last month.i took a trip to panyu! The million sunflowers park.!ALL of us like photographing,and this is a good place to take pic!We had a lot of good pic thereAnd there is a cartoon world..very interersting,And many parents took their children to visit there ,smell the flower many couples took thier wedding photoes there. And Read More »
Videos in the Playlist: 1: Wedding Firecrackers 42 secs 1 additional video(s) currently being processed This will be replaced by the player. // I haven’t added an entry for a couple weeks now…so I have a nice little collection of videos and photos from November to post about. Video 1 Because of the upcoming Expo, Read More »
This Thanksgiving, instead of eating Chinese interpretation Thanksgiving food at some expensive buffet for American expats, John and I decided to visit the nearby town of Suzhou. Suzhou is supposedly renowned for being the Venice of China, and having visited both Venice and China, I can sort of see it… Both have canals running through Read More »
As a foreigner in China, I am constantly aware of being different. Children ask me why I’m “so white.” My Chinese friends ask me, “what’s wrong with your hair?” (nothing, it’s just curly). I can’t fit into women’s shoes because my feet are too big, and six of my foreign friends overloaded an elevator marked Read More »
The day begins with my fiancee and I dining together on our first day of engagement at the Traveller’s Den. We’ve made mention of the wonderful service that a patron can recieve at this fine establishment, but the food has always been of the highest quality, which has given us reason to return past the Read More »
After eight days in Beijing and six in Xi’an, the leisurely pace of my China experience subsided for the next ten days. I traded depth for breadth, intimacy for variety. I traveled through three provinces and 2 special economic zones (SEZs) covering more than 5000 km, a pace which should not be maintained for very Read More »
Sunday 24th September 6am and Idre presented us with our Beijing tickets, but the only places he could get meant that we are not in the same carriage. In fact we were 7 carriages apart!! A bit awkward when we are sharing snacks, drinks and utensils. Idre was great tho’, saying he’d take us to Read More »
Sitting around last week, my roommate Jeremy and I decided it was time to get out of the city for a few days. It was time to get away from all of the honking car horns and the screaming school kids that wake us up six days a week; an elementary school lies right under Read More »
Finally got some sleep last night. Even though it was only about 5 hours I felt so much better! Kong and I started off our day by heading off to the south part of Hong Kong Island. It was a lovely drive with winding roads and ocean views. First stop was the Stanley Market area. Read More »
In Australia we don’t have any man-made structures that are really old. China, on the other hand, has many such old places to visit. So, in the sweltering heat of the day we visited the Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty, followed by an evening exploring the Muslim Quarter within Xi’an’s City Walls. Terracotta Warriors Mao and Read More »
