After much procrastination, I finally worked on some pictures and selected the ones that I like to post here.
I went through my Indian pictures sorted out some my favourites, and then applied some Photoshop touch-ups. Enjoy:
http://snakemonkey.portfoliobox.io/
Link to my favourite Indian pictures
China Pictures to come soon…
The engineer in me did a quick spreadsheet on our costs of the journey today. I excluded all the Hong Kong expenses, because they consist mostly of non-essential shopping and are misleading.
Bottom line: 9000 CHF for two people
That includes all transportation (incl. flight to/from Zürich), hotels, food, souvenirs, site entrance fees, etc. in India and China. Major breakdown:
That means we are spending about 500 CHF / week / person (including everything). For comparison, I have read that thrift travelers can live on about 200CHF / week. But, on the other hand, there is this:
Two nights at this fly joint = our whole budget
So, I guess we did not do so bad.
We made it back home safely, though we have been suffering from something like a flu the past two days. Updates with pictures are coming soon.
It must have been 30 years since I last visited Macau, and I remembered very little of it. The casinos have definitely multiplied and gotten tackier because of the Chinese tourists. But outside of the gambling halls, Macau is an authentic, nostalgic and photogenic city (too bad I left my big camera in HK). And the egg tarts are amazing 
At the end of the day, we won a whopping $80HKD from the casino 🙌🙌🙌
Ruins of St. Paul 大三吧
Nom nom egg tarts
Street
Church
More nom nom
Mandarin's house
Restored interior
Old buildings
Casinos
Inside of the Venetian, aka kitsch central
Gondola inside mall
Casino
It is the first time ever that my mother-in-law has visited an Asian country. Here are some highlights from the past few days.
Arrival HKG
Food is a highlight in Hong Kong
Tea shop
Hong Kong park
Botanical garden
Tram ride
Afternoon tea
A good place for milk tea
Visiting the peak
Night skyline
After a swim at Lamma Island
Ap Lei Chau market
Dragon boat race 端午節
Seafood restaurant@ Lau fo shan 流浮山
Family
Good oyster sauce
錦田水尾村
昂平 Ngon Ping
大澳 Tai O
T1 typhoon warning
It is great to be in HK again, where the food is delicious. We visited Cheng Chau on one day-trip, which is another popular island in Hong Kong.
Cheng Chau guest 長州賓客
Grandma made some festive food 糭
Nom nom
On another day we visited Ocean Park, where I have not been for 30years. We had fun on the amusement rides and enjoyed seeing the animals. They have stepped up to compete with Disneyland.
Good location
Environment (green) themed marine show
Rollercoaster etc.
Getting wet to cool down
We also spent some time on the beach.
Typical Chinese beach tourists
Zzzz
Willy
Since we cut out Dunhuang from our original plan, we are heading back to Hong Kong today, so we have more time to rest. Time flew so quickly, and we have made a lot of awesome memories, abuot which we will reminisce in the future. Anyway, we are looking forward to some great food the next two weeks.
Bye China… for now
(Updates will continue in HK……..)
Another mega-city in China, but it is not as stressful as the rest though. There are some small attractions in the city. I got my pu’er tea, since they came from around here 😋.
At the Yunnan nationalities museum
Buying some tea
Michelin made locomotive
Becoming a Chinese tourist
About 150km outside of Kunming, we had a taste of rural Yunnan at Hong Tu Di, literally meaning red earth. That area had farming terraces on side of mountains with flaming red soil (hence the name). It was a photographer’s dream. We were very impressed and enjoyed the nature very much. The guesthouse hosts were very nice, warm and simple people, who also cooked and organised rides around the valleys for us. The bonus is that this place has not yet been properly developed for tourism, which means the government has not yet ruined (commercialise) this place. 😎 Another highlight of our trip!
Our guesthouse 紅土情緣
Potato fields
Farmers
Luoxiaguo 落霞洶
Happy about the view
Farmers harvesting wheat
Roast potatoes
Weather turning bad…
Other travelers at guesthouse
Märi & Perry's sabbatical 2015 