It was half way between Langmusi and Chengdu… well it was at least on the way to Chengdu where I needed to be, and I had seen pictures of the place and so I thought I’d take the 6 hour bus to Jiuzhaigou. I booked the Tibetan Barley Inn which was fine. After coming down… Read More »
It was a bad idea to go across the river to Pudong on National Holiday but I had thought it would be nice to walk along the river on such a sunny day. That was my error – thinking that it would be a pleasant stroll instead of trying to move through a scrum of… Read More »
Spring Festival is around the corner and the nation is on the move, going home to see family. Foreigners know better than to try to travel during the 2 week break so we are pretty much all stuck in Nanjing for the duration. The train tickets tickets are only available a number of days before… Read More »
Tradition has it that on Boxing Day we are all subjected to a walk up a hill or along a disused railway line. Across the UK people are out and about walking off Christmas. Not that I had a lot of Christmas to walk off but I decided to have a quiet day on my… Read More »