Trekking Tiger Leaping Gorge - virtually alone (Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan Province, China) July 29th 2008 (Day 116 on the road)After my recovery, I left for the Tiger Leaping Gorge, still feeling a little week after having eaten very little for a week. However, my timing to trek the gorge turned out to be just perfect! During my stay in Lijiang I had seen many people leaving for the gorge only to return back to Lijiang as the trek was closed or even the road to it was shut so the buses had to t ... read more
Asia » China » Yunnan » Tiger Leaping Gorge For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more
Living the Dream - Ben travels around South America - July 2022 until August 2023
In July 2022 - after a two-year, Covid-induced delay - I left on a year-long sabbatical. Starting in Madrid (Spain), my travels took me all across South America. I moved pretty slowly, taking my time to properly explore and roam, before returning home to Berlin (Germany) in August 2023.
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