Electric Blankets and Chains – No, This Isn’t Porn

November 16, 2007 4 Comments »

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

November 14, 2007 4 Comments »

Songzanlin Monastery 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!!!

November 13, 2007 1 Comment »

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 […]

My Ancient Chinese Hero – Dali

November 10, 2007 1 Comment »

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 […]

High in the Jet Steam and Deep in the Ground – Xi’an

October 28, 2007 No Comments »

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

October 26, 2007 5 Comments »

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 […]

Battle Of The Bugs – Voyage To The Great Wall

October 26, 2007 3 Comments »

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 […]

A Father, A Daughter, and Some Chinese Food – Beijing

October 22, 2007 2 Comments »

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 […]

Planes, Trains, and a Broken Down Automobile…

October 4, 2007 No Comments »

For the ‘best of’ Laos Photography – click here! Note: The various photo documentaries will be in separate posts, so stay tuned on the site. The pictures you see in this post – well, these are the ones that didn’t make the ‘cut’…but I like them anyway! I left Singapore on a photographic journey to […]

Beam Me Up: Our Visit to the Vatican

June 20, 2007 2 Comments »

View Rome Photography  View snapshots of Rome and Siena snapshots  Over the 6 days Micah and I were in Rome, we realized that we had a lot of in common…we liked to see the sites, but we liked to see a different side of the sites – and we both loved to people watch. Ok […]