Yue Fei’s Tomb 岳飞墓
Aside from the looming statue of Yue Fei, there was little to distinguish it...
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Visiting the Yue Fei Temple 岳飞庙 Again
I never thought that I would be visiting this temple again so soon. Anyway,...
Moving on to Yue Fei’s Mausoleum 岳飞墓
Apparently, my friends weren’t really impressed with the Zhongshan Park either, the old structures...
Stone Pagodas On West Lake 西湖
One of the most well known features of the West Lake is actually on...
Three Ponds Mirroring The Moon 三潭印月
The Chinese love giving poetic names to the smallest of things. The ponds at...
The Four Lakes of Xiao Ying Zhou 小瀛洲
One of the larger of the artificial islands of West Lake has an interesting...
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...
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...