Gandan Monastery / biggest Buddha Central Asia / 3 prayers for me

The entire day was one big happening and a blessed experience. I seriously enjoyed every minute of it. Many good vibes!  The Buddha we saw is the biggest in Central Asia!!!  Wishing tree story: there where originally 7 trees. 6 got cut and the 7th survived because it was bleeding. :(( People touch the tree…

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Beijing – VPN?

Made it to China. Have issues with my internet access as many other travelers as well 😦 ….. Some get their own VPN access…. Hmmm Havnt decided yet. By the way: my flight to Kathmandu has been confirmed. Stay tuned.

Train station / Zamen Ude

We stopped and wait for customs to check us. Toilets are closed and we have to wait for around an hour.  Many customs employees. They check  if people are hidden in the storage area of the beds …..   Track size change. All in all the entire passport control and engineering work took 4 hours….

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Chinese Boarder – waiting 

It is warm in here. Most people snooze or sleep the day away. A crowd is in the restautant that allows people to smoke. In January I would have been happy about that fact. Now no more  …. Hmmmmm Hardly anybody speaks.        

Mongolia – a few facts  / like being in school again 

The country counts 3 million inhabitants, 1 million are in the capital, 90% are Buddhists, they love eating meat, vegetarians are increasing in number which is a very big thing considering that eating vegetable isn’t really in people’s mind set.  I had my fist milk tea with salt – the second tasted already better. Amazing…

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Kathmandu was calling!!!! – thankful and happy 

I am super happy and excited!! The family in Kathmandu called me a few days ago – an hour before Moscow while I was on the train – to tell me that they are healthy and happily awaiting me. We are in regular email communication since that day. My sister must have made a strong…

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Mongolian Border – local party mile / German style 

We decided to explore the neighborhood as we had to bridge 4 hours. The Original plan was to go to a restaurant which according to the sign was 500 meter away….. After walking for some time we arrived at the second sign: Cafe 500 meter … We kept on walking until other travelers walked towards us:…

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