KFylL8VxTGNR-vi41iTEzN5PFOYazoum7QZedFSHoK0TrO7QOf8CMStS15ARp8xtAvPL9sSZ_FCwdYp6OamsCsAQ8445HVvIbub6qQLzPTFkeFKdGTWmCwgeJ4_YScvFCic7kL4fJ-mU/s320/friday+night+may+8th+Stamford+(15).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336217319551186546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtEUbDDmzCkz2J3o3Zjtsr2hsRoxPIshBpJYLJitA4ho-cAUiyn9wpsDrebCbPSpZxnlT5KGaGqImbNKu6SXpd3xKSkCgpyEm8oPhxet40UymgDrr_WBNdW_vOlpqSx_vS4SHwjf8UL1b/s1600-h/friday+night+may+8th+Stamford+(3).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlT44bnClDCLgxIEo892drlOho9mAgmxO28Dol0BVj_svFziYf_3iLwk8YRA41erH1y0zxk8l1aTpgOSdQ9Jyt3DZ4FydPxaCi928x10te3bF6t86al2-oJ_pJByFRW1iIgfTMPKSolew/s320/161+(8).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336217312714549746" /></a>Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-55518364068199716782009-05-03T14:40:00.007+02:002009-05-06T04:16:02.381+02:00TasmaniaI spent a couple of very relaxing days on the beaches and in the forests of Tasmania.<br />I was possums and wallabies in the wild and lots of other stuff in the wild life park.<br /><br />Here are some pictures.<br /><br /><br />Binalong Bay<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfwN7NNplFk37QwY_go-n3pATJH4oxk8jpdfXXT8RkdO7oLT07wtcoJBmPFi2lKF3BjQyFQqYgAdDSYyr-mnyEXVL2l81h0nne5ouc_j4NSHrOXm2paM7Po0k8yRm0nXSDBRcMPcNv6sj/s1600-h/IMG_1253+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfwN7NNplFk37QwY_go-n3pATJH4oxk8jpdfXXT8RkdO7oLT07wtcoJBmPFi2lKF3BjQyFQqYgAdDSYyr-mnyEXVL2l81h0nne5ouc_j4NSHrOXm2paM7Po0k8yRm0nXSDBRcMPcNv6sj/s320/IMG_1253+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331582415206169650" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WyIxlGMDJr1MDkEHE_7e_Mxa99mAdq0PDLNqHVjYYT8T6vvHKzZnRkDnf1UbxhUyTOzhk-8sBq8fa0JaSn4XJ5OgP7yU7oojUYTFoNTXSpYXN2Z2IA-sPGVlOhwo20R8TTkEMladBogi/s1600-h/IMG_1199+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5WyIxlGMDJr1MDkEHE_7e_Mxa99mAdq0PDLNqHVjYYT8T6vvHKzZnRkDnf1UbxhUyTOzhk-8sBq8fa0JaSn4XJ5OgP7yU7oojUYTFoNTXSpYXN2Z2IA-sPGVlOhwo20R8TTkEMladBogi/s320/IMG_1199+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331582101207755842" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcEfAWMHjoNKy7CSqKu3_kYCyIS0pHOO2byd4vSgEHa890VDHNmhReKsjNEkg1VHbPQfizb8LM2eqp6nues7lV4SgGcZ3cbwIaDlsC4bMmXkIVt7W5G3SDPNqHOXLT7RkfWBNpDc3_Bs6/s1600-h/IMG_1182+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcEfAWMHjoNKy7CSqKu3_kYCyIS0pHOO2byd4vSgEHa890VDHNmhReKsjNEkg1VHbPQfizb8LM2eqp6nues7lV4SgGcZ3cbwIaDlsC4bMmXkIVt7W5G3SDPNqHOXLT7RkfWBNpDc3_Bs6/s320/IMG_1182+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331582101278533810" /></a><br /><br />Nature World Wildlife Park<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPc7cLPAkqH1f7fsZCi-eMSwpiTJWgyIjZQLmbePO3MzK-W_j8SFuwOPrv_silXe_1U-IGNLgz8Sb1EJCK9irQZ9v2f1TZQVcLpaPSacKe_YRqReIB3fn0MLBVDYgVrsesn0ygKcVKUG7q/s1600-h/IMG_1107+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPc7cLPAkqH1f7fsZCi-eMSwpiTJWgyIjZQLmbePO3MzK-W_j8SFuwOPrv_silXe_1U-IGNLgz8Sb1EJCK9irQZ9v2f1TZQVcLpaPSacKe_YRqReIB3fn0MLBVDYgVrsesn0ygKcVKUG7q/s320/IMG_1107+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331582098865377586" /></a><br /><br />Koala<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VokzWRLACWhWEdHLIJlXjeOm9e74UTMut0GReJ05wVb-2yZKxOvVzmAMwJg9eIeNb2QyEcy6QpcSUCN3taNQmu9Y6tB707Zhnb2zEZJRsuhBXVmpd9WiXEQIm1RLY87QIzpZCMBPKbvu/s1600-h/IMG_1091+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VokzWRLACWhWEdHLIJlXjeOm9e74UTMut0GReJ05wVb-2yZKxOvVzmAMwJg9eIeNb2QyEcy6QpcSUCN3taNQmu9Y6tB707Zhnb2zEZJRsuhBXVmpd9WiXEQIm1RLY87QIzpZCMBPKbvu/s320/IMG_1091+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331582099370190130" /></a><br /><br />Tasmanian Devil<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwiFEFtJ5cAyudU5DDfFeyQi9O6JKfCZ1PvThqbflWx596qJpY_rjWVd0v-m3pdX1O-kh0UppJTW3pwXiglFoQ0prmQsKyFNJU1I6uuilGfB9suV0hU4zmAJ9mhqLee5ARRHC3DCCEosNf/s1600-h/IMG_1083+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwiFEFtJ5cAyudU5DDfFeyQi9O6JKfCZ1PvThqbflWx596qJpY_rjWVd0v-m3pdX1O-kh0UppJTW3pwXiglFoQ0prmQsKyFNJU1I6uuilGfB9suV0hU4zmAJ9mhqLee5ARRHC3DCCEosNf/s320/IMG_1083+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331582094069771954" /></a><br /><br />Wallabie<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDspHeupAYxWycGNYvsvUVgMMkSIEni74WxMbTPAMZl0eVmRTUO4iSFkAppjoSQZ6DXeR24rFGQwoV34PbCeoCSazszhd6NCrtYNrmZWokOUwkM3tSqpu0Yf5EBxCFSdwDXSzFB9u7Feja/s1600-h/IMG_1047+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDspHeupAYxWycGNYvsvUVgMMkSIEni74WxMbTPAMZl0eVmRTUO4iSFkAppjoSQZ6DXeR24rFGQwoV34PbCeoCSazszhd6NCrtYNrmZWokOUwkM3tSqpu0Yf5EBxCFSdwDXSzFB9u7Feja/s320/IMG_1047+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581839472476818" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYq0s-qCu63IOaiBcgzMj77gjBkWirCJdlpUVP5XZ8AqA5NVp8Dm6W2uvaaOMp8Mz423BwhflETE8FPEgd9Zo8pZWXVh-vw1jB_SCaSL4Bsa2FRg86l4atdpGbVC6BXeZIW86gbcf8W5N5/s1600-h/IMG_1031+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYq0s-qCu63IOaiBcgzMj77gjBkWirCJdlpUVP5XZ8AqA5NVp8Dm6W2uvaaOMp8Mz423BwhflETE8FPEgd9Zo8pZWXVh-vw1jB_SCaSL4Bsa2FRg86l4atdpGbVC6BXeZIW86gbcf8W5N5/s320/IMG_1031+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581838169322578" /></a><br /><br />Penguin<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnG-1hOJShXVq7gHr2UDrfUkQkRBRsg2yKrTHv8jYg37WO89kMs0-sNuuwoD0xO1du4OyFg400K7gASnnPAM4pSVLBZDMqEIGsvRItvx__qGe5BO9qT1iixVep1fjP313silvtoe24vsX5/s1600-h/IMG_0998+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnG-1hOJShXVq7gHr2UDrfUkQkRBRsg2yKrTHv8jYg37WO89kMs0-sNuuwoD0xO1du4OyFg400K7gASnnPAM4pSVLBZDMqEIGsvRItvx__qGe5BO9qT1iixVep1fjP313silvtoe24vsX5/s320/IMG_0998+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581833681120594" /></a><br /><br />Outback<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8IMn7YQjbKrJUFXDIp-6tZKYOqak9TVBgULi0-3EDXUv-qH0TPC5fKfI_r7NxFV1Qau4HTlWY9cWRsi8ieDfNTA1DYbWNLZRKWCAsahLHeeSveCxx-Yi56jKUTKbBb6SYUK10937RJkA/s1600-h/IMG_0992+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv8IMn7YQjbKrJUFXDIp-6tZKYOqak9TVBgULi0-3EDXUv-qH0TPC5fKfI_r7NxFV1Qau4HTlWY9cWRsi8ieDfNTA1DYbWNLZRKWCAsahLHeeSveCxx-Yi56jKUTKbBb6SYUK10937RJkA/s320/IMG_0992+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581837538837922" /></a><br /><br />Friendly Beaches<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu489QqSpNU36iyw4eMoWqxDEhPq11kFaiKdX2XI9E-N6Ykkd5dnTq7SciZonk9zjIJxfrn4626QHXd_fzhvc97MFsKDuqtzHpXJUCxe6ThsdIpRxtMP1gCkZsVclhNyWoOkCf21c0gGA/s1600-h/IMG_0978+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu489QqSpNU36iyw4eMoWqxDEhPq11kFaiKdX2XI9E-N6Ykkd5dnTq7SciZonk9zjIJxfrn4626QHXd_fzhvc97MFsKDuqtzHpXJUCxe6ThsdIpRxtMP1gCkZsVclhNyWoOkCf21c0gGA/s320/IMG_0978+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581830607266850" /></a><br /><br />Me + Wallabie at Friendly Beaches<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3lI5f7NISWDzCIEytRM6RsFHSpGAUPmTKAE7lb75kPvPbI1THAzvAgEMd7FCze819rTwX9xim3HHCbICdSArkiIdzvteTyb34Huuh4GksWwVtlg0cGvNMPh-F_M1LpJ5mQU2hkQ30dj9/s1600-h/IMG_0910+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX3lI5f7NISWDzCIEytRM6RsFHSpGAUPmTKAE7lb75kPvPbI1THAzvAgEMd7FCze819rTwX9xim3HHCbICdSArkiIdzvteTyb34Huuh4GksWwVtlg0cGvNMPh-F_M1LpJ5mQU2hkQ30dj9/s320/IMG_0910+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581402558258274" /></a><br /><br />Chevrolet Impala<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvQZm8hrJHo9dHhdj8I77tLF542Y9WUlndV1C5buAPGshf9a3NWgSY7cB_cjUwXVWDn_B_Fz5wYsrLhGnl-5ygkWvrrO5sX-YcN0XNvLlSIl1JNhzU4z0ojY662a6wQk561vRoN5LEEMc/s1600-h/IMG_0894+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvQZm8hrJHo9dHhdj8I77tLF542Y9WUlndV1C5buAPGshf9a3NWgSY7cB_cjUwXVWDn_B_Fz5wYsrLhGnl-5ygkWvrrO5sX-YcN0XNvLlSIl1JNhzU4z0ojY662a6wQk561vRoN5LEEMc/s320/IMG_0894+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581401899612322" /></a><br /><br />Seagull<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS-JbGWFTgwBc-YCGWG5gyuJ0A0dbtP0jQpqmaSUiUgIZ1HwesA6zwwinnmK4tfWPihitjeBdigKGXAACSDR3Gr0QjJCQzLjSPpu8kS1Yf-QCsvnnV648azSBtUzYgKPMajqOL0KT8i1O/s1600-h/IMG_0883+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsS-JbGWFTgwBc-YCGWG5gyuJ0A0dbtP0jQpqmaSUiUgIZ1HwesA6zwwinnmK4tfWPihitjeBdigKGXAACSDR3Gr0QjJCQzLjSPpu8kS1Yf-QCsvnnV648azSBtUzYgKPMajqOL0KT8i1O/s320/IMG_0883+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581398942751986" /></a><br /><br />Beerbarrel Beach<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMAG5yAzf_Ac06qH_4C5ks3AfUANsflEfinyxSUrp0ta-XyjyJ5JoLyC1_jnepZxCTBAeeP2IsNITqvzaH9J4XwSMSVZsWvEGn_YnrWNyhWx0qT3CXFyS7Qp7nTmXh4ObhkUCfPFzgZ5m/s1600-h/IMG_0815+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMAG5yAzf_Ac06qH_4C5ks3AfUANsflEfinyxSUrp0ta-XyjyJ5JoLyC1_jnepZxCTBAeeP2IsNITqvzaH9J4XwSMSVZsWvEGn_YnrWNyhWx0qT3CXFyS7Qp7nTmXh4ObhkUCfPFzgZ5m/s320/IMG_0815+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581399703917730" /></a><br /><br />shells<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifArEJJaL0BoQZhRV1hPt97mi8kEwN3IZI-tLjXOZPYuzeivYW2nmpC1UC0hsCubksjfgP-xHZnwju7R_Km-k9klSRySDT4hhZLmx132Cn-JXRR7HCnHjoRalgJGocHOaf1yXMo7Z5mOKp/s1600-h/IMG_0806+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifArEJJaL0BoQZhRV1hPt97mi8kEwN3IZI-tLjXOZPYuzeivYW2nmpC1UC0hsCubksjfgP-xHZnwju7R_Km-k9klSRySDT4hhZLmx132Cn-JXRR7HCnHjoRalgJGocHOaf1yXMo7Z5mOKp/s320/IMG_0806+(Large).JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331581391441223570" /></a><br /><br />Me at Beerbarrel Beach<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghm6HY7afW-nhlcicDDUinjjHdRiXLAya1eqs3eDSvDtkVT978UjXWmKSKtC_LUo_DjrXoGmlUO_0raZKUj__LSiSDhHAo3Honvyl794ML8F2J7hyphenhyphenx_JOaMsdIDQSRWzOBtKGGE-dvyRSD/s1600-h/IMG_0782+(Large).JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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Every day, the whole building is locked up until the early morning. (Thank you Mustafa btw for painfully discovering this one day before I left!)<br /><br />Anyway I made it to the airport. <br />24 minutes before my flight left.<br />I was pretty sure I'd miss it, since boarding already started end everything but the Air Newzealand staff looked on their watch, made a couple of phone calls and said it was okay. I was relieved, until I mentioned that my luggage should be checked through to Melbourne. The woman stopped typing as if I had hit her on the head with a baseball bat. Slowly she rose her eyes and looked at me: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Melbourne?"</span> I replied: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Yes, I'm transfering to Melbourne in Auckland, I'm not gonna stay in NZ."</span> By this time the other girls got to know what I demanded and a lot of chattering on the phone happened and I was asked to present a lot of documents which were all unprinted in my email account. Of course I had a confirmed booking from Air NZ in Shanghai for Melbourne and of course I had a confirmed visa for Australia. But in their system they couldn't find either. 15min until my plane leaves. <br />They said: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Sorry, but you have to go now to catch your plane, please sort it out with Air NZ in Auckland."</span> I thought, better than staying here and went with one of Japanese girls running through crew security checkin, etc. And barely made it.<br /><br />I thought everything will be fine in Auckland, it's their headquarter and they'll know what to do.<br /><br />In Auckland the immigration officer is checking my passport and immigration card and casually asks me how long I was staying. I replied: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Only 3 hours, I'm flying to Melbourne this afternoon."</span> She looked at me and said: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Oh, is that so? Can I see your ticket please?"</span> D'oh! Not good. I tried to explain her that I had to sort that out but she demanded a ticket. I remembered that originally the next flight booked was Auckland -> Honolulu and looked through my documents for the schedule. Unfortunately the print-out that I had with my was from the 10. August '08, before I left. And on this sheet of paper the flight was still scheduled for the 31. of March, she didn't like that and just said: <span style="font-style:italic;">"I'm sorry but at the moment you don't meet the requirements to immigrate here, please follow me."</span> <br /><br />I was led to a waiting room where a couple of shady men were hanging around with similar our more severe problems. After some time I got on the phone with an Air Newzealand person somewhere and after some 2 hours of talking and giving her information all my tickets got rescheduled and I could go and immigrate: <span style="font-style:italic;">"Good news Mr. Arnold, you have been issued a 90 day visa."</span> Thank you very much, I'm leaving in 45 minutes and can't come back to NZ due to the rtw-ticket regulations.<br /><br />Anyway I made it to Australia.<br /><br />And I even got a pic from NZ!<br />Therefor I lost my sunglasses at Melbourne airport.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiGrBbGbGmo2rIKc2vYf89irMIN2Jbe8ReYA7fXN-iESuKkK6CLcDi7YFVPUi2PWltGSMpoXnXL3V_Y2mNaNr6jfUrXsikpf-Osm_a1IA6VA4Y_osy9w1Ip_of2PWZ73M8xgDDRMFWUL7/s1600-h/IMG_03942.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbiGrBbGbGmo2rIKc2vYf89irMIN2Jbe8ReYA7fXN-iESuKkK6CLcDi7YFVPUi2PWltGSMpoXnXL3V_Y2mNaNr6jfUrXsikpf-Osm_a1IA6VA4Y_osy9w1Ip_of2PWZ73M8xgDDRMFWUL7/s320/IMG_03942.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329292560003038130" /></a>Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-54360968435216596762009-04-20T06:26:00.011+02:002009-04-20T06:50:47.180+02:00Japan Picture UpdateSome pictures. 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There are sill many things I need to visit in this tiny 30 million-biggest-city-on-this-planet.<br /><br />Yesterday I came from Tokyo to Nara but I'll tell you about this place when I move on.<br /><br />First of all let's start with my (almost not-) departure of Beijing. It all started in Chengdu, where I got the mission to try the roast duck where it is originally from -Beijing- and compare it to the one we had in Chengdu. On my last evening we still had not found the time to go and get. It seemed like the last chance. But it got later and later and we weren't ready to head out. Finally at 10.30pm we made it. But it seems all the roast duck restaurants close early in Beijing. After Mari called about a dozen places we gave up. My flight to Tokyo was scheduled for 2.15pm the next afternoon, that should be late enough to inhale on of those birds for lunch. Somehow it got later again and it wasn't until about noon that we made it to the restaurant. At 12.30 we were served a delicious roast duck, but time was running. When I got in the cab at 1.00 for the one-hour ride to the airport I knew it would be tough. Especially since my cab driver seemed to not have slept the last night and was dozing off while driving on the highway. So we crept along on the right lane and I was getting nervous. When I informed the Japanese ground staff from ANA that my flight was leaving in about 20 minutes I felt like being in a beehive at once. People swarmed out, phones rang and I was hurried through corridors with since like 'Staff only' or 'No admittance' on their previously locked doors. It worked - in a couple of minutes I got to my gate, only to find out in the plane that my seat was double-booked and a Japanese businessman was sitting there chatting with his neighbor. The ANA stewardess taking care of the situation bowed and apologized about a thousand times - gomenasei - and finally she decided that one of us would be flying business class. She looked at me checking out my outfit and shook her head slightly. Then she asked the Japanese guy if he would mind flying business class. Of course he wouldn't mind. Damn - backpackers never get upgraded. <br />But at least I made it.<br /><br />After a couple of days in Tokyo I took 123bus' night bus to Kyoto and moved in at Tani-sans old and nit very clean but very comfortable old Japanese-style hostel.<br />There are about 45832 temples, 871234 shrines and many other things to visit in Kyoto, zen gardens, rock parks, palaces, castles, museums, whatever.<br />I could give you detailed information about everything I visited, it would look more or less like this for every place:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The fine temple of Daitoku-ji was first built in 1319 by Himura Kenshin for the buddhist sect of battousai. It was burnt to the grounds in the Shogun-war 1665 and rebuilt 5 years later. In the edo-period it was again burnt down and rebuilt. 500Yen entrance fee.</span><br /><br />Now you only have to change the names and dates and that's it. I'll only provide you with the wiki links (as far as available) to save my internet time (which is insanely expensive in Japan).<br /><br />Slight change of plans: abort blogging due to internet and computer in this (f***ing expensive) internet cafe not working correctly. It's a shame. If you look at Japan everything seems to be in perfect order, clean, safe and comfortable. But when you're actually there you notice that many things only look perfect and are actually not working. First thing is: internet. I'm sitting in a posh cafe, polished chrome ashtray, free coke with ice from a crystal glass, quiet jazz-lounge music filling the room around comfy leather chairs, decent flat screens. Looks perfect. But the computer (looking brand new) is so slow it's amazing that the Norton 2003 (didn't happen much in the last 6 years of information technology!) doesn't stop it completely. Now imagine starting up the first generation MS Internet Explorer. Or even inserting your 4GB CF-card. Don't you dare to even think of rotating one of those 10megapixels pictures. Sad, very sad. If I remember China where every McDonald's, Starbucks, restaurant and cafe had free and fast wifi for anybody to use. Perhaps you might say: 'Yeah, but come on, you're in Nara, that's only a small town with it's 350.000 people.' But it's been the same in Kyoto and Tokyo. Shame on you Japan. You are developing all this stuff! Why don't you use it? Perhaps you should try getting one of your Shinto gods to work on this issue.<br /><br /><br />Wall decoration in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijo-jo">Nijo-jo</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaAAGX_lCn6aEnkHwxDOcXPcGDp1eM-Tids9eLbOrXQgPiYKwKDYbzj3LEIRNGJq2iaTa44SNrEx8g38StGs2y0V99yCcAEhOkDKyskdKQfLBKCxcBckyyAIA7uoY-RXrsLlcTG0ddHpV/s1600-h/IMG_6346.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKaAAGX_lCn6aEnkHwxDOcXPcGDp1eM-Tids9eLbOrXQgPiYKwKDYbzj3LEIRNGJq2iaTa44SNrEx8g38StGs2y0V99yCcAEhOkDKyskdKQfLBKCxcBckyyAIA7uoY-RXrsLlcTG0ddHpV/s320/IMG_6346.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322928991951526466" /></a><br /><br />The bike I raced though Kyoto<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCzbd5W8cl42spZWBFOsq8IXQYgn11EFzLFkRS6h9Wr7l89sejV_qvBqb1yuvhD6fxpxDB3u5a96dKHn0JyrzHdjgcJdEWfKeNJ95Dd9M1u3nda7NsyHajSwF2d2vZhGWvmJHSKM2zq7w/s1600-h/IMG_6336.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCzbd5W8cl42spZWBFOsq8IXQYgn11EFzLFkRS6h9Wr7l89sejV_qvBqb1yuvhD6fxpxDB3u5a96dKHn0JyrzHdjgcJdEWfKeNJ95Dd9M1u3nda7NsyHajSwF2d2vZhGWvmJHSKM2zq7w/s320/IMG_6336.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322928989823237586" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkaku-ji">Kinkaku-ji</a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8UEs6d-l3WHvOW2YM0mGKl8nbDMOSb-eOnzgnMQExvWz8jCJqpYGOPNNZ6rDU1S6-XRwXtRi8qpP0mRtASaJmeSicHBTub5ecfjVDZcQYrYXeq1DTpGxb1ZjKZ1v_bBD5amy2oa5CT4k/s1600-h/IMG_6293.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB8UEs6d-l3WHvOW2YM0mGKl8nbDMOSb-eOnzgnMQExvWz8jCJqpYGOPNNZ6rDU1S6-XRwXtRi8qpP0mRtASaJmeSicHBTub5ecfjVDZcQYrYXeq1DTpGxb1ZjKZ1v_bBD5amy2oa5CT4k/s320/IMG_6293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322928980831747954" /></a><br /><br />Kimonos on their way to the temple<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ3edUwQrx3McqXsGbqZhBQ5bm813jZujEBMLI2TPsn0jIA5ErmV2ARPBDnB4fph-ds7EiIvwtZZqRWCRJzj-_OAWDubUMl8uyI_PNzUYdk6bcRcrJUcJXeifjQ_uzn2XcFU7yJnRM4Aa/s1600-h/IMG_6281.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZJ3edUwQrx3McqXsGbqZhBQ5bm813jZujEBMLI2TPsn0jIA5ErmV2ARPBDnB4fph-ds7EiIvwtZZqRWCRJzj-_OAWDubUMl8uyI_PNzUYdk6bcRcrJUcJXeifjQ_uzn2XcFU7yJnRM4Aa/s320/IMG_6281.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322928975079569186" /></a><br /><br />street leading up to the temple, one of the most popular sites for the Japanese coming to Kyoto<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LuXNMTLR5fbmC98zMGmOt0csyFj7BJGjH4lcufBo55vSFF3u4KqIoBDy-65yvtg2ToXiFkPotZkpsXMX9ZV5KP_naIXB4B9PVJ_svFOpN63U-FWSDVVooTlWM1tUfzzkdwZ88sKvI2cd/s1600-h/IMG_6280.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8LuXNMTLR5fbmC98zMGmOt0csyFj7BJGjH4lcufBo55vSFF3u4KqIoBDy-65yvtg2ToXiFkPotZkpsXMX9ZV5KP_naIXB4B9PVJ_svFOpN63U-FWSDVVooTlWM1tUfzzkdwZ88sKvI2cd/s320/IMG_6280.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322928971218484914" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyomizu-dera">Kiyomizu-dera</a>, built on some 140 wooden columns, with the famous love shrine<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw8_w3gODb9tJ-n4C6BF7VNjoJGSMA6Kq8jKjJbwKW3ZqAD3cc9-jAyi8WKhomjKClcOesq0rXdbXM2mb3OmOmMC0lp4ctXMyTpp5PfFcMG0nuH8r1X0F_IGLxMOvq4g3Ncwm0Axjc8C6/s1600-h/IMG_6262.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw8_w3gODb9tJ-n4C6BF7VNjoJGSMA6Kq8jKjJbwKW3ZqAD3cc9-jAyi8WKhomjKClcOesq0rXdbXM2mb3OmOmMC0lp4ctXMyTpp5PfFcMG0nuH8r1X0F_IGLxMOvq4g3Ncwm0Axjc8C6/s320/IMG_6262.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322927965186814738" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushimi_Inari-taisha">Fushimi Inari-taisha</a>, probably this vast shrine complex stretching over a hill is the most impressive sight in Kyoto with thousands of red gates placed there by families to get a special wish fulfilled and all the kitsune lining the ways and the shrines<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrPOLxu6O2yk-dRcACIJOZuVPRCzYmWip32DxcQx7U4FySFdi3dVSBFms0juhcvKYSGGf0da_G2edTk9pcWpMZmySOaft6bvWik3CGnCnwX9tEyFKO7ScW_IlvC5LETeTVCjhN_TA-AU0/s1600-h/IMG_6103.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrPOLxu6O2yk-dRcACIJOZuVPRCzYmWip32DxcQx7U4FySFdi3dVSBFms0juhcvKYSGGf0da_G2edTk9pcWpMZmySOaft6bvWik3CGnCnwX9tEyFKO7ScW_IlvC5LETeTVCjhN_TA-AU0/s320/IMG_6103.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322927963350797906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjWfi1bItuMZkD3PyL60xN15S3Ze040Vvtcg5F3f4xEZnUvNmVTaYYbzaTZJTgGGde0mDdR89fHG3wYPh7P1Bae76ivmI7GJAsXiTWqdTzHJOXuountp0mKvPy9HV_-koPohYCmLm2CGG/s1600-h/IMG_6180.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjWfi1bItuMZkD3PyL60xN15S3Ze040Vvtcg5F3f4xEZnUvNmVTaYYbzaTZJTgGGde0mDdR89fHG3wYPh7P1Bae76ivmI7GJAsXiTWqdTzHJOXuountp0mKvPy9HV_-koPohYCmLm2CGG/s320/IMG_6180.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322927955934634914" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVR6rrFoP4eqI2rg3FbLWaHzSi_xWOwdYILC0NIEwy6396OA-_VsjBs5PATV3z1ig_La7jvkanxdEsxC6BxRFuXI4rVXTUbau9ek_ZoJMTXI3ZrdE2mdIayrUQpSdcdNs1kjsnTkoKGWap/s1600-h/IMG_6179.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVR6rrFoP4eqI2rg3FbLWaHzSi_xWOwdYILC0NIEwy6396OA-_VsjBs5PATV3z1ig_La7jvkanxdEsxC6BxRFuXI4rVXTUbau9ek_ZoJMTXI3ZrdE2mdIayrUQpSdcdNs1kjsnTkoKGWap/s320/IMG_6179.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322927952919079026" /></a><br /><br />it's main gate<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44H_ZqIlPIac8o_ORIsMGEliS5d2c1qUk8SjqXzfViofuy4u3wEJ2ry0H3ZB-UzCyyY-1ffyh1zyjVcwLlObwsrpBgD6DGq7G182IUGc1_egMeMv57zXl_3VpNGSeRdI2lHyE3j2Zvs9p/s1600-h/IMG_6014.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44H_ZqIlPIac8o_ORIsMGEliS5d2c1qUk8SjqXzfViofuy4u3wEJ2ry0H3ZB-UzCyyY-1ffyh1zyjVcwLlObwsrpBgD6DGq7G182IUGc1_egMeMv57zXl_3VpNGSeRdI2lHyE3j2Zvs9p/s320/IMG_6014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322927948480353234" /></a><br /><br />I can't even type without having the computer stop. Sad.<br />Perhaps I'll get lucky in Hiroshima. Got lots more pictures but even this took me more than two hours. That was my dinner money :-(<br />I apologize for any spelling erros but I'm not able to check. Whenever I start scrolling the conputer freezes for about 3 minutes.Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-3469765763097498482009-03-29T18:05:00.009+02:002009-03-29T18:58:28.935+02:00Chengdu and BeijingYou will now get an update for Chengdu and Beijing.<br /><br />Chengdu was not really a tourist time, since I stayed in Peter's flat with his roommates Thomas and Philipp. It felt more like visisting some friends studying in Dresden or Berlin than being in the middle of China.<br /><br />The flat is on the 7th floor, no elevator. Therefor you have a rooftop terrace - perfect to chill with some beers and enjoy the first days of spring.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji54PBU5kuskc800yZCLVaNnHTMraOrdICjCAnA1PpjduqwN-Mig-H5Xmvi2FtzSAS0-QMUiMKn4Lwv1XF3I5xdJa7cQ7Pf8mWOE6wqTGeAiu4y7G9yhvUGMcWIDbx5W_4U_JNuXkXAtkV/s1600-h/IMG_5171.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji54PBU5kuskc800yZCLVaNnHTMraOrdICjCAnA1PpjduqwN-Mig-H5Xmvi2FtzSAS0-QMUiMKn4Lwv1XF3I5xdJa7cQ7Pf8mWOE6wqTGeAiu4y7G9yhvUGMcWIDbx5W_4U_JNuXkXAtkV/s320/IMG_5171.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318644633584032402" /></a><br /><br />me + Kingway<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIkSqfhlYfx0yFNiYqSeXUpRG2MNVDIbDOQgDHA8wImLEt-H6okhYYuTh1gr-KnVF04bVpukyXzu7xyBNgro_pMWE25whrzFDBuAV1Hszk6bkdhyPZuYuJFB_-rSVN5FEI2bIAOjSd2rL/s1600-h/IMG_5241.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIkSqfhlYfx0yFNiYqSeXUpRG2MNVDIbDOQgDHA8wImLEt-H6okhYYuTh1gr-KnVF04bVpukyXzu7xyBNgro_pMWE25whrzFDBuAV1Hszk6bkdhyPZuYuJFB_-rSVN5FEI2bIAOjSd2rL/s320/IMG_5241.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318645805066451426" /></a><br /><br />Peter + Kingway + Muziek Piete<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAv9Pb1hnbqsJRPR8eVaoiUS5V6KJMmPJXLbA4KJpViOfzytGEggEyEQU_xyNxD9Ww2bgcCkIr4NbDHokZRysVAOFY15P6jps5LoXWUSwO2E3r09zY9wDQvj7vVEfGIaLLmL2qBkWLSZ0t/s1600-h/IMG_5216.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAv9Pb1hnbqsJRPR8eVaoiUS5V6KJMmPJXLbA4KJpViOfzytGEggEyEQU_xyNxD9Ww2bgcCkIr4NbDHokZRysVAOFY15P6jps5LoXWUSwO2E3r09zY9wDQvj7vVEfGIaLLmL2qBkWLSZ0t/s320/IMG_5216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318645791691959714" /></a><br /><br />getting the essentials.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTby0_ilmlTjflmn9eRWK9UjuBkfN_qFVBKClVBMaku1tdwgIkR15XKiHlHl04sN5nRVQXN0IgBFEMFPjIF3YcPJOt7xopgcTsjw4XuiKiS1_MpWvYFCZZohINGC0naMI3xfO_c_AeO5g0/s1600-h/IMG_5157.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTby0_ilmlTjflmn9eRWK9UjuBkfN_qFVBKClVBMaku1tdwgIkR15XKiHlHl04sN5nRVQXN0IgBFEMFPjIF3YcPJOt7xopgcTsjw4XuiKiS1_MpWvYFCZZohINGC0naMI3xfO_c_AeO5g0/s320/IMG_5157.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318644623479561138" /></a><br /><br />on the way back from the gym<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjHb9OLX8MnvINEN84DcBU7HBUteMeWGnV4-uE1xCW2PLIYqPldF1yfSki2aRRmOSTqBg9Nixf2qw3sWrqDhoG5CdqXaGMk_ugpGqwhruxrNnrh-GAWEXwHXbLPFBFnfyPoWIvVRS_IoK/s1600-h/IMG_5139.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjHb9OLX8MnvINEN84DcBU7HBUteMeWGnV4-uE1xCW2PLIYqPldF1yfSki2aRRmOSTqBg9Nixf2qw3sWrqDhoG5CdqXaGMk_ugpGqwhruxrNnrh-GAWEXwHXbLPFBFnfyPoWIvVRS_IoK/s320/IMG_5139.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318644621325969186" /></a><br /><br />in the restaurent around the corner<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL35RbuCC816LAJySR6eFPbdKKlWqjfxqe0Vtwv51fZAyZjhJXRWiGH5yFB189mM3izD-Tddsq_1d7heH76YhyhmJeWL6PJR0sZGYHS7o93pWBowEOxb_B3Tv_GuPjPDszQXvNRg8XpNw/s1600-h/IMG_5084.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheL35RbuCC816LAJySR6eFPbdKKlWqjfxqe0Vtwv51fZAyZjhJXRWiGH5yFB189mM3izD-Tddsq_1d7heH76YhyhmJeWL6PJR0sZGYHS7o93pWBowEOxb_B3Tv_GuPjPDszQXvNRg8XpNw/s320/IMG_5084.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318644616845594450" /></a><br /><br />Nontheless did I see some things in Chengdu, this is the peach blossom in the countryside around the city where I was with a friend of Thomas<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwoAO-mJRovHn4aSphj20fRb8f50AMA4yq1yngRDI-pD3oDVpkv64SZB-4YRXUd0lndqlF1Y6E5k-ydTgV8tEtDM87cxvFj3P0XgC_IB6X3xelShZRCHYc5v8kH255mAJodrxkAT27NZq/s1600-h/IMG_5402.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwoAO-mJRovHn4aSphj20fRb8f50AMA4yq1yngRDI-pD3oDVpkv64SZB-4YRXUd0lndqlF1Y6E5k-ydTgV8tEtDM87cxvFj3P0XgC_IB6X3xelShZRCHYc5v8kH255mAJodrxkAT27NZq/s320/IMG_5402.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318645817060287650" /></a><br /><br />me<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47f1Wod6z939sUFfN7kCuasQciFImuABcJdvyahJ_V6jTRleoTbiZxba0rH8v1CpOSsfuv6aGh_pf4x1iYxr6oiITIiovzr33IHTGDAurEhRzbN5moV4RT9NgbZrlsQJ9zLnKyuSNtSXS/s1600-h/IMG_5371.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47f1Wod6z939sUFfN7kCuasQciFImuABcJdvyahJ_V6jTRleoTbiZxba0rH8v1CpOSsfuv6aGh_pf4x1iYxr6oiITIiovzr33IHTGDAurEhRzbN5moV4RT9NgbZrlsQJ9zLnKyuSNtSXS/s320/IMG_5371.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318645817209677298" /></a><br /><br />Maggie<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo6ACJkCCMoblVAkaZ4n5WoWqOISPfy0jZLXuGJHDJPA54mKwAInR4N4QGjdP_QZICr70mjQjz-h3DtyJtCbRMhbLzuwWtMTgudWEXaKUbxobREY0ga2b947gNb0_tBJpgfVj92dND_YO/s1600-h/IMG_5385.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo6ACJkCCMoblVAkaZ4n5WoWqOISPfy0jZLXuGJHDJPA54mKwAInR4N4QGjdP_QZICr70mjQjz-h3DtyJtCbRMhbLzuwWtMTgudWEXaKUbxobREY0ga2b947gNb0_tBJpgfVj92dND_YO/s320/IMG_5385.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318645819404833586" /></a><br /><br />Jiling road, a place for tourists, looks ancient but is fake. Nice to hang out and eat + drink. Thank you Nina for showing me around the town.<br /><br />some performance<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGV-OuF_YtPYjLj1SrnyzXaKYPpVyzGfpycvrC_ewbceJ0BSD6ggow9ocyufvOYADoDOcWCkafWjPRaI7CTibMkwX8qFGzKkL7HJU6ixasYYjcm914bpROcwaqCnoFLe7SQ8yRPH7x3kN/s1600-h/IMG_5061.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGV-OuF_YtPYjLj1SrnyzXaKYPpVyzGfpycvrC_ewbceJ0BSD6ggow9ocyufvOYADoDOcWCkafWjPRaI7CTibMkwX8qFGzKkL7HJU6ixasYYjcm914bpROcwaqCnoFLe7SQ8yRPH7x3kN/s320/IMG_5061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318643379723767154" /></a><br /><br />lovely atmosphere<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSC1u1MGibncC-NscDhQTmFRqNsXPmFi8AZZSoAmPatwrsu2Vw_D8kYX0CXuhVXPgh_tYApGTSbnkzUR_kheRjuOJ9Hou7lPnCk3yzIlnWRV27oQnTAnKp0wAQuM_aY5I0CDTXhc_79vt4/s1600-h/IMG_5037.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSC1u1MGibncC-NscDhQTmFRqNsXPmFi8AZZSoAmPatwrsu2Vw_D8kYX0CXuhVXPgh_tYApGTSbnkzUR_kheRjuOJ9Hou7lPnCk3yzIlnWRV27oQnTAnKp0wAQuM_aY5I0CDTXhc_79vt4/s320/IMG_5037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318643374403500466" /></a><br /><br />traditional music<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFukX0Ifz10idZJZICiklaoPUa7v78zIKZRRjquV3emniLhEGYL2O_xhLgKZgLcG6jGDz652hX47YPK8nK6dmRHpaoC6bq7NKxS2WY7attfMagDdT-fu0dVyY8LMOCWhv32S9RKyh9ji5/s1600-h/IMG_5014.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTFukX0Ifz10idZJZICiklaoPUa7v78zIKZRRjquV3emniLhEGYL2O_xhLgKZgLcG6jGDz652hX47YPK8nK6dmRHpaoC6bq7NKxS2WY7attfMagDdT-fu0dVyY8LMOCWhv32S9RKyh9ji5/s320/IMG_5014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318643369666260210" /></a><br /><br />Chinese ppl love kites, especially kids and old men. This pic is from a flower garden Nina showed me where all the stressed out city people stroll around, drink tea and play mahjongg on the weekend.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68HR95g_EXp4r0V7fo1xPWLtz4NoeZP5CItEU3QpDitTgNJeqqKZUAVeE67hYD5ttH5Zvx_Ek-i8-xHQ3WSGjnY0amiOYnFtZ8yE0uGcRutSVRc3pGzXMAoJO3qQuvKe_E9YegL3yjn01/s1600-h/IMG_4976.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj68HR95g_EXp4r0V7fo1xPWLtz4NoeZP5CItEU3QpDitTgNJeqqKZUAVeE67hYD5ttH5Zvx_Ek-i8-xHQ3WSGjnY0amiOYnFtZ8yE0uGcRutSVRc3pGzXMAoJO3qQuvKe_E9YegL3yjn01/s320/IMG_4976.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318643365428132402" /></a><br /><br />Nina<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFLenNjWEf12uxZSnM_I0wfxw7349GdRX1vDYtcoM3VIcDxBXZ-jd7Qw_in_mJ559VgqmghRlgah5kBAf8XuBdj2rckL9IUGdbCyJwIj-JuckZ2ZG8J2bDq11yAUAPFoUn9Kgq7_zzGnz/s1600-h/IMG_4980.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxFLenNjWEf12uxZSnM_I0wfxw7349GdRX1vDYtcoM3VIcDxBXZ-jd7Qw_in_mJ559VgqmghRlgah5kBAf8XuBdj2rckL9IUGdbCyJwIj-JuckZ2ZG8J2bDq11yAUAPFoUn9Kgq7_zzGnz/s320/IMG_4980.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318652071518879842" /></a><br /><br />Opening of a bar Peter's friend Jasmine (in the middle) took us to. Somehow the landlord (Adam, on the right) found out about us being German and we found out that he studied in Wuerzburg some mere two decades ago and still speaks German. Somehow we then found out that Remy Martin tastes even better when it's free.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlJPi175YvE6oAHBmLDkwceyLHbzhyphenhyphenTvN3UMpn9zvhcBjHX90BqFJsZ2AmT40bSbGPG_jhobYyucTHuaLCy5QeY7DQwZnT2JiuMDuGsxxfmCRy8KyZVw9hMVvxgCHcydHKMAtNNgExJj-/s1600-h/IMG_4956.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIlJPi175YvE6oAHBmLDkwceyLHbzhyphenhyphenTvN3UMpn9zvhcBjHX90BqFJsZ2AmT40bSbGPG_jhobYyucTHuaLCy5QeY7DQwZnT2JiuMDuGsxxfmCRy8KyZVw9hMVvxgCHcydHKMAtNNgExJj-/s320/IMG_4956.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318652074948362786" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsM2NKptGWBMk_Hr32nqlj4_QW8W_CP7OYoaiAqdONiUllr2iZ3t4hRZBEawdPxxd4EYJ_hazbSMjDX2tgYZZTiigfR7GF-VlfFKbPY-07fEK210TbMCNsee2xLMO23t1rMfkKQ0miut3z/s1600-h/IMG_4921.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsM2NKptGWBMk_Hr32nqlj4_QW8W_CP7OYoaiAqdONiUllr2iZ3t4hRZBEawdPxxd4EYJ_hazbSMjDX2tgYZZTiigfR7GF-VlfFKbPY-07fEK210TbMCNsee2xLMO23t1rMfkKQ0miut3z/s320/IMG_4921.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318643358672593586" /></a><br /><br />Beijing<br /><br />Sichuan Airlines took me (with the hottest stewardesses, the worst food and no beer) to Beijing.<br /><br /><br />View over the forbidden city<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoQ9SZG3skg-fnhcjPV358Vev_fSHsZ8coScdl9ORkVRW57h4hG68Zw0EcxVTMUuEfKHond4WYn6FJBwWA_ZezPbxWpLFLZ0-jTevwSNe2iBLcmqYQhzoWQg4pHczy-MOKin9X_bOpLyM/s1600-h/IMG_5603.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoQ9SZG3skg-fnhcjPV358Vev_fSHsZ8coScdl9ORkVRW57h4hG68Zw0EcxVTMUuEfKHond4WYn6FJBwWA_ZezPbxWpLFLZ0-jTevwSNe2iBLcmqYQhzoWQg4pHczy-MOKin9X_bOpLyM/s320/IMG_5603.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318647560282840002" /></a><br /><br />Palace of eternal happiness, everlasting wishfulness, infinite wisdom or whatever they are called - the 42nd concubine's bathroom.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEZOqqfLcypqdt-Kw8l6wAVLRxAu4Pvtamrq4HnhTzT5r_VPkYO0JMLz1ZZ8HVdnow_VGjGqJFZz6Y1HT05ove27Fy-a8iTfL7tbZHPzdbK9vB7rsm5_HbyVjC3DhfHkfipfABPP1M8kd/s1600-h/IMG_5556.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEZOqqfLcypqdt-Kw8l6wAVLRxAu4Pvtamrq4HnhTzT5r_VPkYO0JMLz1ZZ8HVdnow_VGjGqJFZz6Y1HT05ove27Fy-a8iTfL7tbZHPzdbK9vB7rsm5_HbyVjC3DhfHkfipfABPP1M8kd/s320/IMG_5556.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318646811589530770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATgKwYcXw216RnkNA8eJVmMAFeJqSB6fcKPqbGlcf_UKy9wR2GkS_659CVPmynR_UwQ1k9mv1HNX8krB9AbkweCXNvuEl75EtJT57DbNIlMZUe0JgOJJC_zfHZ9kG9Vfk8gppzXsX4wQH/s1600-h/IMG_5551.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATgKwYcXw216RnkNA8eJVmMAFeJqSB6fcKPqbGlcf_UKy9wR2GkS_659CVPmynR_UwQ1k9mv1HNX8krB9AbkweCXNvuEl75EtJT57DbNIlMZUe0JgOJJC_zfHZ9kG9Vfk8gppzXsX4wQH/s320/IMG_5551.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318646808930463954" /></a><br /><br />view from the gate of the forbidden city over what is supposed to be the world's largest square. Mao's mausoleum in the center, national museum and parliament on the left or right<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i7gaKt9F5LLG29T-rhYG0ST2tdgRI5dnOKN6BFoqOs3uN067OXm0Ho3Q1oH52GHpRzyw9lKif7EGAAnA16VPGX5t_gK1PEXkOkbXWd41jpJ4EcHQh1aL4rJBn4sZIC3emqFKC3RnDeQh/s1600-h/IMG_5528.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i7gaKt9F5LLG29T-rhYG0ST2tdgRI5dnOKN6BFoqOs3uN067OXm0Ho3Q1oH52GHpRzyw9lKif7EGAAnA16VPGX5t_gK1PEXkOkbXWd41jpJ4EcHQh1aL4rJBn4sZIC3emqFKC3RnDeQh/s320/IMG_5528.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318646807604574530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_4b-rv6GXFqBSUvyCyw6tW-aljZNtco8V3QuMQlfpiUNlH_wwlvo0zzBS1QMFugW3OouIY8DaLJ7-UW-Noj2NZ54y9zASpvYYu8COkoPTb4S-dHXN_xETPRw_KYBUvbDLyf_y-DwINT9/s1600-h/IMG_5498.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_4b-rv6GXFqBSUvyCyw6tW-aljZNtco8V3QuMQlfpiUNlH_wwlvo0zzBS1QMFugW3OouIY8DaLJ7-UW-Noj2NZ54y9zASpvYYu8COkoPTb4S-dHXN_xETPRw_KYBUvbDLyf_y-DwINT9/s320/IMG_5498.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318646803815454018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw06rZ32jDVoCeTyXMA6r-_S2NX_gPGmc-lozpMbo3GUAZGh1sTpt8BdGD9fyvC-RMgJcNAP-BQMLa3aBY04Zok5rQW971mt9wYZ5bGmTbpHIrgMzKQ8WJQMtjO3ye2egYu6VT_s158VFs/s1600-h/IMG_5495.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw06rZ32jDVoCeTyXMA6r-_S2NX_gPGmc-lozpMbo3GUAZGh1sTpt8BdGD9fyvC-RMgJcNAP-BQMLa3aBY04Zok5rQW971mt9wYZ5bGmTbpHIrgMzKQ8WJQMtjO3ye2egYu6VT_s158VFs/s320/IMG_5495.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318646800668207650" /></a><br /><br />Mari in the subway<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmYn155qqlWSFxBx_t5IHDiXyvOUqWtnmhEx5Gs69kO51z9FK84KPBVFmiHZuuog8_RuHmnNNnSLZS5Zd0Y0gv0aAWaL1x993oMm8_wpcG0kP30AD1QWhxFrdRbrwOpeVf-QfKqD9w2MX/s1600-h/IMG_5736.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmYn155qqlWSFxBx_t5IHDiXyvOUqWtnmhEx5Gs69kO51z9FK84KPBVFmiHZuuog8_RuHmnNNnSLZS5Zd0Y0gv0aAWaL1x993oMm8_wpcG0kP30AD1QWhxFrdRbrwOpeVf-QfKqD9w2MX/s320/IMG_5736.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318647730310638946" /></a><br /><br />Even if you consider our sheer awesomeness, note the great wall in the back.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUKyQrUuAbPv78Z4fbM47-6aR1ICpM21Zlr8Or4qKFnsgVwiX8Rqs8TUYC4m6bFc6roN6TCwru7bmLjlDWj2nY-S31PYo8dh9chz6chYnNt83BGS-tYBz7LJlGNe9gVIoY_vC0VFug8xG/s1600-h/IMG_5632.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUKyQrUuAbPv78Z4fbM47-6aR1ICpM21Zlr8Or4qKFnsgVwiX8Rqs8TUYC4m6bFc6roN6TCwru7bmLjlDWj2nY-S31PYo8dh9chz6chYnNt83BGS-tYBz7LJlGNe9gVIoY_vC0VFug8xG/s320/IMG_5632.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318647565309846482" /></a><br /><br /><br />Our tour to the great wall<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBU14mRT9XCNDQXNhCN-eeZzGinsgk38if-vsWT70_2jokDLMDtzBije5AhtGn5naFry5aAntDb-mUmJ_UFNST1399TCLJiH44rA0Gc9WXTwsmjliXtVYvRM1bpmgLEKa5srCdKL3mwHTV/s1600-h/IMG_5722.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBU14mRT9XCNDQXNhCN-eeZzGinsgk38if-vsWT70_2jokDLMDtzBije5AhtGn5naFry5aAntDb-mUmJ_UFNST1399TCLJiH44rA0Gc9WXTwsmjliXtVYvRM1bpmgLEKa5srCdKL3mwHTV/s320/IMG_5722.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318647570922870466" /></a><br /><br />me, KQ (Taiwan), Mari, Hanna and an Israeli couple we shared the taxi with on some tower<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsml3UEbLBPlKE4r2DEQIHxOQXql9Hc3_g-z-kFRmFWmsKl1cfSIMMVZOCDkDhQy_yLHfb3CT4dnY60HhfPcDJeaVAXmJ-20_9LooKlTu-hOVwL6Fu6Z8wyIbHS8XSxLY0jqLA2MunbUj/s1600-h/IMG_5723.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsml3UEbLBPlKE4r2DEQIHxOQXql9Hc3_g-z-kFRmFWmsKl1cfSIMMVZOCDkDhQy_yLHfb3CT4dnY60HhfPcDJeaVAXmJ-20_9LooKlTu-hOVwL6Fu6Z8wyIbHS8XSxLY0jqLA2MunbUj/s320/IMG_5723.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318647568401122818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6C5teVHzGDYT6wGBb8Ut1gCej3jOmT55eTOIULaMhyGi8bIlUpSWZkpyzst43RY8jq5NmOI3H8GAE6cbpzMwbMDa9z7DvKf0aR-odnYzWQOUhXf_rph5VvFc55eumr2-fNbnxhSbH4pd/s1600-h/IMG_5671.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6C5teVHzGDYT6wGBb8Ut1gCej3jOmT55eTOIULaMhyGi8bIlUpSWZkpyzst43RY8jq5NmOI3H8GAE6cbpzMwbMDa9z7DvKf0aR-odnYzWQOUhXf_rph5VvFc55eumr2-fNbnxhSbH4pd/s320/IMG_5671.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318647565419233298" /></a><br /><br />I'm running out of time, I'll tell you next time how I almost missed my flight because all the Beijing roast duck restaurents close so early.<br /><br />Greetings from Tokyo!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-35889274483498896632009-03-22T15:37:00.007+01:002009-03-22T15:51:43.698+01:00Pictures Achim<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgaccDitFVqO3AKB0hb1S3jKkdzcTHltbD2080KkoCELQtrg-6ee4BJR8ksX3zuFjkp4-SWUr_l-eYix2c8D7NASsciIdVSHeJkZmhyAJnO0uJT_rjfG3L7pEWxHln05ZIbJ40tn8c_GL/s1600-h/Bild8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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It's only some turtles, fish, Franz, Achim and me. Enjoy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwe9p6nXs0KzDsSuhaeXcZ4rH18yQ5upLJbGyVQrCpkjlOk5v1BJR-3aHI2UWXnezefCJSyRZRf-l5M1hfsDXhPtWlGDd7i72ZxkMyxWpO89sVnWy7aGX0bFf-UmdeE6DwH0PaicsZ2Ha/s1600-h/imm009_7A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfwe9p6nXs0KzDsSuhaeXcZ4rH18yQ5upLJbGyVQrCpkjlOk5v1BJR-3aHI2UWXnezefCJSyRZRf-l5M1hfsDXhPtWlGDd7i72ZxkMyxWpO89sVnWy7aGX0bFf-UmdeE6DwH0PaicsZ2Ha/s320/imm009_7A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313830116323253810" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj8UHzYTAB0j32-KENlXU6DAm0U-YuRkdemBXSnvAD1hNlg3eSOHUYkeyUnK-v-sR3Xe8yZ4UQh7WpgQKMdpAzJxKH3CWImxVbk_A_mtKM_oJ7dtToJti9J1-H9LNbIqOopFK5gpdPZZbf/s1600-h/imm011_9A.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOm4qzkLnxLELeQqKjDKxocjIdzQpheEysKE2rdY9N2DK_Ckb8uKbZ5EXxNu__hSnITgpb5mZVGO-gw4g_eMhfPWkwoehgJ7cGEuRqKfFNST6yRLE20GS4YOfNNM66zt_H6eHUZZc1_GP6/s320/Tauchen1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312625397220991426" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Weltenfeindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07788860094945128838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-27988089736106373132009-03-05T16:09:00.009+01:002009-03-06T07:14:17.730+01:00Xi'anI've been to Xi'an and of course I've been to the terracotta army.<br />Here are the pics:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPItIcBPgRq-vcoE0GQ0hd5WvOnk38W6xML-YvqdRoNCP9OBxQr053b6t1SZ6VVD1y8Ab3WOtNQEHAjBK_5wDSiksNB9bt1XdtCuDCbeVoUbsraj-oW_Cih-rm-tvlaaInuAQ4_d30Mmpd/s1600-h/IMG_4599.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_g23zv0vqi6cNe5yp9SDZ957R9X29rqfSPQdrKz2ciE2_JAlKASwBRG6vaYcupKcMMW_MqIFUJ5nMjvNOKtAZdqBnH09zG0qrltnZDw-05Astz8YqwF0f4E_QT6-usZlN_XniH-N7ndU8/s320/IMG_4581.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309721747176423362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mdmG7PeMJpCYmOEk3iAABVSg9T_DaTpSQ0OlVZfGaNGRVFES52z7jDuzmulNG-5W6f50gpdZOfSlrdwrWHb_6Qepm9ydkTLWJr76CENXqUwGT32KMP3gf4jmDLvSuxvqjdT862kkm3p-/s1600-h/IMG_4575.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7mdmG7PeMJpCYmOEk3iAABVSg9T_DaTpSQ0OlVZfGaNGRVFES52z7jDuzmulNG-5W6f50gpdZOfSlrdwrWHb_6Qepm9ydkTLWJr76CENXqUwGT32KMP3gf4jmDLvSuxvqjdT862kkm3p-/s320/IMG_4575.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309721380177871794" /></a><br /><br /><br />The problem with Peter is, that he really likes my lens and conclusively is using it a lot - so there are loads of pictures with me in them.<br /><br />Double Cheeseburger Blues<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntZaplz05HeUHy2AtPr8wNqS_S1sYgJhSTK7IclRvSmhQqXo98EH4GdLsch8mp021nQ_XuPiu4td8B99b3mlQ2e76YH7ul0PXknqOU1xEU5Jc_B6GvbB_4lFF7liGzL16nArgDsL5oUqv/s1600-h/IMG_4716.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgntZaplz05HeUHy2AtPr8wNqS_S1sYgJhSTK7IclRvSmhQqXo98EH4GdLsch8mp021nQ_XuPiu4td8B99b3mlQ2e76YH7ul0PXknqOU1xEU5Jc_B6GvbB_4lFF7liGzL16nArgDsL5oUqv/s320/IMG_4716.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722882399528322" /></a><br /><br />Xi'an at night<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3Qvf9PUcfDTopvP18X6dYHwbzMCMH11FiTp3aN_KPTs0SfNlMDpHpDh1qNrKCt_i88Ts-r8DfjrFQ6NYpklKDLv8k2Yy7Ssgk083gGO8YKo-izML2cn2zMBDJmO4tPYpSxfMCbm_Pob3/s1600-h/IMG_4692.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG3Qvf9PUcfDTopvP18X6dYHwbzMCMH11FiTp3aN_KPTs0SfNlMDpHpDh1qNrKCt_i88Ts-r8DfjrFQ6NYpklKDLv8k2Yy7Ssgk083gGO8YKo-izML2cn2zMBDJmO4tPYpSxfMCbm_Pob3/s320/IMG_4692.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722875747345394" /></a><br /><br />Belltower in the middle of the walled part of town at night<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWngvcxWmHBFmbWtrDNYL9hfxUAVG5m_UZYWx-kaelakFad2FqQNrS1HqBnOSdsD8W1Sbvz-0D8ScZPvvIuPZXQQbZRK1uZh1V3iIHO6EKQnFeH2cVU4lKwhR6OBYlfaEj141WyI37fES/s1600-h/IMG_4662.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWngvcxWmHBFmbWtrDNYL9hfxUAVG5m_UZYWx-kaelakFad2FqQNrS1HqBnOSdsD8W1Sbvz-0D8ScZPvvIuPZXQQbZRK1uZh1V3iIHO6EKQnFeH2cVU4lKwhR6OBYlfaEj141WyI37fES/s320/IMG_4662.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722871154734754" /></a><br /><br />me + belltower + fake cherry blossoms (it's been snowing for god's sake and all they do is set up plastic blossoms...)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUZ6iJAhcN7Bk4UQ95myt2_sd98RRAUSCO9KwZReBgxO8KBht_Qw6tqFyBFLKHvGI6Re9keleTPXtpc8spIEl2KcqZ15ktssTJJ64vDsBjZ86p0WP618F6zf-gXmgyOB1yvaHykgvv8TF/s1600-h/IMG_4618.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjUZ6iJAhcN7Bk4UQ95myt2_sd98RRAUSCO9KwZReBgxO8KBht_Qw6tqFyBFLKHvGI6Re9keleTPXtpc8spIEl2KcqZ15ktssTJJ64vDsBjZ86p0WP618F6zf-gXmgyOB1yvaHykgvv8TF/s320/IMG_4618.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722267514641586" /></a><br /><br />my favorite shop<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizo_iDzPCnyPSeHs9lxaYibLKk3ZeFU5S3HX1XWyUtEFrfGQ_kEr35PGXRcdr17k8XNGJdRdWPaeNpEsA2vAuMDOx8mRtjGNZpXvZcJfO49r49hteuXMZ2eLWpxQGRFc5_YHYahy7BFAz6/s1600-h/IMG_4657.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizo_iDzPCnyPSeHs9lxaYibLKk3ZeFU5S3HX1XWyUtEFrfGQ_kEr35PGXRcdr17k8XNGJdRdWPaeNpEsA2vAuMDOx8mRtjGNZpXvZcJfO49r49hteuXMZ2eLWpxQGRFc5_YHYahy7BFAz6/s320/IMG_4657.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722266693170194" /></a><br /><br />belltower <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtY0cVuphYvlD1ZNX5XNctVasFx2Z8ZCid5oL8Zm3Koadz1UwgIg_oK88jGq1qAneVjv74nxp_Z1ycFsfCnMpz02WAg-2cr4o60mIf3C6tnQ95LUk87PB-bENxd20tg1i6ZhyphenhyphenxW_kXH3f/s1600-h/IMG_4612.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtY0cVuphYvlD1ZNX5XNctVasFx2Z8ZCid5oL8Zm3Koadz1UwgIg_oK88jGq1qAneVjv74nxp_Z1ycFsfCnMpz02WAg-2cr4o60mIf3C6tnQ95LUk87PB-bENxd20tg1i6ZhyphenhyphenxW_kXH3f/s320/IMG_4612.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722259220838626" /></a><br /><br />delicious food in the Muslim quarter<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F1T8HlQQXMF0UFTAaKywGXQK_N0UQTuktxdYDdYQpVFnxpwgX_6Rqo9TAhEbHgS6BwhvnVZ1S9S3Zcc1dYOJjcyBxXUKOHhzlcQ_zlbOxj19vMCCk1PtKWx7ZnngXkfKgDDt4vMuH7JK/s1600-h/IMG_4608.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F1T8HlQQXMF0UFTAaKywGXQK_N0UQTuktxdYDdYQpVFnxpwgX_6Rqo9TAhEbHgS6BwhvnVZ1S9S3Zcc1dYOJjcyBxXUKOHhzlcQ_zlbOxj19vMCCk1PtKWx7ZnngXkfKgDDt4vMuH7JK/s320/IMG_4608.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722255713687570" /></a><br /><br />more<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhBR2a-dSyqR8Vi8FDjWJr8iqGsCkAWla5DR_umzYMiSmz4PUOffssDs9bcD4_3kYV8ESTzE2TzmxAodwB-WtLptwERRJoIWHfCnqEPzN5LSvswWQ3d8m5Ky9zGZDvd2pttVHzhjn-sDY/s1600-h/IMG_4606.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhBR2a-dSyqR8Vi8FDjWJr8iqGsCkAWla5DR_umzYMiSmz4PUOffssDs9bcD4_3kYV8ESTzE2TzmxAodwB-WtLptwERRJoIWHfCnqEPzN5LSvswWQ3d8m5Ky9zGZDvd2pttVHzhjn-sDY/s320/IMG_4606.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722257206957138" /></a><br /><br />Peter and myself in front of the Belltower<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yIMsV-yi8fKg2qofOdY2J48LPi0gJ811Ohwlgb47QzN5Zst8G9bMQYk-9zwy3u43z9rHU5F3H4i1lfTw_sOQHvzFTzMIqQsBkIMNg2r-Z1AEjbd8LB9KOlHbLAywy1VhIHMymcb2dPVN/s1600-h/DSC_7742.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yIMsV-yi8fKg2qofOdY2J48LPi0gJ811Ohwlgb47QzN5Zst8G9bMQYk-9zwy3u43z9rHU5F3H4i1lfTw_sOQHvzFTzMIqQsBkIMNg2r-Z1AEjbd8LB9KOlHbLAywy1VhIHMymcb2dPVN/s320/DSC_7742.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309721370997971858" /></a><br /><br />KFC - we had to renact a pic Peter had taken when he was here last year <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIme82nDAKcr8k5AGegXL9FGLp1SLIHchuTKXHX3paeFS7rAe811quZHAwt-5uozlD34wknG9hZC6AM7wxU9WR7R2dzTG18NtbCnhYGC1RQVuESzafGkd-TGnA4X4X2N2ZnkslqhwbuXA/s1600-h/DSC_7714.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIme82nDAKcr8k5AGegXL9FGLp1SLIHchuTKXHX3paeFS7rAe811quZHAwt-5uozlD34wknG9hZC6AM7wxU9WR7R2dzTG18NtbCnhYGC1RQVuESzafGkd-TGnA4X4X2N2ZnkslqhwbuXA/s320/DSC_7714.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309721368637437794" /></a><br /><br /><br />somewhere in the streets<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaa3X2DvwvYgdUuGbYkp8QrQMelOvGammUgPE8MHDcEckhxCBz5zJ4iXngQj9Bdkolf5ibRo14fyvqHhVcTr2UhFB0rlcGaObilJdk5f9HS33Shh6N2wmPILaHlfxDpuktCL9DzS4nXRC/s1600-h/DSC_7502.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaa3X2DvwvYgdUuGbYkp8QrQMelOvGammUgPE8MHDcEckhxCBz5zJ4iXngQj9Bdkolf5ibRo14fyvqHhVcTr2UhFB0rlcGaObilJdk5f9HS33Shh6N2wmPILaHlfxDpuktCL9DzS4nXRC/s320/DSC_7502.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309721362327595794" /></a><br /><br />baijiu with the more then amazing hotpot<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiignj1CSUUqzwJvg68vqn7k9Tqrd1RPaGrkXPEXZGSKF2J5q5wSVxomsXvFUDeVqEIDUL4PanPj0nznLpkXXmZvL65ZOHlTBogKDCOZ_xQcn-rVmUXc7NkMFT9hSCj3ZdyzIBDljmKT8ga/s1600-h/DSC_7478.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiignj1CSUUqzwJvg68vqn7k9Tqrd1RPaGrkXPEXZGSKF2J5q5wSVxomsXvFUDeVqEIDUL4PanPj0nznLpkXXmZvL65ZOHlTBogKDCOZ_xQcn-rVmUXc7NkMFT9hSCj3ZdyzIBDljmKT8ga/s320/DSC_7478.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309721353462955314" /></a><br /><br />after a couple of days and a visa extension there Peter had to return to university in Chengdu and I was like: "Hey, I'm coming with you!" It may be the opposite direction from my ultimate goal - Beijing but whatever. Apparently McDonald's tried to set foot in Sechuan province but failed because their food wasn't spicy enough and the local Chinese people said: "That taste' like nuthin'!" Now McDonald's has some special spicy burgers only available here - can't wait to try them. Otherwise of course Sechuan food is amazing and amazingly spicy. I love the Sechuan pepper which numbs your tongue and your lips!<br />Anyway that's for the next blog.<br />We had a rather pleasent train ride and now I'm staying with Peter at his appartment.<br /><br />Pictures from the ride.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1zhyR1Fc_R6WAHMFaFKQIqEhUSX90cTLd5iDtvmiBBXtsrFAsFYCHXfYm9viL-cDzE_URy1pCCtlccJjY4o8KK_UiWZMaRl_cE3AX_ntJZkn5C4joRKKJPOFtTqKIYpUy2wQ97AcmfKW/s1600-h/IMG_4860.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1zhyR1Fc_R6WAHMFaFKQIqEhUSX90cTLd5iDtvmiBBXtsrFAsFYCHXfYm9viL-cDzE_URy1pCCtlccJjY4o8KK_UiWZMaRl_cE3AX_ntJZkn5C4joRKKJPOFtTqKIYpUy2wQ97AcmfKW/s320/IMG_4860.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309723412700434290" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevLNAu8B1gDMyj2tdYTBm7a4E8Clv4ecQ53hmco-e7fLYfOkOuSlZZI4hV6mTQKNn2BrwZueYNCZAeKDXSbOcptGnYVPYLUQxQh68NQcH3dgNKNBHCqp__Y9JCQDd7JjrKZMnL5XPO0-N/s1600-h/IMG_4827.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLtX6lfWKIqp0Z-AAj65as_-C4xChW1ZD84lt3q-laEyukAfhaTZUNPuM-PsQinj3AO_OcSpk2ohPycimmF6-oF2Lr_M2yFW6GbwWgAxNA9Y9vYnNgiGtNl82rzmkCjqJ1leeg63e8FdB/s320/IMG_4722.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309722887494919074" /></a><br /><br />See you in Chengdu! Stay sound!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-38806172656340727702009-02-23T13:23:00.005+01:002009-02-23T13:43:08.839+01:00ShanghaiSkyline - randomly taken while going for dinner.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_5fHphnuqcdJ-M5xBMoNzTAG7zN7rj7hkZDeq8CdKCuQwB-Lk4ANGlnkC5cjfrZWX9nOw3tXl_aOvh_slexUOZOCL5qJj9ChGtKcaZHGx496dCiJJdwKaKQ-mzXpxj_U1J18CbHClvbc/s1600-h/IMG_4535.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_5fHphnuqcdJ-M5xBMoNzTAG7zN7rj7hkZDeq8CdKCuQwB-Lk4ANGlnkC5cjfrZWX9nOw3tXl_aOvh_slexUOZOCL5qJj9ChGtKcaZHGx496dCiJJdwKaKQ-mzXpxj_U1J18CbHClvbc/s320/IMG_4535.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969070814266258" /></a><br /><br />Here we go.<br /><br />I spent a long time there.<br />But I had very good company indeed and was still a little ill.<br />The weather sucked and constant rain made sight-seeing not very enjoyable. I've been to the Shanghai Art Gallery and a little around the city though.<br /><br />Wujian Snack Road - soon to disappear for another posh shopping street...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWIDvQ9AvZ2pSU1PbQySogSyjZB4HiAxYAjBx6fnjxeiRPVkBIsxD4YU1AmaQ1pnomWveyFfJMXXY8e6CJBOvpMacmqqauFJRn9RSgT46hiVDmxPs15K8nDcKhBN2EFWNcoVvnr0CaFTi/s1600-h/IMG_4556.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWIDvQ9AvZ2pSU1PbQySogSyjZB4HiAxYAjBx6fnjxeiRPVkBIsxD4YU1AmaQ1pnomWveyFfJMXXY8e6CJBOvpMacmqqauFJRn9RSgT46hiVDmxPs15K8nDcKhBN2EFWNcoVvnr0CaFTi/s320/IMG_4556.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305970316402548834" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />hot pot eating! yummy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrvzqR5OO7Nqb7xyDkD97HEcaSRI8eWjlxq9DRtdA93RjEkCoTK1aWTelqN1MxbB8A90yPZn8MnE_9-iglWPel24PhkPcvjLkjk-cUGRpKOUAjEIN_3UTGzAE04iQPi26eRihtoONb20_/s1600-h/IMG_4540.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbrvzqR5OO7Nqb7xyDkD97HEcaSRI8eWjlxq9DRtdA93RjEkCoTK1aWTelqN1MxbB8A90yPZn8MnE_9-iglWPel24PhkPcvjLkjk-cUGRpKOUAjEIN_3UTGzAE04iQPi26eRihtoONb20_/s320/IMG_4540.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969789866946786" /></a><br /><br />pig brain for the hot pot - nice!<br />As soon as Chris uploads the video from the guy juggling the noodles I'll post it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybAzJKU1UEXBUR8OZU1u0jhE65De9bncntQWb8bkPCPEyE-smm7U9M5F6bKcs6-4bIct4kDPKUb3-WhxVJK-AmvqkSxteeR2V7AnKeRDUej052P9SAYP6FPE8Rx7BtsAMrPmAZ5P9Sfo_/s1600-h/IMG_4539.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybAzJKU1UEXBUR8OZU1u0jhE65De9bncntQWb8bkPCPEyE-smm7U9M5F6bKcs6-4bIct4kDPKUb3-WhxVJK-AmvqkSxteeR2V7AnKeRDUej052P9SAYP6FPE8Rx7BtsAMrPmAZ5P9Sfo_/s320/IMG_4539.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969066922754418" /></a><br /><br />not so posh - yet<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSm9rtskwqTeo6So3Z_D6f8Z9xBzUpV0C6n6HzyLhcN5ypKgee1bV65mAUVpYaeWmiBmrjJwqsAhv9Mb99j2UfzDL9Is7f-e0ldRFdG3SY463x_FLw64DzYUs2HeIbMRoniN2Sqiic8Qf/s1600-h/IMG_4521.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSm9rtskwqTeo6So3Z_D6f8Z9xBzUpV0C6n6HzyLhcN5ypKgee1bV65mAUVpYaeWmiBmrjJwqsAhv9Mb99j2UfzDL9Is7f-e0ldRFdG3SY463x_FLw64DzYUs2HeIbMRoniN2Sqiic8Qf/s320/IMG_4521.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969069429256178" /></a><br /><br />walking home from the club at 4:30 in the morning<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeXLFdY1pXqnESbDrdMP_i5Eb4gcP8ZeMZYjhsBctUTrZnR3YGSoHcWh__Gb5znPpjbbtSGpYy7OWSvxDESFnyHXg5WCw7Ayb1wooaozmEUBnjxhtZzLEsVOrtpcLsVQ73X7fh5ZSqcGE/s1600-h/IMG_4551.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjeXLFdY1pXqnESbDrdMP_i5Eb4gcP8ZeMZYjhsBctUTrZnR3YGSoHcWh__Gb5znPpjbbtSGpYy7OWSvxDESFnyHXg5WCw7Ayb1wooaozmEUBnjxhtZzLEsVOrtpcLsVQ73X7fh5ZSqcGE/s320/IMG_4551.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969800461783122" /></a><br /><br />Shanghai streets at night<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucxOFreQjZWhWlCcWQpp3cs_78VXpj2XtnDIGSmDwfLulevK-mQVfIYZkZYmifYFsStNsr8H0japoFT8uA_YFd8PoJeG1PlI8gpj7pGpk4XZR6djT7yOsxApxrsElrAPnv-ZEERZBn0k1/s1600-h/IMG_4546.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucxOFreQjZWhWlCcWQpp3cs_78VXpj2XtnDIGSmDwfLulevK-mQVfIYZkZYmifYFsStNsr8H0japoFT8uA_YFd8PoJeG1PlI8gpj7pGpk4XZR6djT7yOsxApxrsElrAPnv-ZEERZBn0k1/s320/IMG_4546.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969796257363346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7doCmVC5FRtkZOFrqRORcMXoF9vEawpgkexOa7lpI3Cl5AZm06npikbRxeLT7IhgozbCrB9EYpCOZSb-r7LkIndqO7MVHXohrEPBu6wZBr0VME0p16KLsM5-SoBKNBoqURIhMZBYtYthq/s1600-h/IMG_4545.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7doCmVC5FRtkZOFrqRORcMXoF9vEawpgkexOa7lpI3Cl5AZm06npikbRxeLT7IhgozbCrB9EYpCOZSb-r7LkIndqO7MVHXohrEPBu6wZBr0VME0p16KLsM5-SoBKNBoqURIhMZBYtYthq/s320/IMG_4545.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969792674038674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3_O_6ePwiD17DFdWl5rDA7K4COAUBVKBjvQWoMKYN_kssF4XmeNJSrOYmjo2wKT4spPbGxD3HmHdnKyClXtEIVxxdUEGNzA-EJx2G5OUzidfscVC1ucxOlmDt_HmuObyg7N-UpqSftro/s1600-h/IMG_4543.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE3_O_6ePwiD17DFdWl5rDA7K4COAUBVKBjvQWoMKYN_kssF4XmeNJSrOYmjo2wKT4spPbGxD3HmHdnKyClXtEIVxxdUEGNzA-EJx2G5OUzidfscVC1ucxOlmDt_HmuObyg7N-UpqSftro/s320/IMG_4543.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969794882395954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAM0HMCvpUAn1924bvlSwt9C0MUIE6K3yieL4hHm7IsBDZSpjybiL_uh-VrXHaE_CCvQKo0y75HeAZJyPKR9ufK3JbUm_FccHpJaQywitTnOzL9mRlA9Cl6WPots1WDxA3JU3jcOHujh1/s1600-h/IMG_4485.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhAM0HMCvpUAn1924bvlSwt9C0MUIE6K3yieL4hHm7IsBDZSpjybiL_uh-VrXHaE_CCvQKo0y75HeAZJyPKR9ufK3JbUm_FccHpJaQywitTnOzL9mRlA9Cl6WPots1WDxA3JU3jcOHujh1/s320/IMG_4485.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305969064810007042" /></a><br /><br />After 17hrs in the train I'm in Xi'an (8.2 million ppl) now, going to see the terracotta army tomorrow and then wait 'til the 27th to get my passport with extended visa back from the PSB (Public Security Bureau). Peter should be here by the 25th from Hong Kong.Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-62902926294631333182009-02-17T09:12:00.010+01:002009-02-17T10:38:24.806+01:00Chongqing to ShanghaiYep.<br /><br />First of all I have to correct the last entry. Guiling doesn't have 600.000 ppl but 6 million of course. <br /><br />Here we go. I'm atm sorting pictures and after I've resized them I'm gonna upload them all. It's really not easy since Peter and Mari had both reflex cameras and now in Shanghai Jerome and Chris are into photography as well... we took so many (useless) pictures.<br /><br />Leaving Chonqing on the boat, here's the skyline (or at least a small part of it) and another boat.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_72FJqn_bI4DkcsKWcH8AQLoPSGON-Ixhs2FZQ1SA2KTnu7SOtLmXlpHj2XoNMrmvZ5sT7Fm0vw4DK_hyMVNsW7CLFAem53ZJ-QcU1aNEeNW0x1zzcvFWUsiBl9BVOG9WhFCQHjse052s/s1600-h/IMG_4005.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_72FJqn_bI4DkcsKWcH8AQLoPSGON-Ixhs2FZQ1SA2KTnu7SOtLmXlpHj2XoNMrmvZ5sT7Fm0vw4DK_hyMVNsW7CLFAem53ZJ-QcU1aNEeNW0x1zzcvFWUsiBl9BVOG9WhFCQHjse052s/s320/IMG_4005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303682732988817202" /></a><br /><br />Fist tourist attraction stop with our boat was the 'City of Ghosts': Fengdu.<br />At 6.30 in the morning the speakers all over the boat started playing horrific Chinese techno music and everybody was forced to wake up. <br />The town itself consisted mainly of temples and tourist shops and some strange attractions. Nothing special. But we almost missed our boat because we ate some noodles in town and they were already about to leave us behind but Peter forced them to stay and wait for Mari, Patrick (a Chinese guy we met on the boat) and me.<br /><br />Chinese underworld<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60fKjVxpnvVZvq8S1WHkwZQa0dpvh8knbtvHe2updT52x_eNDrrgx8KAFgcO86KaWU0PUO1G338Fl3kiNvfm925D5-FIRJA31DY1AIlnYpYppCxD6zhyphenhyphenJDDXp9PYimhIdYtfMokSmL5_m/s1600-h/IMG_4080.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60fKjVxpnvVZvq8S1WHkwZQa0dpvh8knbtvHe2updT52x_eNDrrgx8KAFgcO86KaWU0PUO1G338Fl3kiNvfm925D5-FIRJA31DY1AIlnYpYppCxD6zhyphenhyphenJDDXp9PYimhIdYtfMokSmL5_m/s320/IMG_4080.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683216111509602" /></a><br /><br />people grinder - Chinese underworld, a fun place to be. Please note the dog licking the blood.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3ejHqi9-rOjrFjfVGA5Ni20n_0FBiatsBv5PnaeoKagvTAFbOMWz6H2CqgCxi1o1Ljsqdu-47y3i8wpicOHTZUHxBw-oGURKpnff0yEnoO5WG7rF4ZdPbf3Zt9RYXGud8-sIxq1rQeos/s1600-h/IMG_4071.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja3ejHqi9-rOjrFjfVGA5Ni20n_0FBiatsBv5PnaeoKagvTAFbOMWz6H2CqgCxi1o1Ljsqdu-47y3i8wpicOHTZUHxBw-oGURKpnff0yEnoO5WG7rF4ZdPbf3Zt9RYXGud8-sIxq1rQeos/s320/IMG_4071.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303682745802572322" /></a><br /><br />a tower! wow!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWM-kBEijrP_mdNm74-nd7kydWHLLypwBsIY5gdDVKrrRyfDwjIt3l0HZ-pU3SHvrfrPTjRxWLs1zGWiPY7UEUy1lGrty3wD99LOnoKkkaaO4v7QFv0s1aTlm7bulaaLMBUVQj1jYo5_T/s1600-h/IMG_4061.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWM-kBEijrP_mdNm74-nd7kydWHLLypwBsIY5gdDVKrrRyfDwjIt3l0HZ-pU3SHvrfrPTjRxWLs1zGWiPY7UEUy1lGrty3wD99LOnoKkkaaO4v7QFv0s1aTlm7bulaaLMBUVQj1jYo5_T/s320/IMG_4061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303682742136066578" /></a><br /><br />cable car<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeED4RO_POvR0xFLsHP_grR0jx_wrc1o43svkvVPiXav_crrBVyAtlHeApjX9WOGEkieGCVgZBMdGYVu2UCPHD1rZ-Rd28tJaVUGVGD1OAYFZ8RNZxqFCN0qlAJP3ShHKcTVfCYM8j7keZ/s1600-h/IMG_2776.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeED4RO_POvR0xFLsHP_grR0jx_wrc1o43svkvVPiXav_crrBVyAtlHeApjX9WOGEkieGCVgZBMdGYVu2UCPHD1rZ-Rd28tJaVUGVGD1OAYFZ8RNZxqFCN0qlAJP3ShHKcTVfCYM8j7keZ/s320/IMG_2776.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303682741854021538" /></a><br /><br />amazing view from the highest point! <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTwsEnondPxBRSooWXRa0n7Tg5WPm8y1lTQUl1EKfz8uRItOA4V1QGlik28z0cO_6jlXtXfn2oqKy_rH-z02NM1SOWNGit78Ddp7dsY-KkNzcG_5hFkijsQIwt3mYrEkal-KDMWvzOBwK/s1600-h/IMG_4034.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTwsEnondPxBRSooWXRa0n7Tg5WPm8y1lTQUl1EKfz8uRItOA4V1QGlik28z0cO_6jlXtXfn2oqKy_rH-z02NM1SOWNGit78Ddp7dsY-KkNzcG_5hFkijsQIwt3mYrEkal-KDMWvzOBwK/s320/IMG_4034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303682735650113746" /></a><br /><br />You spend a lot of time on the sun deck (for which you had to pay extra - even though there rarely was any sun) and watch the Chinese guys playing cards and mahjong and getting drunk. <br />Since Peter and Mari (studying some Asian-studies in Bonn) both speak really good Chinese we somehow started playing with the bored kids, which was a lot of fun. The weather sucked, it was cold, windy and foggy.<br /><br />view from the boat...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNu4MaTqUPv6qdIWeUj2XQgVs4PF5Na4RPSt4ngac0fMZU99HNpO6-LAjjybiJibDaG57bPKR3WugpFgVQ5gx2Brs_43avyJtnIjkAT0tN3w2dieZEF_2nwuP8Yx-c54UyWNdGKsKu-W5_/s1600-h/IMG_4091.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNu4MaTqUPv6qdIWeUj2XQgVs4PF5Na4RPSt4ngac0fMZU99HNpO6-LAjjybiJibDaG57bPKR3WugpFgVQ5gx2Brs_43avyJtnIjkAT0tN3w2dieZEF_2nwuP8Yx-c54UyWNdGKsKu-W5_/s320/IMG_4091.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303684863529188898" /></a><br /><br />Cpt. Future reporting in<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSeDjII6I0ICw-r8fxlPr5CjD_DZrBwnf1ZpEf4RhBTd2RYoZMkAlg6trrs5UjnHs93_3fkCftjxnaYzaLaSQw-Khh8CzPGlxQWRBwq7JYENRbDVLDMaA0n2i4zPo6XoV609qEHWgmOLD/s1600-h/IMG_3001.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMSeDjII6I0ICw-r8fxlPr5CjD_DZrBwnf1ZpEf4RhBTd2RYoZMkAlg6trrs5UjnHs93_3fkCftjxnaYzaLaSQw-Khh8CzPGlxQWRBwq7JYENRbDVLDMaA0n2i4zPo6XoV609qEHWgmOLD/s320/IMG_3001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683810459181074" /></a><br /><br />thumb-wrestling Chinese kids<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Lxk95QJeSeFFjD6_8imW9P0nSyAShgMiLriQk_OcGuSdvOSTYQuQby9dx_evAI4OhY10nNQkxKyIr1OaGrrtqKZ_nDSaX5twxOGF8Y0aYR8YNrLQJbOi-BkKPXGjBNYZ5p2nctOFtqmw/s1600-h/IMG_2945.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Lxk95QJeSeFFjD6_8imW9P0nSyAShgMiLriQk_OcGuSdvOSTYQuQby9dx_evAI4OhY10nNQkxKyIr1OaGrrtqKZ_nDSaX5twxOGF8Y0aYR8YNrLQJbOi-BkKPXGjBNYZ5p2nctOFtqmw/s320/IMG_2945.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683807827652434" /></a><br /><br />it was pretty windy at one point...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoiqs1L4Lp_uf6VOs7YoaumDChMPvJAHnR4npA2PlHSePdgo_mR3waN5YV0ZrBgK6L0PVTueaUDwg8m7mQLNAfaphDKj-MIkan1Q9fD4XtYFjAIPk_-JGiyGUe6anLfWLrCTQLHq_YZ-A/s1600-h/IMG_2983.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFoiqs1L4Lp_uf6VOs7YoaumDChMPvJAHnR4npA2PlHSePdgo_mR3waN5YV0ZrBgK6L0PVTueaUDwg8m7mQLNAfaphDKj-MIkan1Q9fD4XtYFjAIPk_-JGiyGUe6anLfWLrCTQLHq_YZ-A/s320/IMG_2983.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683805328826418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuO-o3qAA5qc_SbhZZ-_KEfLRGFclI8mMcZr4WTGTcETIGkAr0-gwau4Ey_gONwX2pIMtSFArm4VqVYZIiiUK_z_qH1odxmGFYdsvmE0taoYQC77RwovNLLJb-NwKvQLaAU3u0S1SlYob/s1600-h/IMG_2974.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvuO-o3qAA5qc_SbhZZ-_KEfLRGFclI8mMcZr4WTGTcETIGkAr0-gwau4Ey_gONwX2pIMtSFArm4VqVYZIiiUK_z_qH1odxmGFYdsvmE0taoYQC77RwovNLLJb-NwKvQLaAU3u0S1SlYob/s320/IMG_2974.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683807401903666" /></a><br /><br />more random pics<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSj-EETQH3RVaJAD4dpX7664ihv9DpeQB6UQLHeC0Z_Hu0kgt6aL6ODQN4dbr_wSvv8P7oZWbKZDhvRWR_Dj1iZJ3XhsWX0Kvc-aa6jNnKwVWg2THlkWn4Pd6J1rJm9jYX4oHm7fY18UBp/s1600-h/DSC_6523.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSj-EETQH3RVaJAD4dpX7664ihv9DpeQB6UQLHeC0Z_Hu0kgt6aL6ODQN4dbr_wSvv8P7oZWbKZDhvRWR_Dj1iZJ3XhsWX0Kvc-aa6jNnKwVWg2THlkWn4Pd6J1rJm9jYX4oHm7fY18UBp/s320/DSC_6523.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683229211413042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqByv1BK1u1ICiDNrNQgUrEmEMiYiM0aYIZDK3hpr9Ey3ZXtLksHe91tTABxnT42sIaUM8YJWj4_4AWWIyC1AjZCWoZKCHXy9GPqEi8Wv4PUBpkSNycUZ8OTA4C1IcKUbSOrU5ynPEEZJ/s1600-h/DSC_6481.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLqByv1BK1u1ICiDNrNQgUrEmEMiYiM0aYIZDK3hpr9Ey3ZXtLksHe91tTABxnT42sIaUM8YJWj4_4AWWIyC1AjZCWoZKCHXy9GPqEi8Wv4PUBpkSNycUZ8OTA4C1IcKUbSOrU5ynPEEZJ/s320/DSC_6481.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683221254791554" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGMtUbhJoMjqfaIpEaECLWi49DiMhqxBjJgl76lcRx0e8CfO4CAl8TojXY9a3ezhJ_hePPw6kECNQpyBIod2ahSzZg95kVs4RXCF7Kq8-A23R2vlVCgERz68dkDIAS7ZMcxO9vScB3pP-/s1600-h/DSC_6473.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJGMtUbhJoMjqfaIpEaECLWi49DiMhqxBjJgl76lcRx0e8CfO4CAl8TojXY9a3ezhJ_hePPw6kECNQpyBIod2ahSzZg95kVs4RXCF7Kq8-A23R2vlVCgERz68dkDIAS7ZMcxO9vScB3pP-/s320/DSC_6473.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683216591409794" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXlf_eLnJRsCbe_bYD5iE32GXXBTBX6vEvtG9Aiv5-lnwpxK-rlOix7hi_AA9VmcAME-o-ViG3JMG-X_vhR43gocowM4qex1b93LdCpctpvntWISTCQd2WR4bE0w_yrBbQKvgFcEwr6E-/s1600-h/DSC_6457.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdXlf_eLnJRsCbe_bYD5iE32GXXBTBX6vEvtG9Aiv5-lnwpxK-rlOix7hi_AA9VmcAME-o-ViG3JMG-X_vhR43gocowM4qex1b93LdCpctpvntWISTCQd2WR4bE0w_yrBbQKvgFcEwr6E-/s320/DSC_6457.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683217318887634" /></a><br /><br /><br />Next stop was the 'Zhang Fei' Temple, he's the warrior guy from the 'Romance of the three Kingdoms' who swore the peach garden oath together with Liu Bei and that other guy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7B-d5r0oRy52-u7TcOebAcA9Z7J6_JdDBxOYIz4xKNE3m6gg_VD2295opVcK6sDvJIP8lpRtU_T-W8G0ywV6iX4JkLvpZ3aaPmZJH6hpfnWg_Dn7n4A8BurGhy8MLZS6yeWLOi_LiIUZJ/s1600-h/IMG_4107.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7B-d5r0oRy52-u7TcOebAcA9Z7J6_JdDBxOYIz4xKNE3m6gg_VD2295opVcK6sDvJIP8lpRtU_T-W8G0ywV6iX4JkLvpZ3aaPmZJH6hpfnWg_Dn7n4A8BurGhy8MLZS6yeWLOi_LiIUZJ/s320/IMG_4107.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303684863418724786" /></a><br /><br />The 3rd attraction were 'the lesser three gorges' where we changed in smaller boats and drove through the rocks.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtUEPPFPG0ak4jhp25nNpwtiknh-ATeIJYAU5lI4XSc_Tp45SpduljTr2r-Mo0MoX4YVYsymOyVmtvZ87qI3PCafRuPGzRpnvBdX-9nz2ICGsRDV7udQRUvrVVGBonsZ1Qv8PQICfYR8f/s1600-h/IMG_4164.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtUEPPFPG0ak4jhp25nNpwtiknh-ATeIJYAU5lI4XSc_Tp45SpduljTr2r-Mo0MoX4YVYsymOyVmtvZ87qI3PCafRuPGzRpnvBdX-9nz2ICGsRDV7udQRUvrVVGBonsZ1Qv8PQICfYR8f/s320/IMG_4164.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303684863904075890" /></a><br /><br />The 4th and last thing was the great dam(n). <br />Even in daylight it would have probably been to foggy to see anything.<br /><br />front view<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRTKUWE8o9jPnW3o4pA7Ul4WHERewcS6g4Lzx02IyaSPTCPvRFKVt0mFccMe06B1DDqsmlwcQemUEy5GeA34-RWwnZDfKtpzyS_7S5C4vJu4BN0t1ihJfhemvjRV65S7NVrQgk1ZVrcvM/s1600-h/IMG_4226.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRTKUWE8o9jPnW3o4pA7Ul4WHERewcS6g4Lzx02IyaSPTCPvRFKVt0mFccMe06B1DDqsmlwcQemUEy5GeA34-RWwnZDfKtpzyS_7S5C4vJu4BN0t1ihJfhemvjRV65S7NVrQgk1ZVrcvM/s320/IMG_4226.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685361238444434" /></a><br /><br />on top<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGfKNRq7voWqDZZDWG7i2aGREhWJ2HM5Ell9dqU2muriAU2ykV1AYEPfBaMIU39pLmtuY5XiNfZZAeGQYZaQzvEz6Uia80-sVKewRnE0j_p9POlB5K8vDYX_XdVIevPixkUZLYtSJ3uJm/s1600-h/IMG_4220.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGfKNRq7voWqDZZDWG7i2aGREhWJ2HM5Ell9dqU2muriAU2ykV1AYEPfBaMIU39pLmtuY5XiNfZZAeGQYZaQzvEz6Uia80-sVKewRnE0j_p9POlB5K8vDYX_XdVIevPixkUZLYtSJ3uJm/s320/IMG_4220.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303684865722256034" /></a><br /><br />model, that thing in the middle (with the small canal is actually a boat elevator)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYJs9LO11VGbbBSn4ra3hc46kjNe1E8axaaOdI2yz-w6bSf8-e34cPP80ALz_xl4bpf8vnTGXlhA8cNZvfZ5szqxiS4R_xT6am_qWoWO3V20kaD25-dMze1WEI_k-CJSEMlNwWVbLyudo/s1600-h/IMG_4183.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYJs9LO11VGbbBSn4ra3hc46kjNe1E8axaaOdI2yz-w6bSf8-e34cPP80ALz_xl4bpf8vnTGXlhA8cNZvfZ5szqxiS4R_xT6am_qWoWO3V20kaD25-dMze1WEI_k-CJSEMlNwWVbLyudo/s320/IMG_4183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303684869553482546" /></a><br /><br />We spent the night in Yichang (3.99 million ppl), very happy to get a real bathroom (even though it was dirty and cold water only - still far better than the thing on the boat).<br /><br />Yichang instant noodles hotel room convention<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpu_LFUAp73S23HU6vntdcx4rnD65sEDQU8jkFfJ6lO4akYGR4fu6EXIW0s2eWgS9VzCUypaqsKAym9MtnhIutmMda9AfsfrZemMRYpRljZYtw8tPTIl1AJjqBLnz1YblAQAimGo5AanQ/s1600-h/IMG_3025.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpu_LFUAp73S23HU6vntdcx4rnD65sEDQU8jkFfJ6lO4akYGR4fu6EXIW0s2eWgS9VzCUypaqsKAym9MtnhIutmMda9AfsfrZemMRYpRljZYtw8tPTIl1AJjqBLnz1YblAQAimGo5AanQ/s320/IMG_3025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303683811876951474" /></a><br /><br />Next day we got train tickets to Wuhan and said goodbye to Patrick. <br /><br />Obviously we were not the only ones wanting to take a train - Yichang station<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0eeeBdwHZd6kpvjyq65aUpYg1s_JBIZBqJrnwjXQSBHQTzbmeu1LnSWmH7uOdcUud9CdVKyidQnCHon-AdznffYVl2N6lPJD7W-dX2IsBP80SwCuBYrqq7m1TVxUbzQ4X6iU_JkEMCzbM/s1600-h/IMG_4228.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0eeeBdwHZd6kpvjyq65aUpYg1s_JBIZBqJrnwjXQSBHQTzbmeu1LnSWmH7uOdcUud9CdVKyidQnCHon-AdznffYVl2N6lPJD7W-dX2IsBP80SwCuBYrqq7m1TVxUbzQ4X6iU_JkEMCzbM/s320/IMG_4228.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685360850382914" /></a><br /><br />After a couple of hours we were in Wuhan (4.32 million ppl), the city in the heart of China or something like that. There are a couple of temples, a huge bridge over the Yangtze and a very adorable snack alley.<br />After a couple of days there we split: Peter flew to Hong Kong to get his throat checked and Mari took the fast train to Beijing to take a flight back to Germany for a couple of weeks and I took the night train to Shanghai.<br /><br />the amazing snack alley<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdrDXlCDVFTCfFp1yviM3TzSBEcOsXit9BJPATV39-JT6wURF959vpN2SaYMVR-OshUdrj-LYgQ3EvjIPvJK79tIkjYYl5LbjOMZWLq8Z4jzn3A33tONRAS3E3o6ZRvwTjgWGEwD9ossk/s1600-h/IMG_4281.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUdrDXlCDVFTCfFp1yviM3TzSBEcOsXit9BJPATV39-JT6wURF959vpN2SaYMVR-OshUdrj-LYgQ3EvjIPvJK79tIkjYYl5LbjOMZWLq8Z4jzn3A33tONRAS3E3o6ZRvwTjgWGEwD9ossk/s320/IMG_4281.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685364640367186" /></a><br /><br />Peter and Mari enjoying the snack alley<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPa5yNYD5ElPKt5LFpxtWcDUWydsN9L_mBQ3Momgr92IymyYH-GeMXiF3-Ar-wiNrriRL_g4ofCWYS_gfKSXhxjkI-SxnUbapA0HV64cZ3AvdPmsLxyhtS71-yCMraedfOkIlf7nKk9D9/s1600-h/IMG_4282.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPa5yNYD5ElPKt5LFpxtWcDUWydsN9L_mBQ3Momgr92IymyYH-GeMXiF3-Ar-wiNrriRL_g4ofCWYS_gfKSXhxjkI-SxnUbapA0HV64cZ3AvdPmsLxyhtS71-yCMraedfOkIlf7nKk9D9/s320/IMG_4282.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685365857202482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJ6r4v_UI8IGdeeLJDzLNhe1Fw6u6ihTDsgvnp9-4IyHbZZcB5AzoUYic2iDSZpbvElLCB43DPTHVnQ1-mdUQiDmSvYmrnCUxHKYMy1sQC57mA4YeAjSeT35DTc1wGngyor1k4g6kE5UJ/s1600-h/IMG_4273.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJ6r4v_UI8IGdeeLJDzLNhe1Fw6u6ihTDsgvnp9-4IyHbZZcB5AzoUYic2iDSZpbvElLCB43DPTHVnQ1-mdUQiDmSvYmrnCUxHKYMy1sQC57mA4YeAjSeT35DTc1wGngyor1k4g6kE5UJ/s320/IMG_4273.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685365040472114" /></a><br /><br />shooting balloons with air guns!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZ5MthXBEql0XGDOQKOLhmsv4groO7dXsLXOvvfleJ_k9-2Hcx8nEGPAZ-49RqEfsEJRNurfgKce0oZjxzDgT0kuZPyTe8y3hhyphenhyphen4CieqP-cdQHgQSO4wWKeTAI-_4COirAIWYMQB-Ca9L/s1600-h/IMG_4331.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSZ5MthXBEql0XGDOQKOLhmsv4groO7dXsLXOvvfleJ_k9-2Hcx8nEGPAZ-49RqEfsEJRNurfgKce0oZjxzDgT0kuZPyTe8y3hhyphenhyphen4CieqP-cdQHgQSO4wWKeTAI-_4COirAIWYMQB-Ca9L/s320/IMG_4331.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685911724452946" /></a><br /><br />blind palm reader asleep near Guiyuan temple<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBxkF5YzbJmQEg34Xh6UZQoa9yeR1RrxXRXcGIWpHGd5ufyGFeN8aDjfRLIDzLdLp5SfwxUZVqBA_2gy4L1m88CwjgHHPG8WKsmvFximtvKQQAOiUGmvwINEg4vqa3zYgC82USyVE9cJx/s1600-h/IMG_4362.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBxkF5YzbJmQEg34Xh6UZQoa9yeR1RrxXRXcGIWpHGd5ufyGFeN8aDjfRLIDzLdLp5SfwxUZVqBA_2gy4L1m88CwjgHHPG8WKsmvFximtvKQQAOiUGmvwINEg4vqa3zYgC82USyVE9cJx/s320/IMG_4362.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685924313092738" /></a><br /><br />girl in the temple (some might know it)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsHzBrngFC3FsdHgkWbqu1kup-VhnsCs-i9bqBanVck64KiUjnKPhjopVvaf0DIl1Cg0ksdiocWGEIPcCL_RdbV-TWcBHnqB84Rn8-K2OOLCciRErL31HNkGoUVZ04m7FQL7vXU86qHyW/s1600-h/IMG_4343.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsHzBrngFC3FsdHgkWbqu1kup-VhnsCs-i9bqBanVck64KiUjnKPhjopVvaf0DIl1Cg0ksdiocWGEIPcCL_RdbV-TWcBHnqB84Rn8-K2OOLCciRErL31HNkGoUVZ04m7FQL7vXU86qHyW/s320/IMG_4343.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685919713504018" /></a><br /><br />being cool somewhere in the temple compounds<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgko95ywZVSL5H5_8ohUgMYhcODJSXCRePci5xckZ2gWSyxlFzEaR72vEQD2js3KBUnZM2pWOAOqic4bYWPqhhQeCGoVVOmOv5BEkJAuqzq21Qqd72EJqwTd_A_l7dRXHwL7yLVSWDuGSBN/s1600-h/IMG_4359.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgko95ywZVSL5H5_8ohUgMYhcODJSXCRePci5xckZ2gWSyxlFzEaR72vEQD2js3KBUnZM2pWOAOqic4bYWPqhhQeCGoVVOmOv5BEkJAuqzq21Qqd72EJqwTd_A_l7dRXHwL7yLVSWDuGSBN/s320/IMG_4359.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685921915136914" /></a><br /><br />Wuhan center<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6BQQOzIZODOJMbGyiM7pM7vR0_tiOR87geA6ZOBMdwIIU-hS2WlAWkTYp_44g-TJ-ejrsdekRupwpFbKxlwefnpL-Tm_VIFA-e2hKr2wEFkEgVjoBdeDZWuxxaBCuzxFwD1qIWsKiIUI/s1600-h/IMG_4370.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG6BQQOzIZODOJMbGyiM7pM7vR0_tiOR87geA6ZOBMdwIIU-hS2WlAWkTYp_44g-TJ-ejrsdekRupwpFbKxlwefnpL-Tm_VIFA-e2hKr2wEFkEgVjoBdeDZWuxxaBCuzxFwD1qIWsKiIUI/s320/IMG_4370.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303685923856722082" /></a><br /><br />me, Peter and Jonathan (NL) in Wuhan<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKw-5aIRxdTQ-yGlCZ4j_MvqtVCqFtztk_wY9lvrxQzWNgTVlUZ7sBBFS9RhFoA1MBOHnQqq48BrDpB4nbsxDkFQYDfi1UYxrpjTTwM8jRpZh4ryAF7VJ7SZG88FiqikmhpwuYpj9WsJj/s1600-h/IMG_4384.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKw-5aIRxdTQ-yGlCZ4j_MvqtVCqFtztk_wY9lvrxQzWNgTVlUZ7sBBFS9RhFoA1MBOHnQqq48BrDpB4nbsxDkFQYDfi1UYxrpjTTwM8jRpZh4ryAF7VJ7SZG88FiqikmhpwuYpj9WsJj/s320/IMG_4384.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303686255734362866" /></a><br /><br />Peter in the hostel<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSXLQmzbqlPhgH4P6mliybK2kY9xiopBpTvlGpL2MpGeH68XbgI_yEMMlIb9nmP9vSpD5QFLLYoUJDXhQBtMa9PaWCjAOtO_RtU0RI1svZFTp-KKFCgtbbYjAYNsCelFozFQ2_uNuHpVw/s1600-h/IMG_4410.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDSXLQmzbqlPhgH4P6mliybK2kY9xiopBpTvlGpL2MpGeH68XbgI_yEMMlIb9nmP9vSpD5QFLLYoUJDXhQBtMa9PaWCjAOtO_RtU0RI1svZFTp-KKFCgtbbYjAYNsCelFozFQ2_uNuHpVw/s320/IMG_4410.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303686261191513554" /></a><br /><br />me taking medicine<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQ3La84LfgIkY7OceolDVrVzPTBEynvsDf-rWsI84WKPFhqEHBRNhyphenhyphendgxoWpSe6yWDxJj7ANwdRKOWWXRp9hIUszYo680usYvuH9TlpHUhQww92xnCDErePknRcbjtAW_6NRygQarzBC1/s1600-h/IMG_4395.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQ3La84LfgIkY7OceolDVrVzPTBEynvsDf-rWsI84WKPFhqEHBRNhyphenhyphendgxoWpSe6yWDxJj7ANwdRKOWWXRp9hIUszYo680usYvuH9TlpHUhQww92xnCDErePknRcbjtAW_6NRygQarzBC1/s320/IMG_4395.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303686254733883538" /></a><br /><br />Here I am in the Mingtown Hiker's Youth Hostel, coughing an sneezing and taking all kinds of medicine. Hanging around with Chris aka Archibald Quentin from London (redhatphotography.blogspot.com), Jerome from Sydney/Philippines, Aviv from Israel and Hassan from Marocco. I met Anqi, a friend of Peter who's studying micro electronics in Shanghai and loads of other people. I even bought myself a new mobile phone, a K-Touch B920 - these Chinese electronics are so awfully cheap... I'll stay here another couple of days and get better before I go do Xi'an. But I think the medicine I bought today (about the 8th I try...) seems to be kicking in!<br /><br />a girl we met in the big camera/secondhand/photography equipment store where I got a professional cleaning and Jerome and Chris get their pictures developed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPJgHr1pwp73eFtJBuOWQA4xseTtLCzifW9BH9RGlMzQPAKa9YQCUZt45N27EfBFsrv_ekUJe9Ee9gCqx9BgNdsmtHwDzhwWRHBWxLJ8F_tFjmp4yRM3jqL3Bd3HesPv_7YibDcyW6HC2/s1600-h/IMG_4474.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPJgHr1pwp73eFtJBuOWQA4xseTtLCzifW9BH9RGlMzQPAKa9YQCUZt45N27EfBFsrv_ekUJe9Ee9gCqx9BgNdsmtHwDzhwWRHBWxLJ8F_tFjmp4yRM3jqL3Bd3HesPv_7YibDcyW6HC2/s320/IMG_4474.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303686437200209778" /></a><br /> <br />we were obviously playing around - Aviv<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsozG8vNlJbJtfpmeDBY-ypLOZ7mlSI-gGIsjhbvkuHJK_G7DMUBVMBUbPnCuZN5-AxDOZCM1ks9640J5nL3lqluNFgXAS3TSytWwsclTCe9X7jIf6AfDOXMgucvilaMyc4u7TR81ojLoo/s1600-h/IMG_4456.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsozG8vNlJbJtfpmeDBY-ypLOZ7mlSI-gGIsjhbvkuHJK_G7DMUBVMBUbPnCuZN5-AxDOZCM1ks9640J5nL3lqluNFgXAS3TSytWwsclTCe9X7jIf6AfDOXMgucvilaMyc4u7TR81ojLoo/s320/IMG_4456.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303686436591087026" /></a><br /><br />Chris and his extremely cool oldschool Chinese camera<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAykwsizULFdbJOhfO0f8UaPHYRJ70Sas3qj9Qf_LreT2TdDNHcguZnlgqW7WJmSXt6AiYR2Bihl-Whyphenhyphen-YBP8k789FhqONa7fR5VVre-r53MNMpxk5Os31Ye6o4kOTgGBHWJD5mHK4_VC1/s1600-h/IMG_4451.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAykwsizULFdbJOhfO0f8UaPHYRJ70Sas3qj9Qf_LreT2TdDNHcguZnlgqW7WJmSXt6AiYR2Bihl-Whyphenhyphen-YBP8k789FhqONa7fR5VVre-r53MNMpxk5Os31Ye6o4kOTgGBHWJD5mHK4_VC1/s320/IMG_4451.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303686431360773458" /></a><br /><br />nice hot pot dinner I enjoyed with Anqi and a friend of her's<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13wXxzPpjIeBjV9hgZTllVyPX-toEsq61PkLhmUtwbikcim7ipWjDIcd-r52PB1i0udUfA7kiqoYIA3g3Ne0DHBKrwIWC658ziuqEF4JC9x-CHpNGsCkUON8G-_yczKwVV6ap0Eu-62iQ/s1600-h/IMG_4423.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13wXxzPpjIeBjV9hgZTllVyPX-toEsq61PkLhmUtwbikcim7ipWjDIcd-r52PB1i0udUfA7kiqoYIA3g3Ne0DHBKrwIWC658ziuqEF4JC9x-CHpNGsCkUON8G-_yczKwVV6ap0Eu-62iQ/s320/IMG_4423.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303686263601338450" /></a><br /><br />What you stumble upon in a Shanghai second hand bookstore<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJY3QTOfy8rZnNt3H_-O3akkQkHJQzuJjMj2Q0foozOqlqyf5rqoG2DQ32VcG3Xdmb7DVx0WpdmMMhZa_6PxTLp0V94CBid5syR_OA4owMD-d1fb2fjynugEyHS3bptGVq75Ofa3nOhgkn/s1600-h/IMG_4418.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJY3QTOfy8rZnNt3H_-O3akkQkHJQzuJjMj2Q0foozOqlqyf5rqoG2DQ32VcG3Xdmb7DVx0WpdmMMhZa_6PxTLp0V94CBid5syR_OA4owMD-d1fb2fjynugEyHS3bptGVq75Ofa3nOhgkn/s320/IMG_4418.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303686257533139202" /></a>Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-24248220115921601172009-02-03T07:33:00.028+01:002009-02-03T09:35:48.240+01:00Guilin, Yabgshuo, ChongqingIt's been a while.<br />So prepare for a long blog.<br /><br />I took the 6hrs train from Nanning to Guilin. There in the Pink Flower Youth Hostel (I actually got a discount with my Thai fake student ID) I met Katja from Leipzin in my Dorm who is studying one year in Nanjing. <br /><br />Guilin is surrounded by scenic limestone formations, here are some pics.<br /><br />tower in the middle of a lake in the middle of Guilin (600.000ppl).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJRCntyXoLVBk4k3sO6u7iD8tCiVh15zNFZQ-Wg2Z2zy4_TqRBUiY1QzeNSVRVHLAew-WlQdH874hCFl0WhV98GGERBNvimoea9p12XWKjxjn5xbm38p6OMdzhgk5OFk94dEgh6HN-ZW-/s1600-h/IMG_3555.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJRCntyXoLVBk4k3sO6u7iD8tCiVh15zNFZQ-Wg2Z2zy4_TqRBUiY1QzeNSVRVHLAew-WlQdH874hCFl0WhV98GGERBNvimoea9p12XWKjxjn5xbm38p6OMdzhgk5OFk94dEgh6HN-ZW-/s320/IMG_3555.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298460886533051026" /></a><br /><br />Temple in the 'Seven-Star-Park'<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWai9V-d3lrduD9CyVVQsH7vbZ-D6UlTvhNPcv2qZQH8mWHw97tKwYuZcb4FcRd6HFLp3mDCNuQMIfm2Vq0lKsaeQ3FR6uH0V2B2nifQy0CsBazKBijYfhjjVPZ0zwwhoGAJwffycfRZne/s1600-h/IMG_3722.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWai9V-d3lrduD9CyVVQsH7vbZ-D6UlTvhNPcv2qZQH8mWHw97tKwYuZcb4FcRd6HFLp3mDCNuQMIfm2Vq0lKsaeQ3FR6uH0V2B2nifQy0CsBazKBijYfhjjVPZ0zwwhoGAJwffycfRZne/s320/IMG_3722.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298467157004673778" /></a><br /><br />View over Guilin from one of the hills in the park<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFHzAKSoSMGyDRB6OGSac8LhxOeq_9YR3yopVuZ_ZJQU78w1yyzPLtW6_3mDGkxVja6JWnnvkcdxaoyFABhlQ9Qt7IEMCPqmnlpnTNS88LHuIbyXvFZh-4x7Wqx9HVZ9Wa9DiXna0NgK0/s1600-h/IMG_3684.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFHzAKSoSMGyDRB6OGSac8LhxOeq_9YR3yopVuZ_ZJQU78w1yyzPLtW6_3mDGkxVja6JWnnvkcdxaoyFABhlQ9Qt7IEMCPqmnlpnTNS88LHuIbyXvFZh-4x7Wqx9HVZ9Wa9DiXna0NgK0/s320/IMG_3684.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298466671083000354" /></a><br /><br />giant panda in the park's zoo<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneKgTZ8efVhiQAlrmnOA6j4bXkbAFaW6m_mVpD306pHctW8jL-tegp0Rin1E08u9gTbFvx1XhFOo3exWawxDc3SbbkGKzbEAg69QxbmNLNWg-l4LsHnRKNth9A9qwcmRseUz4tgQpe-Xg/s1600-h/IMG_3680.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneKgTZ8efVhiQAlrmnOA6j4bXkbAFaW6m_mVpD306pHctW8jL-tegp0Rin1E08u9gTbFvx1XhFOo3exWawxDc3SbbkGKzbEAg69QxbmNLNWg-l4LsHnRKNth9A9qwcmRseUz4tgQpe-Xg/s320/IMG_3680.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298466247448078146" /></a><br /><br />lesser panda<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykfIV1-WTZPO8KVHIcEkR_-9p1yjyVDKLxitKrTIqEbhb0UmwAWolvTfgHRLgqucJ0srW2rXdiQBokckqWl1sRePdrjQ_a56nf_6iChdu8itcBnW7bd7mr9j1jvuv3nz_KVU61hXps7Eg/s1600-h/IMG_3674.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykfIV1-WTZPO8KVHIcEkR_-9p1yjyVDKLxitKrTIqEbhb0UmwAWolvTfgHRLgqucJ0srW2rXdiQBokckqWl1sRePdrjQ_a56nf_6iChdu8itcBnW7bd7mr9j1jvuv3nz_KVU61hXps7Eg/s320/IMG_3674.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298465371747583538" /></a><br /><br />next on the program: Reed-Flute Cave<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaY3WLEqcYtZFmWHO_E6Jm-EN1TzLo1X7PjALK7U96e-ah865FLGJ4lh1ukPzZkPdbH1zrlexugdpXkOUQcvrWVHhFR2hWjen45C_TXHYVWNQxxu0_tcsJireYYGoLKnbzx1HR5sAk-Dyv/s1600-h/IMG_3598.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaY3WLEqcYtZFmWHO_E6Jm-EN1TzLo1X7PjALK7U96e-ah865FLGJ4lh1ukPzZkPdbH1zrlexugdpXkOUQcvrWVHhFR2hWjen45C_TXHYVWNQxxu0_tcsJireYYGoLKnbzx1HR5sAk-Dyv/s320/IMG_3598.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298463587608608658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCxcQm80wm5kgyQfimTVhYjiBjjESEVCy2BEf716atA35Evnl0b1KOpGP4gCjNQtOPABaoYCsmNNv4hDtZD_LSnKBd4SYS5jAcDQ9RxPFC4lbQXFa5O238-aECyyfvpi4cFVl9j4IGsO_/s1600-h/IMG_3579.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqCxcQm80wm5kgyQfimTVhYjiBjjESEVCy2BEf716atA35Evnl0b1KOpGP4gCjNQtOPABaoYCsmNNv4hDtZD_LSnKBd4SYS5jAcDQ9RxPFC4lbQXFa5O238-aECyyfvpi4cFVl9j4IGsO_/s320/IMG_3579.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298462956511505842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_mek4XVpNT_cESKlcCJ5jsWzmJV2qE26AOzF7diyg88X-cRAOkeLD1Ck6m5rbzzQ1ZzMjupRnG5zCohyphenhyphen8S_yPWElj_QeyybEwmcOFEJ3vocg0UHAta4L3dc9H7x_OhjfX7b2vTSaxC8j/s1600-h/IMG_3570.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN_mek4XVpNT_cESKlcCJ5jsWzmJV2qE26AOzF7diyg88X-cRAOkeLD1Ck6m5rbzzQ1ZzMjupRnG5zCohyphenhyphen8S_yPWElj_QeyybEwmcOFEJ3vocg0UHAta4L3dc9H7x_OhjfX7b2vTSaxC8j/s320/IMG_3570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298462384086978194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1Hl0oAOQmQbNK-OnmHjQ6PV0kCyYoZCovdb5crMT-Vecm75l2_FIwjP72_LGBUOmJnlDTM60a6PHgP3AYeSiJo-k79pcwqAR8cXny-fnPXxpG12Wjn-vnldbF1acst5-woRKVjPP_N-g/s1600-h/IMG_3559.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg1Hl0oAOQmQbNK-OnmHjQ6PV0kCyYoZCovdb5crMT-Vecm75l2_FIwjP72_LGBUOmJnlDTM60a6PHgP3AYeSiJo-k79pcwqAR8cXny-fnPXxpG12Wjn-vnldbF1acst5-woRKVjPP_N-g/s320/IMG_3559.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298461904400477330" /></a><br /><br />I then took the 6hr boat ride from Guilin to Yangshuo on Li river. <br /><br />the rocks from the 20 yuan bill!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_czhbvkgnxpnfbRvccqJYOaet6cCNg7Cq0sQCssaKYAJPAr95DltZYSSvsSNcM-1a2t0bewYz1e-zomkepZ18YQqymXddLNVz44xE_DtE6GE_LjhpeQFObayJL-8Sme7A4zXs1TKfSaH/s1600-h/IMG_3789.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_czhbvkgnxpnfbRvccqJYOaet6cCNg7Cq0sQCssaKYAJPAr95DltZYSSvsSNcM-1a2t0bewYz1e-zomkepZ18YQqymXddLNVz44xE_DtE6GE_LjhpeQFObayJL-8Sme7A4zXs1TKfSaH/s320/IMG_3789.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298468894781256866" /></a><br /><br />more from the boat<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliC86taLpvGf6u8fCMxJBQLV7KfTLQ7At4b3yK91er-e-UxIq-D_hUn8JSJqjb1zOrBErf6yLi5JbSA5vVZ6J3q2tzD8vkHEXeVYi3t4aHHk4_iQ09unX8XRcf3UoBAXBEwIS13sSE6Be/s1600-h/IMG_3739.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliC86taLpvGf6u8fCMxJBQLV7KfTLQ7At4b3yK91er-e-UxIq-D_hUn8JSJqjb1zOrBErf6yLi5JbSA5vVZ6J3q2tzD8vkHEXeVYi3t4aHHk4_iQ09unX8XRcf3UoBAXBEwIS13sSE6Be/s320/IMG_3739.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298468164232957810" /></a><br /><br />Katja joined me in Yangshuo the next day by bus and we did some sight seeing. We got bicycles and rode to the moon hill and climbed all the way to the top. On our way back to town we had a nice hot pot in a small restaurent along the road, delicious!<br /><br /><br />View over Yanghuo (144.000ppl) from my hotel's roof (serious 9th floor climbing action!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXjLsAdyDu-FmRpbvu-_Tl2eYB3gRl42yPB_BxSVE-A3A1UQeQQcjp2vLGtohNAuv4wecmdqVG-nEIbELC9XrOr1vp9yzm6Zl-cz71DTiE85qTvBDOlrtMkpiC42gmRCXS3ad4BLarR0P/s1600-h/IMG_3812.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXjLsAdyDu-FmRpbvu-_Tl2eYB3gRl42yPB_BxSVE-A3A1UQeQQcjp2vLGtohNAuv4wecmdqVG-nEIbELC9XrOr1vp9yzm6Zl-cz71DTiE85qTvBDOlrtMkpiC42gmRCXS3ad4BLarR0P/s320/IMG_3812.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298469836935384514" /></a><br /><br />other side<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4ZLEmJ_-qdrmmvfgQn7WqFHEoRArwGbeFBdA35aMBmG4uVN38imdIcMXEYyqhjEYY6gxcm41iMcKHQxGZKQF1FEEXcL9VB6OzYdgmWirFvHY6vAxS_uYacPphBPlTmleDGetw-MNA3ys/s1600-h/IMG_3802.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4ZLEmJ_-qdrmmvfgQn7WqFHEoRArwGbeFBdA35aMBmG4uVN38imdIcMXEYyqhjEYY6gxcm41iMcKHQxGZKQF1FEEXcL9VB6OzYdgmWirFvHY6vAxS_uYacPphBPlTmleDGetw-MNA3ys/s320/IMG_3802.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298469358913164434" /></a><br /><br />Yanghsuo tourist business at night. This city is one of the main attractions for Chinese tourists in China.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUIiF3soO2Ygu-_sYHEGAB0HCg4GGjQLbn5g3yPzqQL3356_ylCheaOgNbx9poJ5dWmdTdoUCmhvYz1Tdk4-ikepNesdqBFZ7Z7GTR5ewFLtezXjo0kXwyP_qwA3hKu1EwP0HNM7ui8mu/s1600-h/IMG_3929.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUIiF3soO2Ygu-_sYHEGAB0HCg4GGjQLbn5g3yPzqQL3356_ylCheaOgNbx9poJ5dWmdTdoUCmhvYz1Tdk4-ikepNesdqBFZ7Z7GTR5ewFLtezXjo0kXwyP_qwA3hKu1EwP0HNM7ui8mu/s320/IMG_3929.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298477415683159282" /></a><br /><br />Moon Hill. It's some 1215 steps to the hole and some more rock climbing up to the top.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFwqIuTm0auYymtUym6YZzf6KFczOBljDj8WowdhSyFF2SVNOcK2Nfj8woOZHr0uP2g8LpXOea1-yXTm3zCoxaNPVm5Xm4qVCUuV2agyOEF6QYXGn_r5AYzcP1rPGRg3Kvc88sDKsYFSq/s1600-h/IMG_3831.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQFwqIuTm0auYymtUym6YZzf6KFczOBljDj8WowdhSyFF2SVNOcK2Nfj8woOZHr0uP2g8LpXOea1-yXTm3zCoxaNPVm5Xm4qVCUuV2agyOEF6QYXGn_r5AYzcP1rPGRg3Kvc88sDKsYFSq/s320/IMG_3831.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298473083535309298" /></a><br /><br />Katja and me on the peak<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghG3TwoBUQAmJCYaDneFTU27cRpOY9gMDNGm-kDLtRj-dCs9tNDLPNhiGIan98pLKiKv5rBhEPkuAvGjbW2WJjFnP0wcyZ-vcRgeIhuhaQvIl0ofIV4Z9X4pdY4gP3h55nlZIpg7DHLKI4/s1600-h/IMG_3870.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghG3TwoBUQAmJCYaDneFTU27cRpOY9gMDNGm-kDLtRj-dCs9tNDLPNhiGIan98pLKiKv5rBhEPkuAvGjbW2WJjFnP0wcyZ-vcRgeIhuhaQvIl0ofIV4Z9X4pdY4gP3h55nlZIpg7DHLKI4/s320/IMG_3870.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298475692722287634" /></a><br /><br />view from up there<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDexx0O2DybPPKsOPZ2ETaB0yaLdDn3qZl6gB62SUB_RI7qe3-FC0q49meJshYvHrRpG0bUN9cMQf5_mGEzz44KiIcbEga1QOhVKxYfBA8g_UVHz-fMFhnzr1QpsdkRbVNjvLguDkKZphZ/s1600-h/IMG_3867.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDexx0O2DybPPKsOPZ2ETaB0yaLdDn3qZl6gB62SUB_RI7qe3-FC0q49meJshYvHrRpG0bUN9cMQf5_mGEzz44KiIcbEga1QOhVKxYfBA8g_UVHz-fMFhnzr1QpsdkRbVNjvLguDkKZphZ/s320/IMG_3867.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298475297130662690" /></a><br /><br />about to land...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK8UhzFn9QIXt3gWe_t-LEPPBbsTqDnUkNr2yw2hQXTeg-llFwKIKqT-bz9SxOO4FJbSLW1xEOH3CwTU8kDUcuOBaW7LI9BeQZMwtcITKruc7Ek6T7ZbyWpujnj7fq5WcgqVjgmlfHSFM/s1600-h/IMG_3897.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEK8UhzFn9QIXt3gWe_t-LEPPBbsTqDnUkNr2yw2hQXTeg-llFwKIKqT-bz9SxOO4FJbSLW1xEOH3CwTU8kDUcuOBaW7LI9BeQZMwtcITKruc7Ek6T7ZbyWpujnj7fq5WcgqVjgmlfHSFM/s320/IMG_3897.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298476828536077186" /></a><br /><br />yummy hot pot<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAjnCHUQiLNm1PNvc_dbEQQjHjU1xQ_ztDMhLlGdL8N6ih26N0A_3SeO6JpXVB1Ma8LV6aZeNRVoSLBhRV8KfVHbVWpAlbdE6pfXuiAh9djYldIUMvM1hZXPmZrB6iV9F5i-5FmRFIK9J/s1600-h/IMG_3889.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZAjnCHUQiLNm1PNvc_dbEQQjHjU1xQ_ztDMhLlGdL8N6ih26N0A_3SeO6JpXVB1Ma8LV6aZeNRVoSLBhRV8KfVHbVWpAlbdE6pfXuiAh9djYldIUMvM1hZXPmZrB6iV9F5i-5FmRFIK9J/s320/IMG_3889.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298476323907672898" /></a><br /><br />In China they eat dogs!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WANHnie7-b6bxdlg1GpcuENyOlDrK_r2es9-TSKNV0COSSAouCzM5NUvDhQPPzAKswCgor1OXN_UOPVR5BNY_CB7nazEzpLQheuEsMFZ5IhlKapGblawBjN3YUIBOoPYDeYuQNOQyxYq/s1600-h/IMG_3941.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WANHnie7-b6bxdlg1GpcuENyOlDrK_r2es9-TSKNV0COSSAouCzM5NUvDhQPPzAKswCgor1OXN_UOPVR5BNY_CB7nazEzpLQheuEsMFZ5IhlKapGblawBjN3YUIBOoPYDeYuQNOQyxYq/s320/IMG_3941.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298477892629754002" /></a><br /><br />and poultry...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8nBUZ2vVBi6hZ9m7J1wToo8g9j657kngSxJpNkMdJSjskV43VsmIMM8NqlLYaWUEwqkRtLmGn21GOLLFjiPVjqWCA1eFlyudE6LznRbBULVs-R7lr7czvx88KKrnHYeNSJ7VCfEIAR1y/s1600-h/IMG_3932.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ8nBUZ2vVBi6hZ9m7J1wToo8g9j657kngSxJpNkMdJSjskV43VsmIMM8NqlLYaWUEwqkRtLmGn21GOLLFjiPVjqWCA1eFlyudE6LznRbBULVs-R7lr7czvx88KKrnHYeNSJ7VCfEIAR1y/s320/IMG_3932.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298478908407433138" /></a><br /><br />...and goat (that's the head of a pig on the left btw)...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUF5F87FC-nkWrcXekAp0AFvJc34_BBzqJQ7pbIr2l-k6nrM4FpYJ0iwDb8z2H_2zQvYI2XU-wjgGY-s8IyDxAIgivpGgNgRB7WJpUpChFBSKz8T5rJGsH4MqaCuWxbEmm5d4GSka5BgD/s1600-h/IMG_3944.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfUF5F87FC-nkWrcXekAp0AFvJc34_BBzqJQ7pbIr2l-k6nrM4FpYJ0iwDb8z2H_2zQvYI2XU-wjgGY-s8IyDxAIgivpGgNgRB7WJpUpChFBSKz8T5rJGsH4MqaCuWxbEmm5d4GSka5BgD/s320/IMG_3944.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298478463540573634" /></a><br /><br />...and about everything else that moves. From owls to frogs you can get everything (and every part of it). Yangshuo market.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOT2rbla4G49a1lrJnEAnflv5BMzl5KH7BAaqtwHyXuVL6oBUAH-_vQsZcnXyLftmd5P8gCvCzx59DBXREC3PzLzEEQ4swyI5KzbsKJmOVzfEakkVJ58Ysmn_l6pLRVpv2T14Jaz1Z-a7r/s1600-h/IMG_3946.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOT2rbla4G49a1lrJnEAnflv5BMzl5KH7BAaqtwHyXuVL6oBUAH-_vQsZcnXyLftmd5P8gCvCzx59DBXREC3PzLzEEQ4swyI5KzbsKJmOVzfEakkVJ58Ysmn_l6pLRVpv2T14Jaz1Z-a7r/s320/IMG_3946.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298479340013854786" /></a><br /><br /><br />Next day we parted ways after taking the bus back to Guilin. She went to the train station and I got a 1hr flight to Chongqing, a small town (city: 5 million, municipality: 31 million people) on the banks of the Yangtze, called 'the fog capital'. And it's true, you can barely see the other side of the river and the huge maze of skyscrapers and huts is a little bit frightening.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7h-ea1QaN_Yi0ZWHS1Potm1TcitN8W5sjNYhaF1NSHNOTDtrc52ZAbK0-WeyOtABaiaez8XRvv3yBk4kLnf5aS_HEht2TmoshJi6fsXnbL-YTrKZ8wWc5e04cjw_V4nKpVYJ9dy2L2fS/s1600-h/IMG_3970.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7h-ea1QaN_Yi0ZWHS1Potm1TcitN8W5sjNYhaF1NSHNOTDtrc52ZAbK0-WeyOtABaiaez8XRvv3yBk4kLnf5aS_HEht2TmoshJi6fsXnbL-YTrKZ8wWc5e04cjw_V4nKpVYJ9dy2L2fS/s320/IMG_3970.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298482137514590162" /></a><br /><br />You have to imagine 40 storey apartment skyscrapers looming out of the fog above it. And they are everywhere!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAEVphXiIGBKtzhNroI_LvcoTgV6lwJ-sKwIHd1tnwIxpFByEpB4TxvCYcaDx6fAVQIhk6g5jDZpmub032fGyWDciZke02sViwe1VTfjeWzVOoaUSVJDk7CZrhD-z3tBMaUuQdm0Awomh/s1600-h/IMG_3966.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAEVphXiIGBKtzhNroI_LvcoTgV6lwJ-sKwIHd1tnwIxpFByEpB4TxvCYcaDx6fAVQIhk6g5jDZpmub032fGyWDciZke02sViwe1VTfjeWzVOoaUSVJDk7CZrhD-z3tBMaUuQdm0Awomh/s320/IMG_3966.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298480124920149554" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGWJiIehuWD1Ks7MInClQpGPjVCElz9wr8dLuSnvhCAuG9jwvlIC-DLoYS82v3U2rx2HiRlUrvqMJi3mVDreR1Clk4yUhTVHY27T13MN_chPHRUVqN80ZtpPGWifJSDTqqrsy6HEw2vC5/s1600-h/IMG_3960.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGWJiIehuWD1Ks7MInClQpGPjVCElz9wr8dLuSnvhCAuG9jwvlIC-DLoYS82v3U2rx2HiRlUrvqMJi3mVDreR1Clk4yUhTVHY27T13MN_chPHRUVqN80ZtpPGWifJSDTqqrsy6HEw2vC5/s320/IMG_3960.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298479729730305234" /></a><br /><br />Tomorrow I'll be going on a boat again but this time it's on the Yangtze and it's for 2 nights and three days! Next time I post you'll get pictures from the Three Gorges Dam! See you in Wuhan!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-24654682972542040732009-01-27T10:11:00.014+01:002009-01-27T11:09:28.067+01:00NanningThe Lotusland Hostel is a very nice place indeed. <br />Still I got my tain ticket to Guilin today.<br />And I understood something in Chinese! When I was buyig some (very delicious!) food in the street I understood that he wanted san yuan (3 yuan)! Yay!<br /><br />Here are some pics from new year's eve!<br /><br />Selfmade Dumplings on the table (actually the manager(far sofa, the one on the right) bought the dough and his wife (pink jacket, facing the TV) prepared the meat and veggies we put inside and we 'only' had to make them.)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr-HbctJnMmLcuAZA_iM6nqA9y98ks0UO8tqV63W9uDcRKBOllCLJkAF6NFOfFhUpbiWaCIaIs_P-PApj9WzWjHGV67alOUEBy0DoT7JFL-UfXsjHQsHuVSIC16xYHnzGMZvOvNrd8v9y/s1600-h/IMG_3444.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr-HbctJnMmLcuAZA_iM6nqA9y98ks0UO8tqV63W9uDcRKBOllCLJkAF6NFOfFhUpbiWaCIaIs_P-PApj9WzWjHGV67alOUEBy0DoT7JFL-UfXsjHQsHuVSIC16xYHnzGMZvOvNrd8v9y/s320/IMG_3444.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295903744481591794" /></a><br /><br />close up<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDRVh44UqujCsGGsEulhtNHBgKgiyimHr78f8ZHDpffm_hCUJM2s9cnK1uSxZ363hLM_YVVltvsVKUDd1he2DnB7_zlEiVfTXb5JszkpmWshDKRxF6XX08tllMcs3pcx0xPeL0A4dMjZy/s1600-h/IMG_3445.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDRVh44UqujCsGGsEulhtNHBgKgiyimHr78f8ZHDpffm_hCUJM2s9cnK1uSxZ363hLM_YVVltvsVKUDd1he2DnB7_zlEiVfTXb5JszkpmWshDKRxF6XX08tllMcs3pcx0xPeL0A4dMjZy/s320/IMG_3445.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295905716311067762" /></a><br /><br /><br />Towards midnight we went to the rooftop and decided that we didn't have enough fireworks. So we went out and bought a small chain of crackers and a battery of rockets.<br /><br />Lighting the chain (the proper ones the Chinese use are up to 30m - really loud).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCpUjS0YvWsASxfh5RjoO9YxxiOhmmccIPcMMBqXY-dK7f5KECzpMYv_wDjyoXDxtxeESWybTAXZTgID1i-3ZueASzUIRVhNFsbtnwEil5TMUwGQw4I35oMawoppwOvub0gbYWyhWBuUy/s1600-h/IMG_3453.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghCpUjS0YvWsASxfh5RjoO9YxxiOhmmccIPcMMBqXY-dK7f5KECzpMYv_wDjyoXDxtxeESWybTAXZTgID1i-3ZueASzUIRVhNFsbtnwEil5TMUwGQw4I35oMawoppwOvub0gbYWyhWBuUy/s320/IMG_3453.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295906463857430722" /></a><br /><br /><br />After:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe9FXGhLr-H_QZe7WDWoUX6fkIKavE3HF9lyYB64qAyyOn2JEe-i1BrxZmu-5UC7jsvtxs0FGoF-NMuXho3Um29XUwhp2bq2-gBfRoOVWmzV6HadK-Kt2kRN0MwAMCwgT102lODHQbpyo/s1600-h/IMG_3456.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMe9FXGhLr-H_QZe7WDWoUX6fkIKavE3HF9lyYB64qAyyOn2JEe-i1BrxZmu-5UC7jsvtxs0FGoF-NMuXho3Um29XUwhp2bq2-gBfRoOVWmzV6HadK-Kt2kRN0MwAMCwgT102lODHQbpyo/s320/IMG_3456.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295907654357659426" /></a><br /><br /><br />Rooftop<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5-yjcIYfGLetWp7OOARUSXLyyXeo5_-Zoj8NalofsXih_WS0tyQmfI81cUmCekcV4U19T9vCy-IjS6v-w2lppMg-sRtRltNayiW7RVMy1KukcL7Zf2GAQfKGqBTwIkS-uG6E1umyNBjz/s1600-h/IMG_3484.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA5-yjcIYfGLetWp7OOARUSXLyyXeo5_-Zoj8NalofsXih_WS0tyQmfI81cUmCekcV4U19T9vCy-IjS6v-w2lppMg-sRtRltNayiW7RVMy1KukcL7Zf2GAQfKGqBTwIkS-uG6E1umyNBjz/s320/IMG_3484.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295908302406276834" /></a><br /><br />Today the weather got better and it was more fun to walk around town.<br />Here are the pictures:<br /><br />rooftop view<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69jB6W-H-j-gcN2MRQuIK-vDM0MifxzXpXQEwfbK7N7dTJfIU5K5Mnvrt8W7XPtdwXhyphenhyphenoWbuIFdbHh2qwjU76sYguBOZTjJ0WAmzMsYJcfVw8Y91G1SsReDpfRtOEWU4llHCHZI-A5a6_/s1600-h/IMG_3491.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69jB6W-H-j-gcN2MRQuIK-vDM0MifxzXpXQEwfbK7N7dTJfIU5K5Mnvrt8W7XPtdwXhyphenhyphenoWbuIFdbHh2qwjU76sYguBOZTjJ0WAmzMsYJcfVw8Y91G1SsReDpfRtOEWU4llHCHZI-A5a6_/s320/IMG_3491.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295909047914287426" /></a><br /><br />center<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu-jv8A0xfdAiqw2VK35K2m8dXD320rcGc-16yYcdunoULPaXoW_4Tx2SD7oGWXXNB6Imk39TaxFFJ7s0rttcTspxfvQC0DCkn8LkJ8oo2-dvWf3VeAsVBXfO5aN5rqpfmJjRiL4nAWfo/s1600-h/IMG_3496.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBu-jv8A0xfdAiqw2VK35K2m8dXD320rcGc-16yYcdunoULPaXoW_4Tx2SD7oGWXXNB6Imk39TaxFFJ7s0rttcTspxfvQC0DCkn8LkJ8oo2-dvWf3VeAsVBXfO5aN5rqpfmJjRiL4nAWfo/s320/IMG_3496.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295910065188441634" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IOF4aI2-vxx7JXv3cPlobNQklAnjeCWEvCaG5_EDT86Isg1rBLrRo3PRECDQJstz5ILVc3-jY1bae5Wzt-GqX2D3jA-5r6mwRPGxPn6mMXk6ox27lqwHl6mNhzygJniKQJkS774kf3oz/s1600-h/IMG_3524.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IOF4aI2-vxx7JXv3cPlobNQklAnjeCWEvCaG5_EDT86Isg1rBLrRo3PRECDQJstz5ILVc3-jY1bae5Wzt-GqX2D3jA-5r6mwRPGxPn6mMXk6ox27lqwHl6mNhzygJniKQJkS774kf3oz/s320/IMG_3524.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295910734364559378" /></a><br /><br />Squid<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oaQWMzx5W9eV-fTRXA7V32uEFnR8hV4YjQr7RYgPais3-zVfeSbHrWop_M8lH12AO7cFh0YbHfy_AWZmHLzjlepj4bzfNBQzTg40F5sr-WejKstiMo9czFN3gCSB_k53oH_Mk52QehuX/s1600-h/IMG_3538.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oaQWMzx5W9eV-fTRXA7V32uEFnR8hV4YjQr7RYgPais3-zVfeSbHrWop_M8lH12AO7cFh0YbHfy_AWZmHLzjlepj4bzfNBQzTg40F5sr-WejKstiMo9czFN3gCSB_k53oH_Mk52QehuX/s320/IMG_3538.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295911500243027714" /></a><br /><br />Mahjong<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc19y-c6gWt5ucCxmWCAdB7bvHPIQ_nYHJb2RjYq1SCkcCniM-DyXSsAlL9qe9mEs0hk_60IkF4ZLITWXOEDx_O9wNfMUUaazgAGOfj7Ak-U84Twr1qa3s_fSdYgN-rmfdXqm7FcfTXmlb/s1600-h/IMG_3542.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc19y-c6gWt5ucCxmWCAdB7bvHPIQ_nYHJb2RjYq1SCkcCniM-DyXSsAlL9qe9mEs0hk_60IkF4ZLITWXOEDx_O9wNfMUUaazgAGOfj7Ak-U84Twr1qa3s_fSdYgN-rmfdXqm7FcfTXmlb/s320/IMG_3542.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295912157626556914" /></a><br /><br />See you around and a happy new year! See you in Guilin.Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-75197366570342444292009-01-24T06:55:00.005+01:002009-01-24T07:40:02.822+01:00Hanoi to NanningI made it to China! I sold my scooter to the guys from my hotel, got a visa (65$) and a train ticket (30$) and did it!<br /><br />Hanoi is a nice place. You have loads of temples and pagodas, dozens of Ho-Chi-Minh-museums, etc. - and the beer corner! A junction with a 'bar' on every corner selling a glass of bia hoi for 3000d (0,12Euro). You meet lots of people there and later head on to the proper bars which stay open longer, where you pay up to 25.000 for a bottled beer.<br /><br />beer corner - you only see one in the center (I was sitting in the opposite one), the other two are further left and right<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjbmOhpvZd_iZrzy-Ef2KrfpSQrS1YBfdJzwr1SXFwWkjs7N3w1R9gdfN5glZYmNDyyz2ZIW7v1e9eofJU27K3XHVetYpkLPkWU69xdL0WBc36dvQ_4wTN5myDfa6qyRBsC3KKJWHRrTS/s1600-h/IMG_3381.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjbmOhpvZd_iZrzy-Ef2KrfpSQrS1YBfdJzwr1SXFwWkjs7N3w1R9gdfN5glZYmNDyyz2ZIW7v1e9eofJU27K3XHVetYpkLPkWU69xdL0WBc36dvQ_4wTN5myDfa6qyRBsC3KKJWHRrTS/s320/IMG_3381.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294736305714838610" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ho-Chi-Minh's mausoleum (was closed so I didn't meet him)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmc30iTlWbNaFiC4XOI48mVQTYPIQ_eHebrfYmcIpZqy6OXMy4i8byA-YS2HjAqDXmY8Bkl8IZiUiHlM_0e-V05Vp-shbgUUFqKAPnsjT0qCxec2uWeWH1H-kHqfhyO8MLouOBwzSuMM8/s1600-h/IMG_3395.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmc30iTlWbNaFiC4XOI48mVQTYPIQ_eHebrfYmcIpZqy6OXMy4i8byA-YS2HjAqDXmY8Bkl8IZiUiHlM_0e-V05Vp-shbgUUFqKAPnsjT0qCxec2uWeWH1H-kHqfhyO8MLouOBwzSuMM8/s320/IMG_3395.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294736957089824530" /></a><br /><br />One Pillar Pagoda<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pt1NWEPMGNEcpwDyjog3hn4wujg-lDCl92XPV58YBV7mFeHB5bRs6FXjWbZ-K3itq80ghssz5BVuwkA2GWeQkkzHllUAZqUtMCPDaJrq_p1oUPLYoj6Nrp33K_HpN8eLo-i3k779cE74/s1600-h/IMG_3415.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1pt1NWEPMGNEcpwDyjog3hn4wujg-lDCl92XPV58YBV7mFeHB5bRs6FXjWbZ-K3itq80ghssz5BVuwkA2GWeQkkzHllUAZqUtMCPDaJrq_p1oUPLYoj6Nrp33K_HpN8eLo-i3k779cE74/s320/IMG_3415.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294738626099482610" /></a><br /><br />presidential palace<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BuXMAwMGpj-8QwjD8SJdVNWddhro1at_XE4lEidm7rbX3kxMtieJhRuf5VxRf0equGQXgVYvzrpEcFAJrYLzM7D83qnFSUTzNmwGLrWf5DjnnVZr7h6bWtLa7m7jG20hE9de28PvksDQ/s1600-h/IMG_3407.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BuXMAwMGpj-8QwjD8SJdVNWddhro1at_XE4lEidm7rbX3kxMtieJhRuf5VxRf0equGQXgVYvzrpEcFAJrYLzM7D83qnFSUTzNmwGLrWf5DjnnVZr7h6bWtLa7m7jG20hE9de28PvksDQ/s320/IMG_3407.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294737610016863858" /></a><br /><br /><br />China: <br /> - 18:30 Train station: passport and ticket control<br /> - platform: passport and ticket control<br /> - in the train: ticket control<br /> - in your compartment: passport and ticket and visa control<br /> - train is leaving.<br /> - I finish War and Peace after an hour<br /> - lights are turned off 15min later<br /> - 0:30 immigration at the border:<br /> - take your luggage, leave the train<br /> - fill out forms and declarations<br /> - passport and visa control<br /> - platform: passport control<br /> - 5:56 luggage control<br /> - take your luggage, leave train<br /> - passport and visa control<br /> - x-ray luggage<br /> - passport control<br /> - back in the train: passport control<br /> (he looked at me and my passport picture 15 times, I had to move my head, he asked his colleagues to come and wanted an additional proof of identity...)<br /> - 10:45 Nanning!<br /><br />easy, but I actually paid for a sleeper train and I didn't get much of sleep...<br /><br />China so far seems nice but cold. I bought shoes and socks and the weather forecast for Beijing is -4C. And no one speaks English. Have to learn some basic Mandarin fast. There is so many McDonald's here, wherever you are you can see one. KFC as well.<br /><br />daily problems in China<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1JdRkUn0Gp0ypFTsGDBPXSwngc6-RTgkrE8bD2ndAoI73r1Jdau7r2lEfD30lygHKkSzjM2stFo_wNlNHSS9HK4oxxQEqnO7ApLT2JigVG9mD4yWVAbTy0czoI3Uxziwy4hrOLyA7DTG/s1600-h/IMG_3431.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1JdRkUn0Gp0ypFTsGDBPXSwngc6-RTgkrE8bD2ndAoI73r1Jdau7r2lEfD30lygHKkSzjM2stFo_wNlNHSS9HK4oxxQEqnO7ApLT2JigVG9mD4yWVAbTy0czoI3Uxziwy4hrOLyA7DTG/s320/IMG_3431.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294739427591332754" /></a>Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-17937585107574146762009-01-19T05:55:00.021+01:002009-01-19T07:36:15.067+01:00Hoi An to HanoiIt's been a while, a lot has happened and here come the stories.<br />Let's start slowly.<br />It was only a short 70km ride from Hoi and to Hue (Quote lonley planet: <em>"Intellectual, cultural and spiritual heartbeat of Vietnam, the old imperial capital offers historical, spiritual and culinary stimulation."</em> - my opinion: just another big city.)<br /><br /><br />Thien Mu Pagoda<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5Mhs2pgiOMXSYZ3jmXcqBqGNA3lPpGotXIKjDdAXhhpNeYEtGsIQKnh61gFAM-lBHbUxDIyKwwhlI-fuhhQuzBJcabpgpCgcYIbei9siu48lCQjAipCPSWpspWvlXtGcMUoD_oQAR-cV/s1600-h/IMG_3177.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5Mhs2pgiOMXSYZ3jmXcqBqGNA3lPpGotXIKjDdAXhhpNeYEtGsIQKnh61gFAM-lBHbUxDIyKwwhlI-fuhhQuzBJcabpgpCgcYIbei9siu48lCQjAipCPSWpspWvlXtGcMUoD_oQAR-cV/s320/IMG_3177.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292866313050251090" /></a><br /><br />Palace - throne<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDGJO9R_dU-0dH-syiTmRW6df-svZGH1sdIXvnStfK6DqkNrkp2geHrH68Jg1q2Ei_3ZVYrMgfAytTY3rD10WSpN8cSG3nzENCKkktO5KHTbOvDh9gJEWD7gqcLpzexEDEA1WsjUz9zmx/s1600-h/IMG_3125.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDGJO9R_dU-0dH-syiTmRW6df-svZGH1sdIXvnStfK6DqkNrkp2geHrH68Jg1q2Ei_3ZVYrMgfAytTY3rD10WSpN8cSG3nzENCKkktO5KHTbOvDh9gJEWD7gqcLpzexEDEA1WsjUz9zmx/s320/IMG_3125.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292865407650307954" /></a><br /><br />Palace - outside<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3SyddCJxbHNCK8hiKGKtB7FieMjgxWWY5ZLmfk0Jn2c3SHGPg4rArlPw13_sc6fR7O4ahpX-DFWHGN-gKAuVzEsgOIciXeyz5J517YSO6ieklDtzwTC8H8vEqukOJ0ehj54DeANUybb5/s1600-h/IMG_3123.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3SyddCJxbHNCK8hiKGKtB7FieMjgxWWY5ZLmfk0Jn2c3SHGPg4rArlPw13_sc6fR7O4ahpX-DFWHGN-gKAuVzEsgOIciXeyz5J517YSO6ieklDtzwTC8H8vEqukOJ0ehj54DeANUybb5/s320/IMG_3123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292864653584979922" /></a><br /><br />Still I had to drive over a steep mountain pass since the new tunnel was not for bikes.<br />The city itself was nice but by far nothing special.<br />At least it had one good thing. I met Russell from Colorado who was travelling on a Fanlim 100 from south to north as well. So we teamed up and went to Dong Ha the next day to check out the demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the former border between North- and South Vietnam. After we checked into a hotel in the not very pleasing town of Dong Ha we headed north to the Ben Ha river and the Vinh Moc tunnels, a Vietcong base.<br />Those small, dirty, wet tunnels were quite amazing, if you keep in mind, that people had been living there for years.<br /><br />Vinh Moc<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKDqwY1VlUiHHgBSnDrRXe-fgz_5j_OyrUHXVQIIt2e7gOziOV7yfAlIeepfAgh9WNeF_5Md6eg_WU74a7ggmOtgZnb-1WU2bwxsDZjKs2kVeSyk5-MDzB_0uSDyB1k6QeC22cZFFYCAY/s1600-h/IMG_3212.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKDqwY1VlUiHHgBSnDrRXe-fgz_5j_OyrUHXVQIIt2e7gOziOV7yfAlIeepfAgh9WNeF_5Md6eg_WU74a7ggmOtgZnb-1WU2bwxsDZjKs2kVeSyk5-MDzB_0uSDyB1k6QeC22cZFFYCAY/s320/IMG_3212.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292867625455031474" /></a><br /><br />We decided to get away from suicidal Highway 1 and headed towards the mountains the next day on Highway 15 and stopped by at Trung Son National Cemetery. It had been raining all day and we were freezing cold so we did not go far and took a hotel at the outskirts of Dong Hoi on Highway 15. <br /><br />Trung Son<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SADihTJ6fWC3IaClar0rVfY5o0Dk4ffqWsKywNsbd6gqFyoK28qnt4mZdPqELW_4Nzkq_ux-glKHC2p4d88f3WnrjhUqVo41Btmyj82Y5mE75lXnA7WYW-EBQFZtFCuRr-Z1gZCTVsHR/s1600-h/IMG_3241.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SADihTJ6fWC3IaClar0rVfY5o0Dk4ffqWsKywNsbd6gqFyoK28qnt4mZdPqELW_4Nzkq_ux-glKHC2p4d88f3WnrjhUqVo41Btmyj82Y5mE75lXnA7WYW-EBQFZtFCuRr-Z1gZCTVsHR/s320/IMG_3241.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292868359471594642" /></a><br /><br />Next day we headed further north on the 15 and thought about going to the 'famous' World Heritage Phong Nga caves. But since we didn't arrive there till early afternoon and the tour by boat would have cost us a fortune and 3 hours we decided against it. So we drove around there a little to see something of the scenic limestone landscape. After some security guys stopped us didn't let us pass since we didn't have a ticket we took a small dirt path down some fields to where you could actually see the entrance of the cave. Surprisingly there was an old lady with a small ferry who offered us to take us to the other side. Upon arrival in the small village on the other side we decided to do some offroad driving around some mountains to get back to the highway. It turned out to be quite a dirty, muddy adventure but a lot of fun. We had to drive through bushes, deep mud and big stones. All the locals there (probably didn't see a tourist for 15 years - on a bike!!) were amazed and surprised.<br /><br />no trespassing<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LaxHnVl2DYkLK5SR9T74X3nJ8Kpkt3XIeBxewzKFE65ewWBN7Ewe27ZDOzrLfrlg5mPz_y2kx8wD7R93Zu0m44UHrmb80Zb3UiOGJlhtGosLAPMj_aJVhUUSFq6cmux5ns3HGdk2thIB/s1600-h/P1030323.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8LaxHnVl2DYkLK5SR9T74X3nJ8Kpkt3XIeBxewzKFE65ewWBN7Ewe27ZDOzrLfrlg5mPz_y2kx8wD7R93Zu0m44UHrmb80Zb3UiOGJlhtGosLAPMj_aJVhUUSFq6cmux5ns3HGdk2thIB/s320/P1030323.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292871267991476898" /></a><br /><br />our ferry<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDKFizucvFTggnfYGRzSFq5niCPr0ValxvSXfpcY0bGc7eaQPRVyOWTYu1RV2SOz73MPhA-hK25gthpvg3WlyJQ160gbeXyafG3KAvWqFlIKfT-oDTpHpxrMpkqXsRKd_bsT4NAHZ9jbk/s1600-h/IMG_3283.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuDKFizucvFTggnfYGRzSFq5niCPr0ValxvSXfpcY0bGc7eaQPRVyOWTYu1RV2SOz73MPhA-hK25gthpvg3WlyJQ160gbeXyafG3KAvWqFlIKfT-oDTpHpxrMpkqXsRKd_bsT4NAHZ9jbk/s320/IMG_3283.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292872660577598146" /></a><br /><br />Russell on the ferry<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvwO3MjOSsard6caf_FU3-Ca8_yu2iSqOj6R6E8g4KktjFVKXJd0K6NSF95qfllGgXcfVcAQy9cGKmYxr_QAkkRBScFKm85Z9xm5ytdSUm2DDm_RYfocVfk6Q-sESJ_PyLUsvWUswj3NO/s1600-h/IMG_3281.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvwO3MjOSsard6caf_FU3-Ca8_yu2iSqOj6R6E8g4KktjFVKXJd0K6NSF95qfllGgXcfVcAQy9cGKmYxr_QAkkRBScFKm85Z9xm5ytdSUm2DDm_RYfocVfk6Q-sESJ_PyLUsvWUswj3NO/s320/IMG_3281.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292872393393813634" /></a><br /><br />lots of fun<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKYtCl52B4H6ywsSXuJbUDHgfUGmjlgmPxG7DfgfRdnYNpYglpcKAu8p7GXbZrJgrh9mChognvLcf-n6pAJyG1ldQo4FiG7ZMHimfBinwR75QfxkzBY70YOX2GnxzLB1sKO87XzrL18xD/s1600-h/IMG_3284.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKYtCl52B4H6ywsSXuJbUDHgfUGmjlgmPxG7DfgfRdnYNpYglpcKAu8p7GXbZrJgrh9mChognvLcf-n6pAJyG1ldQo4FiG7ZMHimfBinwR75QfxkzBY70YOX2GnxzLB1sKO87XzrL18xD/s320/IMG_3284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292873251872623026" /></a><br /><br /><br />After some time and one of my flipflops MIA we could actually see a proper street. On the other side of the river. We thought: "No problem, the locals gotta cross somewhere - look there is a path, perhaps there is a bridge, let's drive there." Upon arrival I was like: "FUCK!" Russell coming there 5 seconds later was like: "FUCK!" And after a little consideration we decided that we wouldn't cross that bridge.<br /><br />dangerous enough by foot<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14IB65kyCr6ises8iqp54a-gqpXPsCijUZSdHH1jMFqgSZzGB8whJJ3wAML5fzqgmNZYT3Wq-eb9Ni2pIoL-CgX36Uau9py7ahzX86cJoEVMJHzMy_1k56qzODTS0z0DrsZzelaUSrVzb/s1600-h/P1030369.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14IB65kyCr6ises8iqp54a-gqpXPsCijUZSdHH1jMFqgSZzGB8whJJ3wAML5fzqgmNZYT3Wq-eb9Ni2pIoL-CgX36Uau9py7ahzX86cJoEVMJHzMy_1k56qzODTS0z0DrsZzelaUSrVzb/s320/P1030369.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292873681157702946" /></a><br /><br />right foot<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4C2x67rGQkZbPe54lbzb8HGQQwETCbxmy5BNRbnpD3TT6DcU2-G_RnBLuV57R-9AZwVm27VCgi_D6F-eXKXY03lmuO4DQmhMeyGKTrbI5UOLpuXsYE5cZIe45zEK6jsdzRVw2yANsMrG/s1600-h/IMG_3290.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4C2x67rGQkZbPe54lbzb8HGQQwETCbxmy5BNRbnpD3TT6DcU2-G_RnBLuV57R-9AZwVm27VCgi_D6F-eXKXY03lmuO4DQmhMeyGKTrbI5UOLpuXsYE5cZIe45zEK6jsdzRVw2yANsMrG/s320/IMG_3290.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292881280580973218" /></a><br /><br />left foot - no flipflop<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQK8CAIt68aTVqhgAoxAEv3SZUxtUFS2ZrmPQGiywsjOWp5jtrTpXEvVEZrePCm3hNr51SC1zG0a_MmyCZPWL7w-Z-9ScDtczu9mXPojbaUJufWmTG37OyYHz57cvE-4xhVBe6rlETSqr/s1600-h/IMG_3291.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQK8CAIt68aTVqhgAoxAEv3SZUxtUFS2ZrmPQGiywsjOWp5jtrTpXEvVEZrePCm3hNr51SC1zG0a_MmyCZPWL7w-Z-9ScDtczu9mXPojbaUJufWmTG37OyYHz57cvE-4xhVBe6rlETSqr/s320/IMG_3291.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292881717457107410" /></a><br /><br />!!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-HEAJET_s3mDgMT4MLZcIXdEQez8Av3IaTfVM3NbRKWQYTyuEcNMWP58lyY9_yp5Um3jb4FQuC29ilCJ7E7BE1bH8eqKPug7k1-kG81USTjAnaTkuQlGx1js_2un1AJg8-xgORknxGr9/s1600-h/P1030353.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_-HEAJET_s3mDgMT4MLZcIXdEQez8Av3IaTfVM3NbRKWQYTyuEcNMWP58lyY9_yp5Um3jb4FQuC29ilCJ7E7BE1bH8eqKPug7k1-kG81USTjAnaTkuQlGx1js_2un1AJg8-xgORknxGr9/s320/P1030353.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292874206231508386" /></a><br /><br />So we went on through the mud. But the bridges coming up were all like the first one. So eventually we asked some village people to take our bikes to the other side by boat, which they did (against Dong of course).<br /><br />Russell crossing the bridge (made out of bamboo and old tyres)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75Mcni-4FTmMvTFZ5ldlPFoBiBIUaM13Dkj5-3uU1Gg4uADGUWJsGdEjWjp9_OJrcK2JIGQ2xwQc77a410fNhnWtfn297CruhOeZ1vSm5qCvDKSwVMeUtZwzOLPUMamoXSCrW39L_H44V/s1600-h/IMG_3302.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75Mcni-4FTmMvTFZ5ldlPFoBiBIUaM13Dkj5-3uU1Gg4uADGUWJsGdEjWjp9_OJrcK2JIGQ2xwQc77a410fNhnWtfn297CruhOeZ1vSm5qCvDKSwVMeUtZwzOLPUMamoXSCrW39L_H44V/s320/IMG_3302.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292882545553459762" /></a><br /><br />getting his bike to the boat<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTZFniO662mMdoRrwkeBS26NEIKW815fKxJJNI2EvVsxvdWZIGzKdCOo3M7PqNmpiWUS8yggXWuv0U7rUkxpsvA8SnkgPwuGfCj-0fGG18XMDaSsAbGbyvHPFO82yXgEeKqhOkK5a4v26/s1600-h/IMG_3299.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmTZFniO662mMdoRrwkeBS26NEIKW815fKxJJNI2EvVsxvdWZIGzKdCOo3M7PqNmpiWUS8yggXWuv0U7rUkxpsvA8SnkgPwuGfCj-0fGG18XMDaSsAbGbyvHPFO82yXgEeKqhOkK5a4v26/s320/IMG_3299.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292882268538178322" /></a><br /><br />So we were back on the road, had a lot of fun but lost a lot of time. We went on driving until after dark in search of a village big enough to have a guest house. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That's where the trouble starts. <br />We stopped at some random village to ask for a hotel. Russell spoke to some locals (Nha Khach is guest house and Khach San hotel) while I was driving down the road to see if there was something coming up. Upon my return I found Russell being held by a totally drunk police officer screaming something at him in Vietnamese. After a few minutes all the village was there laughing at us (for not understanding and being in a fucked up situation) and at their police guy (for being a drunk idiot). He tried to push Russell off his bike and take his bike keys away. After some 20 minutes we still couldn't resolve the problem and Russell rather wanted to stay there all night than give him his passport. So he sent me on to where we thought was a bigger village to look for help/a hotel/someone who spoke proper English or whatever. Since the police guy wasn't interested in me from the beginning and told me to go away I went and looked for something. When I returned some 30minutes later having found nothing Russell wasn't there anymore. Being afraid of encountering the same fate I didn't question the villagers, went back to the highway and to a restaurant some 100m away. It was quite late, I was full of mud, only one fliflop left and freezing. There was no hotel or town coming up and I barely had 150.000 Dong left. So decided to start talking to the locals in the restauarnt until one of them would eventually allow me to stay at his place. We ate loads of com (rice), ga (fish) and drank several bottles of roung (that's at least how I would spell it - some awfully strong homemade rice spirit) when the atmosphere was getting good I got lucky and one of the guys told me to come with him. We went to his hut some 200m away. His family was like: "WTF?" but kinda happy and very friendly. They teached me some more Vietnamese (as far as I remember fire is something like 'lua', chopsticks are 'doa' and chili is 'toa' and both chicken and fish seem to be 'ga' with a different pronounciation, but I can't tell). They had a campfire and we ate and drank more. Suddenly all his hut was filled with about 5-8 policemen who were obviously coming because of me. I was told to go with them but they only brought me to the next hut. There they examind my passport, international driver's license and bike papers what seemed to me like hours. I was constantly given more of the 'roung' and eventually a new pack of cigarettes. At some point they carried in a bed (no mattress but a blanket at least), took all my papers and bike keys and told me to go to sleep. After all this ruong I didn't really care what happened but somehow I had a bad feeling not having any papers or documents, almost no money and nothing much at all. But they were friendly and sober (at least at the beginning of the ruong interrogation) and then they asked for some money. I thought: "Okay, here it comes." since I had expected it all along. I only had one 100.000 bill (which I wanted to keep since I would eventually need some gas the next day), one 20.000 and one 10.000 and some smaller bills. So I gave them my last 30.000 and surprisingly after 10 minutes they returned with a new pair of fliflops. They were good guys indeed. The next morning I got my papers and keys and everything back and was told that I could go. Happy end for me, but what happened to Russell? I tried to ask them about him but either they did not understand or did not know that there had been another guy. <br /><br />police guy<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOff76Qo59ItVCM3S1AV59adtLikO95eViQNMWASNxVhdcE8XNO8yCXxbXim4cPzjYQj_twWbjxAHkf2ewa1CGn0DNFHLpUk_ZGPiMnbU__vUNSHsQM5kG8SeIMEHRjYkR1OBSa9QN48fR/s1600-h/IMG_3321.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOff76Qo59ItVCM3S1AV59adtLikO95eViQNMWASNxVhdcE8XNO8yCXxbXim4cPzjYQj_twWbjxAHkf2ewa1CGn0DNFHLpUk_ZGPiMnbU__vUNSHsQM5kG8SeIMEHRjYkR1OBSa9QN48fR/s320/IMG_3321.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292883568480122434" /></a><br /><br />the guy where I intended to stay and his kitchen<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeOKoK2Nhdisb85qZlZcrQfA9xopCqaEE9h76GSvYvhdlAv-GyR5d7u5LYMac0sL7amx90_q2UE2RaJBrfxTI18NuCkXcJKZKATfm8fa3QfkqNxk8Wz6BW6wZ7ksPAFUAxXAQiP_1EJtW/s1600-h/IMG_3312.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeOKoK2Nhdisb85qZlZcrQfA9xopCqaEE9h76GSvYvhdlAv-GyR5d7u5LYMac0sL7amx90_q2UE2RaJBrfxTI18NuCkXcJKZKATfm8fa3QfkqNxk8Wz6BW6wZ7ksPAFUAxXAQiP_1EJtW/s320/IMG_3312.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292882966301341090" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />So the next morning I headed on until I came to a town with a hotel. I took a room and a shower and went out to look for an ATM. But there wasn't one. Eventually I asked for a bank. But upon my arrival at the local Agribank I realized that the lady at the counter had never seen a credit card before and did not want to exchange my last dollars either. In the end I got them changed at a jewelry shop with the help of my hotel people. After checking facebook I learned that Russel got away while I was gone, turned right somewhere and stayed with a family (like I intended) whom he asked for a hotel without being disturbed any further. We met up again at a cafe close to a big intersection and exchanged pics at an internet cafe. Then we took a leave - he went west towards Laos and I east towards Highway 1 and Hanoi. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />After spending another night somewhere along the highway and many hours of dusty, suicidal riding I eventually reached Hanoi. For the first time I got stopped at one of the many police controls found all along the streets. At the first one there were loads of police guys checking papers and even though I was speeding upon seeing I was a tourist they told me to go on (They have differnet speed limits for different vehicels - 40km/h for bikes, 50km/h for cars and trucks and mach 3 for busses). About 3 minutes later I was stopped again. That time they weren't really friendy and it was 3 guys with one police bike. They knew I was speeding and they knew I knew. Legally they could have taken my passport and put it to a pile of Vietnamese identity cards and yellow forms with an uncertain future. Luckily both parties were much more satisfied with me paying them 200.000 Dong.<br /><br />some baby goat spirit anyone?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vpumBlOremp1I54O1DGHMMmBZ0s8zd-LUb8yxQ14WA0xPE6a-MBmKOxx3O2ST0NB50cLaSOYSw_QDjneQm95Xz46Cgh6TD2symH9BnW4xlJzexr-CiBh0Yz3WyjKSs9BcMeIN0U0x5B6/s1600-h/IMG_3330.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1vpumBlOremp1I54O1DGHMMmBZ0s8zd-LUb8yxQ14WA0xPE6a-MBmKOxx3O2ST0NB50cLaSOYSw_QDjneQm95Xz46Cgh6TD2symH9BnW4xlJzexr-CiBh0Yz3WyjKSs9BcMeIN0U0x5B6/s320/IMG_3330.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292884907951055218" /></a><br /><br /><br />Probably I won't have time to check out the Halong Bay but I can make it to Nanning for Tet. Currently my passport is at the Chinese embassy getting a visa. <br />That was a lot of adventure and even though being on the verge giving up a couple of times it was a huge load of fun!<br /><br />See you around and stay sound!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-42359243568496067632009-01-10T13:53:00.012+01:002009-01-10T14:50:04.435+01:00Dalat to Hoi AnAfter more than 800km I made it to Hoi An.<br />I spent most of the time riding though. But since I've seen an awful lot of waterfalls, temples and remote villages I was happy enough to miss some. <br />Weather was sunny (but kinda cold and really windy almost storming) for the first couple of days and constant rain for the last two days. Even though the road from Kontum to Danang is pretty scenic, winding through the rain forest along the old Ho-Chi-Minh trail it would have been really magnificent if I hadn't drenched and freezing. But rain forest didn't get it's name for nothing. <br /><br />Here are some pics I took from the highway/street/whatever.<br /><br /><br />Kids on a bridge<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8NwEPnRbXsi6bOwLRe_7vm3ZcLI50DcPKsB_FQegnGr20xsoAP793rw50Mkf1d3oqX86XdbhXvkFTd1m_EBoJ1owaWxGVkep_dkqAArTEaWKW40hLfjAdveqxO-cix37CgnVCcy2jmEz/s1600-h/IMG_3024.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8NwEPnRbXsi6bOwLRe_7vm3ZcLI50DcPKsB_FQegnGr20xsoAP793rw50Mkf1d3oqX86XdbhXvkFTd1m_EBoJ1owaWxGVkep_dkqAArTEaWKW40hLfjAdveqxO-cix37CgnVCcy2jmEz/s320/IMG_3024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289658748821700002" /></a><br /><br />Victory Monument in Boun Ma Thuot City<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7Z9pv2ezyf2OogfSPXo0KYgR0ZsvN1v82MkRY4wVz2pm5weT4nLEjM-t002L_6zCs8NQh4SadH2PC2EWqpWL8zBvTfXIf_5P-C-sF7IFDrrjQ43aEzXgWlho7Uzqtg8KCfBCKm6QdxsK/s1600-h/IMG_2997.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7Z9pv2ezyf2OogfSPXo0KYgR0ZsvN1v82MkRY4wVz2pm5weT4nLEjM-t002L_6zCs8NQh4SadH2PC2EWqpWL8zBvTfXIf_5P-C-sF7IFDrrjQ43aEzXgWlho7Uzqtg8KCfBCKm6QdxsK/s320/IMG_2997.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289657869680043602" /></a><br /><br />church ruins I found along the way<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7F-6HvVBH-36PT4f7MEBVOQF6Yehi_jrwPOcCwdoX8VIqevMjfCE_5uyg2uhmjsXfQAQrpprRL_gRpxulRex71-5Y9mkGQdP0gzujy3fqHuUPQjXP7XH1Iiqi25rWiau6sFqz5af5thpG/s1600-h/IMG_2992.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7F-6HvVBH-36PT4f7MEBVOQF6Yehi_jrwPOcCwdoX8VIqevMjfCE_5uyg2uhmjsXfQAQrpprRL_gRpxulRex71-5Y9mkGQdP0gzujy3fqHuUPQjXP7XH1Iiqi25rWiau6sFqz5af5thpG/s320/IMG_2992.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289657192622780674" /></a><br /><br />landscape of Vietnam!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcZ5OcLtaB9ns1qpMbj7BJlmT9zTZlvwBnOCAXgQjoUZAh6YGwcS35ZfPeWjiH0V-7o6h2hdR8Qs6jgHZiI8-3jvp-vkZrGU6nyF0qf6PWzmxx7NIqZdRdjwKIlLQtyRJuVwgITzZHSzz/s1600-h/IMG_2984.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvcZ5OcLtaB9ns1qpMbj7BJlmT9zTZlvwBnOCAXgQjoUZAh6YGwcS35ZfPeWjiH0V-7o6h2hdR8Qs6jgHZiI8-3jvp-vkZrGU6nyF0qf6PWzmxx7NIqZdRdjwKIlLQtyRJuVwgITzZHSzz/s320/IMG_2984.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289655983534987330" /></a><br /><br />landscape of Vietnam!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoC16DRrog8Lr4f3nLeYTU5NVb3ebsyGmlsOBAxUo3_VnQZ_sMTjyycdFFu-907XS7SGvi-JnPfnKbkT-GA2b6XfNjQjlisORTaDTB2Am49B66eGUbk0jDJt2h1nuFkeBDzhsH0MKarlvO/s1600-h/IMG_2973.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoC16DRrog8Lr4f3nLeYTU5NVb3ebsyGmlsOBAxUo3_VnQZ_sMTjyycdFFu-907XS7SGvi-JnPfnKbkT-GA2b6XfNjQjlisORTaDTB2Am49B66eGUbk0jDJt2h1nuFkeBDzhsH0MKarlvO/s320/IMG_2973.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289655007889109250" /></a><br /><br />landscape of Vietnam!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQnBSrDEV_H7pzi9n1Wb7GMjkxveMFMaX4Z4zxnPuAyizG98onRrZ8Hv58NhklQcZ0YBRpNYcxkwxEgrsQcWzX8PAcSjbNyQg9jJ37p3U3b-GdfmMEyp08m85MGZVWyLHgqq-CyOXbwsR/s1600-h/IMG_2966.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQnBSrDEV_H7pzi9n1Wb7GMjkxveMFMaX4Z4zxnPuAyizG98onRrZ8Hv58NhklQcZ0YBRpNYcxkwxEgrsQcWzX8PAcSjbNyQg9jJ37p3U3b-GdfmMEyp08m85MGZVWyLHgqq-CyOXbwsR/s320/IMG_2966.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289654278367892242" /></a><br /><br />Eventually I made it to Hoi An. A small town on the coast which is a huge tourist destination. The local government worked really well in preserving the traditional style and you have the atmosphere of being in Vietnam 80yrs ago. If there weren't so many tourists and tailor and souvenir shops.<br /><br />central market<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5tYhRxaXVreGWFfjcGQtnoabJcYyC-FGT1nmjOnk_67er2cQxEZExM777_cngY49LRnpkN8qCLrnRlHcWEl4p57aZJjDWY3Ve6tdW9Khjbso-RQkWxnIMpSe8dCDz_AnXIAT4I1v4JZE/s1600-h/IMG_3051.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5tYhRxaXVreGWFfjcGQtnoabJcYyC-FGT1nmjOnk_67er2cQxEZExM777_cngY49LRnpkN8qCLrnRlHcWEl4p57aZJjDWY3Ve6tdW9Khjbso-RQkWxnIMpSe8dCDz_AnXIAT4I1v4JZE/s320/IMG_3051.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289652435657343682" /></a><br /><br />delicious food (pho bo!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8yCufAXW08w5VBBjeENypEuQ2bDQfZ5GqorzeaN2Te2Ov3ESdYo-hilC1dbaaF9SfSQwtOBOVhiwprhuK6tIW3-HzwrtoFHe8XBte7sWc6sw7XjFwlnJRd5b0fv6oHtmXZu1tVAjJB7Y/s1600-h/IMG_3061.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_8yCufAXW08w5VBBjeENypEuQ2bDQfZ5GqorzeaN2Te2Ov3ESdYo-hilC1dbaaF9SfSQwtOBOVhiwprhuK6tIW3-HzwrtoFHe8XBte7sWc6sw7XjFwlnJRd5b0fv6oHtmXZu1tVAjJB7Y/s320/IMG_3061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289651553582519058" /></a><br /><br />Japanese covered bridge - supposed to be one of the main sights. I was not impressed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyjdu27SwC8YwpWljt0M-tsmBycwmVko3uVf-a87EwBAVhDSgjXh754A4Fl6PNXR7o8xfHWaxTjNQJ33unhTO5LKnjHY9E6N6sOMFDCsMCvBbrBSWX14mv0ZdZFnXbcbEa0r5Dvr8XtjS/s1600-h/IMG_3076.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdyjdu27SwC8YwpWljt0M-tsmBycwmVko3uVf-a87EwBAVhDSgjXh754A4Fl6PNXR7o8xfHWaxTjNQJ33unhTO5LKnjHY9E6N6sOMFDCsMCvBbrBSWX14mv0ZdZFnXbcbEa0r5Dvr8XtjS/s320/IMG_3076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289650365940412418" /></a><br /><br />lantern shops<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8K9AUo3-wPWuwC9Z3KtTUhptQcA_1YETL5M7WaXmE-PWpl44NwNhojyF2HDG8rEyeRVh0yauXoT5dMn2Hg7L4mOsxdwi8eFh-GAvuSf6-INVd0BI7E-EbmZoRI3KB6yDwopWyCECzPOt/s1600-h/IMG_3090.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8K9AUo3-wPWuwC9Z3KtTUhptQcA_1YETL5M7WaXmE-PWpl44NwNhojyF2HDG8rEyeRVh0yauXoT5dMn2Hg7L4mOsxdwi8eFh-GAvuSf6-INVd0BI7E-EbmZoRI3KB6yDwopWyCECzPOt/s320/IMG_3090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289649468813204034" /></a><br /><br />riverside<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybF00rCDePwyfNPNFUlKH1o32tEA18pZyvPHK2rolFq9yCk9XAXVvOTpbyS7wDSsJATa_b_xcuaMUkxl_UZDgwMhnUn9CLUjR6mQxt_BwhYg6pSaeL_uXNesK-UsJIwyV-uCIc2S_EIKl/s1600-h/IMG_3102.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybF00rCDePwyfNPNFUlKH1o32tEA18pZyvPHK2rolFq9yCk9XAXVvOTpbyS7wDSsJATa_b_xcuaMUkxl_UZDgwMhnUn9CLUjR6mQxt_BwhYg6pSaeL_uXNesK-UsJIwyV-uCIc2S_EIKl/s320/IMG_3102.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289648600234969506" /></a><br /><br />I'll be setting of to Hue tomorrow since I don't feel like exploring the ancient My Som ruins in the rain.<br /><br />See you around and have fun!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335374948365336129.post-39903757831251295032009-01-05T12:04:00.010+01:002009-01-05T12:57:17.313+01:00Di Linh and DalatSo far everything went well I had to stay in Di Linh since it just got too cold to drive and I had been on the bike for 6hrs already. I had a really good time at a random Pho stall along the road though. The older people in non-touristy areas don't speak English but the kids learn a bit in school and they are really happy to talk with someone strange from a strange country far away and show how much they know. We had lots of fun and laughing. That's the kinda stuff you do not experience when you travel by bus since they always stop at the restaurant of the driver's uncle etc. And it's really cheap too.<br /><br />(the red helmet saying 'NASA' with the Mickey Mouse sticker is mine btw)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFR-ZJli0848Aog414d4E2k-trCkUXepE9xBwkzFAKv13DmJCnP9NnYKSUnTXDEeDdSfU-hQ3o82tC4RQJozGh8enFCxAtyZz3i57avM0n2YLK3lTj_3sebF-SG6w2Sby4x_FfI7mxaSY/s1600-h/IMG_2884.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFR-ZJli0848Aog414d4E2k-trCkUXepE9xBwkzFAKv13DmJCnP9NnYKSUnTXDEeDdSfU-hQ3o82tC4RQJozGh8enFCxAtyZz3i57avM0n2YLK3lTj_3sebF-SG6w2Sby4x_FfI7mxaSY/s320/IMG_2884.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287767374710587810" /></a><br /><br />So I stopped in Di Linh and literally didn't do anything since there's nothing to do around and I was totally exhausted. Still I got a pic from the valley.<br /><br />View from my hotel room at dawn<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimZ8kE8W1cDQRJbDar_ry02pvecD90jW5JDhL1nyMVsQAeGUorhaeGYvRKRjaw6YF8pb5H4JtX_wwiMkWmkOHiRXbqe9mxPDIy_UH-3yAEN6ls5JpXMUoJz_4VArZPNNTNAhEU1Wjodxa/s1600-h/IMG_2897.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimZ8kE8W1cDQRJbDar_ry02pvecD90jW5JDhL1nyMVsQAeGUorhaeGYvRKRjaw6YF8pb5H4JtX_wwiMkWmkOHiRXbqe9mxPDIy_UH-3yAEN6ls5JpXMUoJz_4VArZPNNTNAhEU1Wjodxa/s320/IMG_2897.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287768127723498322" /></a><br /><br />After another 2hrs. of driving I reached Dalat. Once a place for rich French colonialists to spend the hot summer it is still a charming and relatively quiet town (188.000ppl). You have loads of colonial style buildings and the atmosphere of the French Alps in springtime (that's at least what the lonely planet says).<br /><br />Dalat center <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcod63U4E5sn6ayy93XRfL_OK64qO4J0ZLwqjkF74jQdLlfgNFx0QBRnHQRkwfJ7jzlKbfW0maHlb_a4KUC_D0bJ-sjde1WaUlZB_l0lKlHSj7ej5NMfFWxNOai4nLjACWbR2WN1FM9sw/s1600-h/IMG_2933.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcod63U4E5sn6ayy93XRfL_OK64qO4J0ZLwqjkF74jQdLlfgNFx0QBRnHQRkwfJ7jzlKbfW0maHlb_a4KUC_D0bJ-sjde1WaUlZB_l0lKlHSj7ej5NMfFWxNOai4nLjACWbR2WN1FM9sw/s320/IMG_2933.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287774329751901426" /></a><br /><br />view from my hotel, as you may notice the weather was not the best (amazing sunset though)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4VxPVLYEZUGE4_CyoDXJQrvvlad7ntXb3za9n6_8Iz-j-r4oEP6IyDLgFw1V1iLiAj_zghtv7EZr4JKejD0IbvWQSXvXdHfHzGIkihcqF8e72RvD99VL8PaiVxGfHbXYOLA7ChTkjhfX/s1600-h/IMG_2930.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4VxPVLYEZUGE4_CyoDXJQrvvlad7ntXb3za9n6_8Iz-j-r4oEP6IyDLgFw1V1iLiAj_zghtv7EZr4JKejD0IbvWQSXvXdHfHzGIkihcqF8e72RvD99VL8PaiVxGfHbXYOLA7ChTkjhfX/s320/IMG_2930.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287773621973561922" /></a><br /><br />shrine shop next to my hotel. Get all you spiritual needs fulfilled for cheap!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQWFK17_Gnta4KIFv1BlDZhvC91F148ZGARrFS7l-S1ZzOygeVR_cAR501uX5VkjarXHmLUrRXO09XPInW0gGYcA9HbwEVqJRz14-pYgkusCQUsxc3SuX3Te60OP7hPmIIK2Ol2qi0YQE/s1600-h/IMG_2927.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQWFK17_Gnta4KIFv1BlDZhvC91F148ZGARrFS7l-S1ZzOygeVR_cAR501uX5VkjarXHmLUrRXO09XPInW0gGYcA9HbwEVqJRz14-pYgkusCQUsxc3SuX3Te60OP7hPmIIK2Ol2qi0YQE/s320/IMG_2927.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287766098319603826" /></a><br /><br />street scene<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi7aCNlE-Fkvl3B0TtVBYH7jFrVZrBflnBd2GUcBRaEPB8QDtJr5nJf-YUqvwK2_VlWTsCZtOqw-y8qymjPKxzD1Ds5ILqXKlB6MvE4mZwza1_9KNfC4zmpzHA0kaMGhmVseTCoP-MKY9/s1600-h/IMG_2942.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi7aCNlE-Fkvl3B0TtVBYH7jFrVZrBflnBd2GUcBRaEPB8QDtJr5nJf-YUqvwK2_VlWTsCZtOqw-y8qymjPKxzD1Ds5ILqXKlB6MvE4mZwza1_9KNfC4zmpzHA0kaMGhmVseTCoP-MKY9/s320/IMG_2942.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287765370491953746" /></a><br /><br />Statue in a pagoda of the goddess of grace or whatever. Awfully cheesy<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLcK_Dz-fDImMQHe87BHSp7foJf_vALHelObxqY_qDMfJ9fmEUmpdzKHwGLMyIyouzd6lXbGS-vXu6LPHtBcyGw7GdhcTBIUsIUPkweH_goN5XzqwMqasM62fyIb0vXOSzIAqSAHn58mh/s1600-h/IMG_2913.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLcK_Dz-fDImMQHe87BHSp7foJf_vALHelObxqY_qDMfJ9fmEUmpdzKHwGLMyIyouzd6lXbGS-vXu6LPHtBcyGw7GdhcTBIUsIUPkweH_goN5XzqwMqasM62fyIb0vXOSzIAqSAHn58mh/s320/IMG_2913.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287764552257497186" /></a><br /><br />If I find a place to buy a jacket I'll continue north probably and return to the coast at Hoi An via Pleiku. See you around and have fun!Beowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11805715720026153718noreply@blogger.com7