Treasure Islands: Hong Kong’s Lamma Island and Cheung Chau
9 June 2018 I never forgot Cheung Chau. Back in 1978 it was one of the most exotic places I’d …
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The Streets Of Hong Kong: a photo essay
24-26 June 2018. From Yangshuo we travelled to Hong Kong: a two-hour ride in a private van to Guilin, followed …
The Great Wall That Wasn’t, and other tales from China
16 May-7 June 2018. All the stories that couldn’t find a home in any of the other posts about China: …
The Legend of the Song Fairy: Impressions Sanjie Liu
Presented on the biggest natural stage in the world! The river as the stage, the mountains as the backdrop! A …
. . . . For All The Tea In China! A tea plantation, a town, and a village in Yangshuo
4-6 June 2018 Legend has it that a few thousand years ago, somewhere in China, a cocoon fell from a …
The Glorious Landscape of Yangshuo, China – a photo essay
4-5 June 2018 This time I know I’ll be able to do it because I’ve already done it in Xi’an. …
War of the Three Kingdoms – like an action movie only live!
1 June 2018 The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, it must divide. Thus it has ever been. These …
Yangtze River Cruise: don’t get your hopes up!
1-3 June 2018. We were warned that the Yangtze River is very industrialised and not to expect lush scenery or …
Quick Change Artists – the ravishing Sichuan Opera in Chengdu.
29 May 2018. She’s standing in the aisle of the theatre a few levels up from the stage. She’s facing …
Pandering to your love of PANDAS! Now that I have your attention . . . . .
By all accounts Chengdu, the fifth largest city in China with a population of 14 million, has a laid-back ambiance …
Monasteries and Mad Monks – China’s Baoguo Monastery and the Leshan Buddha
28-29 May 2018 I hear the music and follow it, the sound of the chanting drawing me like a magnet …
Some of the Best Experiences of a Three-week Tour of China
In May and June of last year I spent four weeks in China, three of them on Intrepid Travel’s China …
It’s Not The Mountain We Conquer But Ourselves.* China’s Emei Shan
27-28 May 2018. This is the day! This is the day I’ve been working towards for six months. Eight months …
Heads Up – China’s Amazing Emei Shan
27 May 2018. I walk into the temple’s meditation room, kneel down on the small cherry-coloured prayer stool facing a …
