golden week

Overwhealmed by nameless impressions, adventures, emotions and happenings - Confusion aint far. Prayin daily to not forget myself within Beijing-China sensations...just so many impressions from miles around. Undescribable.
What happened lately?!? Besides my daily course of working habit, meeting friends, running my appartment, learning some Chinese, experiencing Beijing...I got the chance to discover somewhat more of China! Due to China's national holiday in the first week of october, I took the chance to travel to Inner mongolia - THE outback ;)
It was 7 collegues and me travelling to grassland, the desert Gobi and Inner Mongolias capital Hohhot. Riding horses & camels, experiencing mongolian rituals, sleeping squeezed in a mongolian tent in the cold, going to museums to learn more about the culture...endless stories to tell. But, as everyone knows, images say more than words - so here we go:

Back in civilized surrounding: at the opera 'Der Rosenkavalier' by Richard Strauss at Audi Night in Beijing: