An Almost Surreal Scene in Grandview Park in Kunming, China See also: Photo: Tea Fields of Alishan, Taiwan Photo: Hong Kong from Victoria Peak Before I travel to Kunming, China I kind of expected it to be huge, charmless city without a lot to offer. Just a...
“Pit 2” at the Terracotta Army Archeological Site near Xian, China Discovery of the Terracotta Army (Terracotta Warriors and Horses) near Xian, China is one most significant archeological finds of the 20th century. Each unique, life size, terracotta...
Guru Rimpoche in Zhiyun Buddhist Monastery near Lijiang, China Image of Guru Rimpoche in Zhiyun Monastery, a Tibetan style Buddhist temple under construction near Lijiang, China. Some Tibetan Buddhists believe that Guru Rimpoche is, in fact, the second incarnation of...
Narrow Path Encountered While Hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge What is Tiger Leaping Gorge? Many publications have said that hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge, the iconic 24-kilometer trek along Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in Yunnan, China is one of the...
Recently, while having a late lunch one afternoon in Old Town Dali, Sarah and I started up a conversation with a couple of guys enjoying a few beers at an adjacent table. One of them was an expat American living in China and the other was a local cormorant fisherman...
Note: This guest post was written in 2015 and reflects the cost of living in Beijing at that time. Prices have changed considerably since then, so the figures below should be treated as a historical snapshot rather than current costs. Overall, living in China is a...
Shanghai Steamed Buns Every great city has its iconic foods – Memphis has barbeque, Baltimore has crab cakes and Miami has stone crabs. Way further east Shanghai, China is known for Xiaolongbao or simply Shanghai Steamed Buns. What all these foods have in common...
Hiking on the Great Wall of China It has always been a goal of mine to hike on the Great Wall of China. I expected to be impressed but, upon actually seeing it my mind boggled. It was truly humbling to see this icon of human ingenuity and ambition stretched out before...
