"all the places you will go"

These have been my travels, but there's more places to go yet. ...

 

Round the World Trip 2006/07

We arrived in La Paz on Thursday afternoon. It is absolute mayhem here! Buses, taxis, combis and people everywhere. Crossing the road is a challenge in itself. We went to an Asian restaurant for our farewell meal on Thursday night. Having not had a cur...

 

china 06

beijing is my least favorite city in china, but i'm here again. i'll have spent 3 weeks here by the end of the summer. that's more time than i've spent anywhere. we arrived at tsinghua at 3pm yesterday. the train ride wasn't so bad...we got sleepe...

 

China

24 Nov 06 WE'VE ARRIVED IN HANGZHOU - WE LOVE IT HERE! As always the train was spot on time. This time, luckily, the journey was just over two hours. We booked ourselves in a hard seater carriage, which is an experience to board! Loads and loads of...

 

China 2006/07

After a lie in and a little work I headed down to meet Mary-Ann. We wandered around the area where she lives for a while which is much closer to the city; there are loads of shops and restaurants. Her apartment is fine but a little dingy and she has mo...

 

Far East and Australia 2002

I think I last bored you from Cairns will that is about two weeks ago now. Since then I have travelled to Alice Springs by the luxury of plane. Bliss! Once in Alice (Mum must reread the book because its not what I remember – not quaint!) where its hot ...

 

China & Tibet 2005

We're sitting in the nastiest internet cafe (and we use that term loosely) in Chengdu trying not to catch anything from the keyboard, but we walked an hour to get here, so you should be thrilled to get this update... March 12 For the coldest da...

 

Around The World in 130 Days

Short Version 1. Went to the Panda Research Center early 2. Introduced to the seedier side of chinese culinary habits Long Version We had organized another tour to go see the sichuan panda research facility - which is kind of a panda-only zoo. I ...

 

Chinese Adventure

We arrived early in Panzhihua, a town straddling a swirling brown river and built in long strips along the steep banks on both sides. We had passed many such towns often with factories belching white fumes into the hazy air. After a quick breakfast ...

 

China 2005

I turned 50 in 2004 and my partner Sue surprised me with a trip to Brazil. Not to be outdone I hit her with a trip to China as her Christmas present China was everything I expected and more. You don't have to rush to see the "real" China bec...

 

Xian and Yangtze

After a month of working back at JP Morgan here in Shanghai during our summer uni holiday, it was time for another break. My mother didn’t quite know what was in store for her when she agreed to come visit in China a week before my dad would join us. J...