There are two types of people visiting South East Asia. The backpacker, and the sex tourist. What are the backpackers doing there?

On November 3rd, a sunny but cool Friday in Seoul, I walk into the Chinese Visa Processing Centre. It’s located in an office building in Jongno, one of the business districts of the South Korean capital. I am not sure if I am even going to be admitted to the centre, as I have no appointment.

Dear readers, I was offline for a long time. I know. My trip is now over and I am in Switzerland. And now I'm finishing this blog. I'm back, baby!

TL;DR: Move over, America. Here comes Japan!

TL;DR: A few impressions the US left on a Western European.

TL;DR: I am robbed in San Francisco. This somewhat longer post describes in detail the incident itself, the procedure for recovering the cards and documents, and some other events during this time.