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 […]
