Asia

I always say that my first time in Asia was in 2007 – but that’s not entirely correct. My first experience on the Asian continent was my very first flight, to Australia with Air India in 1982. The impression that trip and the stopovers in Delhi and Bombay made on me can hardly be overestimated: I was one and a half, and the memories of the flight are the first things I have recorded as clear and distinct impressions in my memory. To this day, my love for Asia, and for China in particular, remains unbroken…