For the ‘best of’ Yunnan Photography – click here! For all snapshots of Lijiang click here! For all photos of the Lijiang Market – click here! (WARNING…not for vegetarians!) Photo: Dr. Ho We were in the town of Lijiang– a tourist town of canals, tourist shopping, and red lanterns. We went on a painful (at [...]

For the ‘best of’ Yunnan Photography – click here! For all snapshots of Dali – click here! My sister and I were in search of a hiking trip on southern China. After much searching on the internet, I finally located a company called Backroads of China. Who seemed to cover much of the Yunan Provence [...]

Photo: Geocaching – all you need is a GPS and an adventurous spirit! Calling all travel geeks!!!!! There’s a treasure out there that is waiting to be found all over the world and all you need is a GPS and an adventurous spirit. I am traveling with a small group through the Yunnan province in [...]

For the ‘best of’ Northern China Photography – click here! For all snapshots of Xian – click here! For all snapshots of the Terracotta Soldiers – click here! My last stop on my tour of Northern China was the small town of Xi’an. Of course – small in China is a population of 8 million [...]

For the ‘best of’ Northern China Photography – click here! For all snapshots of the Jinshanling/Simatai Great Wall – click here! This is one of the main reasons I came to China, to hike this section of the Great Wall – Jinshaling and Simatai. One of the most breathtaking sections of the Great Wall is [...]

Photo: The Great Wall of China – Mutianyu Section For the ‘best of’ Northern China Photography – click here! For all snapshots of the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall – click here! The Great Wall of China – yet another site that I never really expected to see in my life – but when [...]

Photo: Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium surrounded by smog and construction For all snapshots of the Olympic Buildings and smog – click here! In less than a year the whole world will be introduced to China through their TV sets and a finely tuned production of the Olympics in Beijing. China, the largest populated country in [...]

For the ‘best of’ Northern China Photography – click here! To see all snapshots of Beijing Sites – click here! When I was about 12 years old, I was treated to my first memory of international cuisine…Chinese food. I will never forget going to a Chinese restaurant in Peoria for the first time. It was [...]