Shanghai – A city on the hustle.
If Beijing is China’s Washington D.C., then Shanghai is China’s New York City. People in China are ENTREPRENUREAL and I like and admire that quality. Commerce is thriving everywhere we […]
Hangzhou and a Chinese Venice – Tongli
A Guest Blog by Holly Melton Written Wednesday, October 31, 2013 Dear Readers: I confess to spending too much time shopping and too little time blogging. I’ll do better (well, […]
The Gorge-ous Yangtze River – Part 1 – From Chongqing to the Wu Gorge.
After a great day in Chongqing, we boarded Victoria Cruise’s ship “Katarina” for a cruise down the mighty Yangtze River to the recently completed marvel of modern engineering known as […]
The Gorge-ous Yangtze River – Part 2 – From Wu Gorge to the Three Gorges Dam.
In the afternoon of the second day of our Yangtze River Cruise, after having passed through 2 of the 3 Gorges for which the Three Gorges Dam is named, our […]
Chongqing – Serendipity and Hot Pots
Guest blog by Holly Melton I know you have had this experience too. A serendipitous event that turns an ordinary day into memorable one. Mark and I had that experience […]
Xian – Ancient Capital of China
After 3 days in Pingyao, we took another overnight train to Xian. Originally the concept of traveling by train was that we would see more of the country from the […]
Oozing Charm – Pingyao, China
A Guest Blog by Holly Melton: We had three delightful days in the ancient city of Pingyao, Shanxi Province. Reminding us a bit of Rothenberg, Germany, it is a walled […]
Beijing – Part 3: Hutong, Confucian & Tibetan Buddhist Temples
On our third day in Beijing we started our day with a tour of some of the Hutong neighborhoods of Beijing, immediately to the North of the Forbidden City. Our […]
Beijing – Part 2: The Great Wall of China
On our second day in Beijing we drove about two hours out of the city to the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall. This section of the wall is the […]
Beijing – Center of the Chinese Universe – Part 1
On Monday, October 7th our Trans-Pacific cruise ended in Tianjin, China – a port city 3-hours east of Beijing. Tianjin is a large city and the ship’s Port Lecturer suggested […]
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