Photo: Indian girl practicing English After a failed climb of K2 in Pakistan Greg Mortenson set out on a mission of another kind – one that required an immense amount of perseverance and passion beyond K2. This is the true story of Greg Mortenson’s journey to “promote peace one school at a time” I thought […]
Electric Blankets and Chains – No, This Isn’t Porn
For all photos of Deqin and the Snow Mountain – click here! For the 4 days we spent in and around Shangri-la we had the unique opportunity to experience the 4 seasons…one each day. The bad news is that my suitcase wasn’t really outfitted to experience the 4 seasons, and the Chinese concept of heating […]
The Many Meanings of Shangri la China
Before coming to Southwest China, my sister and I were out one night with some of her Singapore friends and they wanted to know where we were going on our pending trip to Yunnan China. We rattled off a few places including Shangri-la. There was an immediate ooooohh around the room as someone started […]
Tiger Leaping Gorge—ous!!!
Photo: Sun rays kissing Tiger Leaping Gorge For the ‘best of’ Yunnan, China Photography – click here! For all snapshots of the Tiger Leaping Gorge hike – click here! One of the main reasons why Cyndi and I decided to come to Yunnan was to hike in the Tiger Leaping Gorge – a deep canyon […]
Confucius Says….You’ve been Punk’d
When you go out for Chinese food in the US (and I’m willing to bet, most of North America) – what is the one thing that you are always guaranteed at the end of the dinner – fortune cookies. It’s a symbol of Chinese cuisine – not to mention the source of a lot of […]
Don’t Miss the Lijiang China Local Market
We were in the old town of Lijiang – a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Lijiang is a tourist town of canals, tourist shopping, and red lanterns. The village streets were not crowded, but often a man with a pig or cow would walk down the dirt street as if he were taking his pet […]
My Ancient Chinese Hero – Dali
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 […]
Hash Cache
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 […]
High in the Jet Steam and Deep in the Ground – Xi’an
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 […]
The Great Wall – The Great Destroyer of Knees
One of the main reasons I went to China was to do Great Wall hiking through one of the most breathtaking sections of Jinshaling and Simatai. Closed for a period for a bit of restoration and other issues, today, it is again open for visitors. Undulating through the steep mountaintops – my knees wouldn’t like […]
