ship – British Expat in Africa, China and places in between

Being a tourist in Shanghai

How often do you get to be a tourist in the city where you live? Wednesday was a lovely evening so a few of us paid 120RMB each for a 50 minute trip up and down the Huangpu river. we were the only foreigners on what I shall loosely call a cruise ship. In fact… Read More »

Zheng He

I heard about a park where there was a replica treasure ship. Zheng He was sailing as far as Africa and the Middle East in 1405 a long time before Christopher Columbus was even born. His ship was built in Nanjing and now, in the same place stands a replica of one of his supply… Read More »