Day 388: Tourist Charmers

Snake charmer

Agra – Jaipur, India Entry written by Anneleen: Tuesday we proceeded to Fatehpur Sikri. This city was abandoned in 1585, when there wasn’t enough drinking water […]

Day 387: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Taj Mahal

New Delhi – Agra, India Entry written by Anneleen: Monday the 27th of August we left really early in the morning with our driver Raju […]

Day 385: Riding Shotgun

Ayutthaya

Bangkok – Ayutthaya, Thailand Last night, Papa Charn offered to drive me in his Porsche to a UNESCO World Heritage site Ayutthaya today to take […]

Day 384: Boarding Terminal 21

Terminal 21

Bangkok, Thailand – London, UK – Istanbul, Turkey – Paris, France – Tokyo, Japan – Bahamas, Carribean – Rome, Italy – San Francisco, USA – […]

Day 383: Foodporn

Mangosteen

Bangkok, Thailand What locals call “Otoko” is a fruit and food market located in the north of Bangkok. This morning, my sister in law’s parents […]

Day 382: RTW (-Nepal) (+Thailand)

Housings by Chao Phraya

Beijing, China – Bangkok, Thailand Thailand wasn’t on my list of countries to visit since I’d been here a couple of times. It was a […]

Day 381: Bear-cat / Cat-bear

Panda!

Beijing, China Last full day in China! I had yet to see a giant panda. Chengdu is supposedly the best place to see them since […]

Day 380: Unique Halogen Products

Red Lantern

Beijing, China Besides updating the blog all day long, the only thing I did was going to a restaurant located in one of the many […]

Day 379: Fat Child’s Journey Back East

The Silk Route on A Train

Urumqi – Beijing, China I must have gained weight in Asia, being fed so well by all the friends and relatives. The old ladies in […]

Day 378: Vee-Eye-Pee Yo!

VIP baby!

Urumqi – Beijing, China It would have been quite a pain, even impossible, securing the train ticket back to Beijing, had it not been a […]

Day 377: In The Dead We Dwell

South Urumqi

Shihezi – Urumqi, China We made our way back from Shihezi to Urumqi today. Urumqi is the gateway city to and fro Xinjiang to other […]

Day 376: It’s All Peachy

"Pantao"

Shihezi, China The whole family had been busying themselves about making sure I ate well and ate everything possible under the sun. I was stuffed! […]