Pingyao is one of the cities China is most proud of. Its visitor information says that it owns more “AAAA” tourist attractions than any other Chinese city, and it is […]
Month: April 2013
A Chinese train journey: Beijing – Pingyao
In recent years, China has pumped a staggering amount of money into its railways (the controversial QuingHai–Tibet line alone cost $5 billion). Unfortunately precious little of it seems to have […]
Beijing: Our First Impressions of China
1,300,000,000 people are never going to be inconspicuous, but in China the presence of humankind is overwhelming. Not surprisingly, Beijing is no exception. Such is the scale of this city […]
Pokhara: Happy New Year 2070!
Happy New Year! The end of our trek coincided with the Nepali New Year festivities in Pokhara. The Nepali calendar is 57 years ahead of the Gregorian one, meaning that […]
Annapurna Circuit: Part 3
CLICK TO READ PART 2… Day 11: Thorung Phedi – Thorung La Pass – Muktinath We set off at 4am and started up the hill. It was pitch-black and the […]
Annapurna Circuit: Part 2
CLICK TO READ PART 1… Day 6: Upper Pisang – Manang Today it was a beautiful and relatively easy walk up the valley which afforded us great views of Annapurna […]
Annapurna Circuit: Part 1
Surprisingly, Josi was the one to originally think about completing the Annapurna Circuit. As John was a seasoned mountain trekker & climber, he was thrilled at sharing his love of […]