We experienced nearly no smog during our stay in Beijing. The city has totally changed since year 2000. There was only electric bicycles and motor bikes, even the smallest cars were electric – with no pollution. But still a great number of polluting cars.

I believe that there are no traffic rules in China. Don’t trust green walking light, the most offensive car wins the ground. Still we experienced no accidents:)

In Beijing we did not see any lorry or truck during daytime – there was no space for them. All delivery was done during night.

Katie Melua sings: There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing,that’s a fact….. After a visit I will sing: There are 9 million cars in Beijing, that’s a fact…. It is not as romantic, but still the fact.

Watch up for motorcycles on the pavement in South Korea, it seems to be no rules stopping them from driving fast with motorcycles where ever they want.

After entering our 6th country, we experience for the first time that that you are supposed to drive on the right hand side.  Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Japan  all drive on lefts side of the road.

In Japan there are a lot of workers that perform work that in the west has been removed, like 4 people to operate a lorry. 3 with helmet trying to guide the driver and keep other people on secure distance. What will happen with Japan when all these kinds of jobs disappear? Will the new generation accept to do this kind of job?

Tokyo and Kyoto are the real yin/yang. They shows the diversity of Japan, and the experiences are totally different. Tokyo with large areas of the city with gaming and anime compared to Kyoto where you experience old traditions.

Sightseeing without pocket money and water is not a good idea, even in Japan. Small kiosks may not accept large bills, and running out of water may lead to long distant walking specially when traveling with children.

In Africa we experienced that all animals like hen, pork, sheep, goat, cow and ox where walking around without any fencing. Only experience one fence in Zambia, keeping the cattle together and away from predators. There were nearly no tractors used, and only in some areas of Zambia they seemed to have large scale production of groceries.

In Japan we did not see one single cattle. Not a hen, nor a cow. We did see large areas with rise, but no tractors at all.