Bad news for Tibet
I t is over and it has not even started. This years trek to the holy mountain to Mt. Kailash is over and has not even started. The original planning were that by today we drive up to Bhaktapur, stay there a night to be early at the border to Tibet by tomorrow. But things have changed. We got rolled over by the news. Just a view days ago it happened that the protests by Tibetean monks at the Kirti Monastery happened, which ended up by locking down about 2.000 monks by Chinese military. Now, it seems that the protests have spreaded. The decision by Chinese government as of yesterday evening is to lockdown Tibet completely. Any existing Visa is being waived effective immediately, any foreigners are forced out by military effective immediately. Chinese government has...
First time India
I t happened to me: I had my first trip to India for business reasons. I was scheduled to go to the Wind Power India 2011. My presentation at the conference was not accepted so I just visited the fair ground. The fair ground was one main hall and a one small hall. In the main hall a huge space was devoted to a shared space for companies from Denmark. That was then also the main message as seen on the other booths: distributors from Westerneuropean companies presented themselves. The main companies building wind turbines readily to buy and some companies offering maitenance where present. That would complete image that currently there is no industry in India building wind turbines themselves. Hopefully that will change over time and we will see what the next year...
Ecuador and Galápagos
T his is a short summary of my last trips and travel experiences to Ecuador. It includes some thoughts about the travelers you will meet in Quito. It includes some pictures from the living in Ecuador and from countryside of Ecuador.
Hello world!
I ’d like to welcome you on my new blog. This is a blog of a traveler. A traveler traveling in real world through different countries, but also traveling through thoughts in the unreal world. But who is this traveler? I am this traveler. I am called by the real name Thilo. I was born into this world in at time when th world was completely different than today. There was not much technology like today. There was a different political situation, with clearly two sides the good and the evil, of course at this time I was living on the good side of the world. At least it supposed to be the good side of the world. The country I was born in doesn’t exists anymore. The world has changed. My first travel experience was traveling without moving. I could stay in...
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