The departure of the tour group meant I was left to my own devices. Hong Kong is a big, beautiful, complex city and the last […]
Month: October 2016
Farewell China, or Is It?
The final stop in our organized tour was Hong Kong, technically considered the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China. Whether or […]
Gorging on the Yangtze
From 12-thousand-feet up in Tibet we fly down to water level in Chongqing, China to hop on a cruise of the Yangtze River. The “Victoria […]
Tibet Takes Your Breath Away
I had to do a lot of Googling when I saw that our tour was going to Tibet. I was aware of the current political […]
Pandas Impress
Who doesn’t love pandas? Again, this is one of those things that would have been difficult for me to organize without a tour group handling […]
Silky Smooth Xi’an
Xi’an may be my favorite city in China. It’s big and bustling (and had the noisiest scooters) but it seems to retain its own identity. […]