November 1, 2011 English, Europe 欧洲
Day 2: 12.08.2011 Trient – Champex We were expecting a long day ahead and had to start early. Breakfast was at 06:30 hrs: juice, bread with butter, cereal, hot chocolate and apple. We started trekking at 07:20 hrs, but after just a short while we stopped to wait for Chin Teong to turn back [...]
October 26, 2011 Asia 亚洲, English, South Asia 南亚
One of the fascinating paintings in the Old Palace Museum (Mattancherry Palace) in the Old Fort, Cochin, Kerala, India. The famous Mattancherry Palace was built by the Portuguese and repaired by the Dutch, but its architectural style is definitely of Kerala. My wife and I visited South India from 31.01 to 12.02.2006 together with 9 [...]
October 15, 2011 English, Europe 欧洲
Having trekked in about 20 countries since I took up trekking as a hobby some 10 years ago, I thought it was about time I went to Switzerland and spent some time in the Alps. After all, Switzerland is well known as one of the most beautiful countries in the world, and its Alps are [...]
October 13, 2011 English, Malaysia 马来西亚
On 7th July 2008, UNESCO inscribed Melaka and Georgetown on its List of World Heritage Sites for their immense cultural values. This brings the number of World Heritage Sites in our country to 3. Mt. Kinabalu National Park in Sabah and Gunung Mulu National Park in Sarawak are both World Heritage Sites of Nature whereas [...]
October 10, 2011 English, Europe 欧洲
My wife and I waited for the bus near a fountain on the main road of Kalambaka on a Tuesday morning in October 2007. Kalambaka is a small town in the interior of mainland Greece. It had taken us 5.5 hours to get here by bus from Athens. Our sole purpose of coming here was [...]
October 8, 2011 Central America 中美洲, English
My wife and I spent 16 days in Cuba from 26.03 till 10.04.2011 as part of our 4-month travel in Central America and West Caribbean. Havana We love Cuba. The country may be poor no thanks to the US-led embargo that has lasted for half a century, but the people are so friendly. We enjoyed [...]
September 13, 2011 English, Malaysia 马来西亚
My wife and I joined a group of friends and acquintances to climb Gunung Angsi on 11th February, 2007. Gunung Angsi is not a high mountain. It is only about 825m high. It is situated somewhere between Senawang and Kuala Pilah in the state of Negeri Sembilan of Malaysia. From Senawang Toll Plaza of the [...]
August 4, 2011 East Africa 东非, English
I chose to visit Kenya in the month of August this year (2007) because that month falls smack in the middle of the great migration period of the wildebeest which are in Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya during this part of the year. I contacted Acacia Holidays of Nairobi, Kenya by email for the [...]
August 3, 2011 East Africa 东非, English
Animal lovers all over the world flock to Africa, in particular East Africa, to watch wild life. Nowhere else can you find such a high concentration of animals so clearly visible to the tourists. Tropical rainforests are supposed to be the ecosystems that have the highest biodiversity, but the dense vegetation makes animals living in [...]
July 30, 2011 English, Europe 欧洲
In the middle of 2005 I travelled from Beijing to Moscow by train, a distance of 7,865 km. The line from Beijing to Ulan Ude in Siberia, passing through Mongolia, is known as the Trans-Mongolian Railway. The line from Ulan Ude to Moscow is part of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The other part of the Trans-Siberian [...]
