Xiao Ying Zhou Island 小瀛洲 on West Lake 西湖
Xiao Ying Zhou Island is an artificial island created in the middle of West...
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Peaceful Boat Ride on West Lake 西湖
The West Lake is the most famous of Hangzhou’s attractions and it is undoubtedly...
Taking a Boat Ride on the West Lake 西湖
The very moment we entered the shores of the West Lake, numerous touts began...
Exploring the West Lake 西湖
Much Chinese literature has been written about the beauty of the West Lake since...
Going Down to the Village of Batad
This would only be my second time in the UNESCO World Heritage site listed...
Heading Back to Banaue
After one an a half hour of gruelling walk back to the Saddle from...
Climbing Back Out of Batad
Even before I went to Batad this time, there was an impending typhoon, though...
Exploring Batad Rice Terraces
Just after I got to Simon’s Inn I decided to do a little exploration....
Going to Yue Fei’s 岳飞 Mausoleum
That night, as I was going through the stack of flyers I accumulated in...
Going to Batad
It was my third time to be going to Banaue, and I could say...
Short Trip to Banaue
It has become a habit of mine whenever I visit the Philippines to go...
Former Residence of Jiang Jingguo 蒋经国
The years after the fall of the Qing dynasty were tumultuous to say the...
Just How Relaxing is Hangzhou?
I’ve said it before, Hangzhou is one of the more relaxing cities in China....
Bai Causeway 白堤
The West Lake is certainly large and it would probably take me a day...
Hangzhou Zhongshan Park 中山公园
There is no shortage of sights to see here in Hangzhou, in particular, the...