It’s hard not to stop staring out to sea and watch the dhow boats sails or being punted past. When the sun goes down and I am at Waterside Bar with my friends, the sight is beautiful. The wood from old and broken dhows is valuable as a source of wood to make craft items… Read More »
I thought I’d walk along the beach to The Slipway to get my haircut. It was a hot day (when is it not!) and the tide was out. The distance didn’t look too far, anyway I didn’t have much else to do. Skipping over the rubbish left behind by the receding tide, I soon came… Read More »
I’d had been wanting to go to Sheng Si Islands ever since one of my French students, showed me pictures of golden sandy beaches and rocky formations. The May public holiday looked ideal and I decided on Friday night to go the next morning as the weather looked perfect and in any case, Saturday was… Read More »
It’s not far to the metro station for Shanghai Sculpture Park – SheShan on Line 9. However, when you get there it’s a bit of scrum with buses and taxis and people whizzing around on shared bikes. Of course on a sunny weekend day in spring it’s even more frantic. I made the mistake of… Read More »
I took some advice from a Swedish guy early in the week and decided to stop at Sablayan and look for a local boatman to take me to Pandan Island. It was a risk as I hadn’t booked any accommodation or done any research on hotels on the island. As it was Chinese New Year… Read More »
I had no preconceptions about Sanya. I didn’t even know where it was when the girl at Jinling Hotel was booking the flight. All I knew was that it was south and warm and I needed a break from Nanjing so I didn’t really care where it was – it was cheap and only a… Read More »