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The flight from Yangon to Kolkata (the former Calcutta) in India was completely relaxed. On the airbus of Air India were certainly more than 200 seats available, but there were no more than a fistful, maybe 20 seats occupied. It was possible to choose your seat freely, the stewardesses were friendly, all in all it...Read More

In the area around Mandalay there is a lot to see, but the sights are so far apart that you will require your own private transport. Renting a car was never an option for me in Asia before, a taxi and driver for the whole day is mostly out of my imagination, so I had...Read More

Fascination mountains in compact form – 8 out of 14 peaks worldwide higher than 8.000m are located in the Nepalese Himalayas – for me in 2007 the decisive reason to hike 4 months on foot through Nepal along the most famous treks on the roof of the worldRead More

An adventurous journey on a 1958 Royal Enfield Bullet through the Indian subcontinent – from south to north and from east to west.Read More