RadioRoryThe 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 […]
Tag: China
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 […]
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. […]
China’s Pot Heads
The word terracotta immediately makes me think of flower pots or Chia pets. The army of terracotta warriors that was and is being unearthed in […]
More Than Pandas And The Wall
More panda pictures are coming, but first, two other places you should see in China. The Temple of Heaven is well-known to Orlando-area residents, or […]
No Pink Floyd Jokes
There’s a sad realization when you see the Great Wall of China for the first time. You realize that you’ll never see all of it. […]
Around China’s Square
My knowledge of Chinese history can be written on a piece of paper and slipped into a fortune cookie with room to spare. What happened […]
One Is Fun, but a Group Is a Party
I’d never been on a group tour before and I had a lot of reservations about joining one in China. There’s a perception that group […]
Beijing On My Own
With one free day before my group tour of China began, I was able to explore a bit of Beijing on my own and even […]