http://blog.fmkworld.org Accounts of a year-long voyage through Asia Copyright 2005 Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:27:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=65 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=65#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:26:52 +0000 Travel Journal China http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=65 Not just the views are breathtaking when you arrive in Lhasa, capital of what is now called the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China; it is also the thin air. With the area at an altitude of 3800 meters, I immediately noticed this. Walking with my backpack for a short while ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=65 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=64 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=64#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:49:50 +0000 Travel Journal China http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=64 Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan province, is a nice and laidback city. Due to anti-pollution regulations, it is quite difficult to obtain a motorcycle licence here, hence the large numbers of bicycles and the dangerously silent electric ones, seen everywhere on the streets. Like in the rest of China, recycling ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=64 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=63 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=63#comments Sun, 07 Aug 2005 15:58:53 +0000 Travel Journal China http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=63 Datong is not as well known as other tourist hotspots like the Great Wall or the Terracotta Army, and this is strange, as around this relatively small industrial city, there are two stunning sites that are equally impressive. I reached one of them, the Hanging Temple, in under two hours by ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=63 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=62 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=62#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:53:40 +0000 Travel Journal China http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=62 Due to budget considerations, I had booked a seat instead of a bed on the train departing from Shanghai, and I would later regret this, as I hardly slept during the 14-hour train journey to China's enormous capital. After arriving in the capital in the morning, I quickly located a nice ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=62 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=61 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=61#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:13:35 +0000 Travel Journal China http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=61 In Shanghai, I got my first taste of a truly big Chinese city. After a 26 hour train journey from Hong Kong, long but comfortable as I had a bed, I arrived at the central trainstation and made my way to the old part of the city. As a lot ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=61 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=60 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=60#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2005 10:52:27 +0000 Travel Journal China http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=60 It was an excellent way to arrive in Hong Kong for the first time, as I did, by ferry from Guangzhou. After leaving the Pearl River Delta, as we drew closer to Hong Kong Island, the buildings seemed to rise out of the water, with the green hills behind them. Although ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=60 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=59 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=59#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2005 13:15:19 +0000 Travel Journal China http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=59 Currently, China is experiencing severe floodings, causing over 500 deaths and leaving millions of people homeless across several provinces. What makes this tradegy even worse, is that this happens every year, with rivers incapable of transporting the huge quantities of rainfall during this rainy season. In Guanxi province, I saw ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=59 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=53 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=53#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2005 09:33:07 +0000 Travel Journal China http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=53 Discovering new countries, always starting over again when visiting an unknown territory, exploring its customs and attempting to understand its language, can be both very exciting and unnerving. And so I arrived in Nanning, provincial capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, exhausted after a long train journey on two different ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=53 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=58 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=58#comments Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:18:23 +0000 Travel Journal Vietnam http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=58 The last city I visited in Vietnam is its capital, Hanoi. During my first visit to Vietnam, it was the starting point of my voyage through this country, and I instantly liked the city. If you forget about the mad traffic for a moment, the city is really charming with ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=58 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=57 http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=57#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2005 13:36:24 +0000 Travel Journal Vietnam http://blog.fmkworld.org/index.php?p=57 Nha Trang, on Vietnam's south-central coast, is very touristy, and like most places in Vietnam, it has changed drastically over the past decade. It now has hundreds of hotels for the large number of Vietnamese and foreign tourists who want to spend some time in this pleasant city, and it ... http://blog.fmkworld.org/wp-commentsrss2.php?p=57