Shanghai
We are headed home, via Hong Kong, in a couple hours, so my posts about Shanghai will have to wait. … Continue reading Shanghai
We are headed home, via Hong Kong, in a couple hours, so my posts about Shanghai will have to wait. … Continue reading Shanghai
It was our great fortune to make one more home visit in a village just outside Shangri-La. As we drove … Continue reading Another Tibetan Home Visit
Lets start with another digression… I have wondered for the past couple weeks about the connection between Chinese and Italian … Continue reading The Temples of Yunnan
We woke up in Shangri-La at a bedroom elevation of 10,700 feet. But our travels today took us through … Continue reading The Mountains of Yunnan Province
Without Google, which is blocked in China, it is harder for me to recheck logistics and facts. But I’ll … Continue reading Yunnan Province Tibetan Villages
Today we left Lijiang by car for Shangri-la. I had always thought Shangri-la was a mystical, make-believe Eden from somebody’s … Continue reading Leaping Tiger Gorge
Lijiang sits in the shadow of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain… The legend tells us that the nine smart … Continue reading Naxi Cultural Show…Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Lijiang
From Chengdu, we flew about 700 miles southeast to Lijiang. It sits at about 6500 feet above sea level, at … Continue reading Lijiang
We spent the morning on the bullet train and itched to get out for a walk in the afternoon … Continue reading Walking the Streets of Chengdu
Chengdu is another large Chinese city (roughly 15 million). We took the high speed train for about four hours at … Continue reading Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Center