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After some hard time in the job, I switched to another job: now I am working for the "Deutsch-Chinesische Allgemeine Zeitung", a monthly German Newspaper, informing and writing about China. I am chief-editor and do a lot of reserche, writing and putting the paper together. Deutsch-Chinesische Allgemeine" can also be found in facebook.
I have been travelling since I was a little child. I love to have a look around the next corner.
In the last 20 years I travelled mainly alone. A woman travelling alone?? Yes, it is the way to travel completely independent. I can decide whether I want to make an organized tour for a few days or whether I want to cope with the hardships of public transfer and run down hotels. I really love this way of travelling. I always felt very safe and it is up to me to meet nice people along the way.
I lived in Hannover many years and moved to Hamburg in 2004 with my husband, because I got a good job there. I still like to show, how beautiful and wonderful Hannover is, this city, which is mostly forgotten on the tourist path through Germany. But I am getting used to Hamburg, wich is an interesting town with a great harbour and some wonderful theatres and museums.
I am a China-addict. Since I have visited China the first time in 1987 I visited China many times. China is a country with many diverse landscapes, big and small cities and wonderful people. I love to speak Chinese (Mandarin), I love the vibrating cities, the colors of the mountains and the smiles of the local people. For more about me and China please see my respective pages on VT. I love VT, because it gives me the opportunity to show you how beautiful China is. Specially since I work for a touroperator, that is specialised on tours to China, my whole life revolves around China. 2007 I was lucky to visit Xinjiang Province after 15 years again. Cities like Turfan and Kashgar have changed a lot. See my pages about Turpan and Kashgar now!
So Beijing, China and Hannover are my most important and biggest pages on VT. But also my Hamburg-page is now slowly growing.
If you like to know more about me personally, than please visit:
Hannover, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Beijing, China
or my Personal Albums:
Traveling in the 1960s
My Story
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2009
Berlin
2008
Karlsruhe
Brielle, home of wonderful VT-member ATLC
2007
28.05. - 21.06.2007:
Almaty - Urumqi - Turfan - Kucha - Kashgar - Osh - Fergana - Tashkent - Bukhara - Samarkand
Silkroad: If you like you can follow my tour and start with Almaty. There are always links to my next stop of my trip on the intro-pages:
Almaty, Kazakhstan - Yining, Xinjiang - China - Urumqi, Xinjiang - China - Turpan, Xinjiang - China - Kucha, Xinjiang - China - Aksu, Xinjiang - China - Kashgar, Xinjiang - China
Irkeshtam, China/Kyrgyzstan - Sary Tash, Kyrgyzstan - Osh, Kyrgyzstan - Ferghana and the Ferghana Valley, Uzbekistan -
Kokand, Uzbekistan - Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan - Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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Stadtoldendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
2006
Lüebbenau, Spreewald, Land Brandenburg, Germany
Luneburg Heath, Lower Saxony, Germany
2005
Jimingyi, China
Xuanhua, China
Chongqing and Yangzi River, China
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With my travelogues I want to tell stories. Some have only photos - some have more words. The photos are expressing a special feeling, the story tells about adventures, that I experienced.
Funeral, Yangshuo, China
Where is Unjusa? South Korea
Yaxchilan and Bonampak, Palenque, Mexico
International Women's Day, New Delhi, India
Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
Children's Dia de La Revolucion, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico
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During my travels I visited many places with almost no sentence in the guide-books. I enjoyed all of them very much. Maybe my pages about this villages and cities inspire you to leave the beaten path!
Mehrum, Lower Saxony, Germany
Yining, Xinjiang, China
Ampefy, Madagaskar
Even on my pages of famous cities like Beijing you'll find "Off the Beaten Path"-tips. Go and explore my pages for this!
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2013:
January: Malmö, Sweden
May: Chengdu, China
2012:
April: Sylt
June: Berlin
August: Cologne
2011:
May: China
2010:
January: Landeck, Tirol
November: Turkey
2009:
May: Hongkong and Hainan
May: Ireland
November: Beijing
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"Rely not on the teacher/person, but on the teaching. Rely not on the words of the teaching, but on the spirit of the words. Rely not on theory, but on experience. Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. Do not believe anything because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and the benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it."
The Buddha
Hatreds never cease by hatred in this world; by love alone they cease.
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I started travelling when I was a little kid. My parents took me and my sisters to Denmark, Finland and Sweden.
Please see my Personal Album!
Travelling in the 1960s
Explore the World
nepalgoods
“Smile and the world smiles back at you!”
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- Posted in Travel China Forum "Re: Luoyang day trip"
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updated their Profile Page "Welcome !"
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- nepalgoods and karambu are now friends.
- updated a Beijing Travel Page "My wonderful Beijing"
- Wrote a Review City Wall in Pingyao Things to Do
- Uploaded a Video to Hamburg
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Beijing
Intro, 95 reviews, 202 photos, 6 travelogues
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China
Intro, 80 reviews, 208 photos, 3 travelogues
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Hannover
Intro, 83 reviews, 135 photos, 7 travelogues
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Hamburg
Intro, 42 reviews, 101 photos, 3 travelogues
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Intro, 30 reviews, 80 photos, 4 travelogues
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Intro, 32 reviews, 69 photos
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Asia
Intro, 25 reviews, 72 photos, 3 travelogues
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Intro, 26 reviews, 67 photos
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Chongqing
Intro, 16 reviews, 72 photos, 5 travelogues
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Turpan
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Comments (365)
Thanks for your answer to 'Kindly check my Beijing itinerary. '. I appreciate your advice.
Hi Ulrike, Congratulations on becoming Chief-Editor of the Deutsch-Chinesische Allgemeine! Wishing you success and happiness in this new challenge. You already look confident and happy with your paper in hand! Best wishes from Montréal!
What are you doing at the moment? Any travel plans?
Having a Cava Brut Rosé at the moment :-) I thought Cava always came from Catalonia but this one is from the Valencia region. Haven't travelled for a long while & can't pick up and go as I used to -- because I now have a little cat & it takes organisation to leave her in good hands. I'm dreaming of travelling to Turkey & would love to do it with a small Adventure Travel-type group. But I need lots of culture thrown in, haven't found the ideal organiser yet. All good things come to "she" who waits. :-)
Thanks for your answer to 'Shenzhen-Fuzhou high speed rail'. I appreciate your advice.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year
Hi and belated birthday wishes - congrats on your new newspaper! looks exciting! going to look for it on facebook! keep enjoying your adventurous life!
Hi madam : happy birthday .. proudly i recognize you , hope you in bliss espicially the new job.
y.s sinou
Ulrike, happy birthday. You haven't been online for quite a while.
Happy birthday Ulrike, and happy "newspapering" ;))
Happy, happy birthday!
A warm happy birthday greeting from Malaysia.