China

One of my projects at ‘Daddy school’ has been to find out some facts about some of the cities that we’ve visited. Now that we’ve left China, this is what I’ve found: My favourite city was Lijiang because it was …

In our plans, Hong Kong was simply the place from where we flew out of China. Our picture of the place was that of sprawling urban metropolis, a concrete, steel and glass construction dedicated to business and shopping. Of course, …

Yesterday, we were treated to a slice of Hong Kong hospitality by some of the local graduates of the Plas Menai instructor development program and by Michael Lee in particular. Michael and his daughter Daisy met us at the pier …

We have arrived in Hong Kong following a sleepless adventure on the sleeper bus to Shenzhen. The bus was late arriving at Yangshou, so we didn’t get on until 11.30pm instead of 10.30pm. The bus has three aisle’s of 2 …

I have been able to ride my own bike in Yangshuo.  It is much better than on a tandem because  I can pedal fast and race my dad. We have  been on  three rides from the Giggling Tree. 1. To …

Yesterday we cycled to dragon bridge.I loved it but I loved it even more because we had to get a bamboo raft! We first cycled to another bridge then clambered onto the raft. We had a gentle ride to begin …

Whilst at the Giggling Tree, we’ve had a calligraphy lesson with Lia a local artist. She has a studio just outside the guest house but even so we arrived dripping from the rain. Consequently, we started our lesson all cosy …

We are now staying in a place called the Giggling Tree. It is run by a lovely family and is in a beautiful area with cast mountain towering above us as parents sometimes do when you have been naughty! It …

Dad’s favourite joke (and its not very good) is “What’s brown and sticky? A stick!” but in China there’s a very special stick that’s very useful – bamboo. So here’s my list of all the uses of bamboo that we’ve …