Asia
Oman – Top things to do in 3 weeks
Route Day 0 – Zürich – Muscat After a 6h 30min direct flight with Oman Air from Zürich (21:55) to Muscat (06:35) we took our car from Thrifty directly from the airport. In the arrival hall you find all the car rental offices. To reduce the stress in the airport we had the 4×4 already booked through a german platform billiger-mietwagen.de. As we prefered to have everything covered we book it with unlimited kilometers and fully covered insurance. We were not sure if we really needed a 4×4, because people said that the roads are pretty good. But due to our experiences in South Africa (we got stuck in the…
Transport in China
China has 9.597 million km2 and not all of it is properly interconnected. In recent years China has been updating its public transport network. However, most of the time, the rural areas are left apart from efficient connections as the focus of improvement concentrates in the touristic and more economically developed cities. Transportation in China is wide and varied. The main transportation is rail where the focus on improvement has been concentrated during the last years. You can find from very old, high polluting steam-hauled coal trains to more environmentally friendly alternatives like the high-speed maglev (magnetic levitation). Notice that China has the 1st worldwide commercial high-speed magnetic levitation train.…
Chinese holidays
We recommend you avoid traveling to China during their holidays as the vast majority of people travel domestically. The trains and buses will be crowded and it will be nearly impossible to buy the tickets you want. New Year’s Day: 1st of January Chinese New Year aka Spring Festival: 25th January 2020. Usually happens between the last week of January and the 2nd week of February. Qingming Festival aka Tomb Sweeping: 4th of April Labor Day aka May Day: 1st of May Dragon Boat Festival: 25th June 2020. Depending on the year the date will change. Usually, it’s in June. Mid-Autumn Festival: 1st October 2020. Every year will be…