-
Recent Posts
Categories
Blogroll
Interesting Links
Author Archives: MountainTraveler
Three days on the Yangtze river
CHONGQING, SEPTEMBER 1999 - One of my goals when coming to China was to see the world famous ‘Three Gorges’ on the Yangtze river. The way to see them is by taking a ‘cruise’ onto the Yangtze river. I went for a three … Continue reading
On the night train
BEIJING, SEPTEMBER 1999 - Traveling by train is always interesting. In China it is a real experience. Not only the buying of the ticket is a challenge (I had the tour company doing this for me), finding out how train travel ‘works’ is as … Continue reading
Going to the summer palace
BEIJING, SEPTEMBER 1999 - I arrived alone in Beijng ‘old’ international airport – the new airport (currently used by international flights) was to open some weeks after I arrived. Airpanes were parked next to the runway, in the same way as … Continue reading
The family pension
WEST TURKEY, AUGUST 1991 - In every town we arrived, people were waiting at the bus station – they invited us to stay with them, in their ‘family pension‘. It was always difficult to make a choice, and we always had to … Continue reading
On the trail of the ruins
WEST TURKEY, AUGUST 1991 - Ruins of temples, castles and fortresses, amphitheatres, city walls,… hot, dry and remote places. Some of these places used to be ports in Greek times.We travelled from town to to town, using dolmus busses – on … Continue reading
Istanbul
ISTANBUL, AUGUST 1991 - “The gulf war has just ended, prices are very low, the destination not overcrowed, so let’s go… !” My friends and I arrived on the airport of Istanbul in the morning, and we could see the mosques … Continue reading
Toledo
TOLEDO, MAY 1999 - Not far away from Madrid, the capital of Spain, is a little town called Toledo. This town has a medieval look and many interesting historical buildings are preserved over here. When coming from the railway station, you can … Continue reading
Shopping in Russia !
ST-PETERSBURG, JUNE 2002 - Shopping… ? I am not a big shopping fanatic, but when on travel, visiting little shops, supermarkets, open air or covered markets, it is a great way to learn about the local culture and to see the … Continue reading
Going underground…
MOSCOW, ST-PETERSBURG, JUNE 2002 - Whenever in a big city, I like to travel with local transport : trains, buses, taxi, and metro ! Most metro systems look more or less the same, but not the ones in Moscow and St.-Petersburg … Continue reading