China

We have been on a two day trek to Tiger Leaping Gorge. We walked along a mountain path that wound up the hillside with 28 bends. You could go up on a horse but we walked up. Down in the …

In Lijiang  we are staying in Mama Naxis guest house. Mama Naxi  comes from the Naxi minority group. There are 55 ethnic minorities in China, all with different languages, cultures and clothing. The  55 minorities only  make up 7 % …

Today we have been out to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. This beautiful mountain is just outside Lijiang, and as you wander along the Old Town you catch glimpses of it’s snow capped peaks. We caught a bus up to the …

I woke up on the train from Chengdu to Kunming and got out of bed to go to the toilet. I could see the track, as the toilet was just a hole in the floor of the train. I washed …

We’ve just arrived in Lijiang in Yunnan province having spent a couple of days in Kunming. For the last month, it seems we’ve mainly wandered around big, big cities (at almost 20 million people, you don’t get much bigger than …

Most of the time we have absolutely no idea what we have ordered until the food arrives! This has made eating and mealtimes quite exciting. The added pressure of using chopsticks makes mealtimes quite fun. Thank goodness for the sporks …

In China, I think the answer would probably have something to do with the chicken being herded across by several tens of eager pedestrians. A better question would be how did the chicken cross the road? Now admittedly, we’ve spent …

Ever since we have come to China, we have transformed from  normal children to stars! I think it is because the Chinese don’t see many European children. They like my hair. When someone took my photo and I had bunches  …

We have just got back from a 4 day adventure to Jiuzhai Gou and Huanglong National Parks. I call it an adventure because right from the start we were once again completely lost by the fact we do not speak …

The Sichuan Earthquake On our way back to Cheng Du from a four day trip we passed what looked like a ruined building. Our bus stopped and we  thought “oh no not another shopping place!” It never occurred to us …