You don't visit Mongolia to go to the city, that is for sure. Mongolia is most definitely a nation famous for its countryside and while we most definitely spent the majority of our time there in the Gobi and Steppe we did a few interesting things in Ulaanbaatar as well. When we first arrived in … Continue reading Ulaanbaatar
You have already heard about what we got up to in Hong Kong, what I haven't shared is our accommodation situation we had there. Our first night was in a lovely hotel as it was part of the Essential China tour. After that though we were on our own. We booked literally the cheapest accommodation … Continue reading Paying For A Prison Cell
Hey guys the husband here, I thought I would tell you all about the cooking class that I took in Yangshuo. Things kicked off when we met our teacher at the entrance to the local park, the same park where my wife was learning tai chi. After meeting our teacher the she took us to … Continue reading Now we’re cooking with gas 🙂
I am fairly sure that most people could do and see most of the things we did and saw in Hong Kong in a day, or maybe a couple of days. But we had just finished a the busy tour of China that you have just finished reading about and were about to start the … Continue reading Parks… I mean Hong Kong
I have written a lot about our adventures in China, however I have only barely touched on how we got around there. We did very little by bus or car, the majority of our travel within a city was by walking or subway and all of our long distance journeys were by train. There are … Continue reading China By Train
As I did at the end of China I thought I should post an update of what will be happening over the next while on this blog. We are in our lovely hotel in Ulaanbaatar, getting ready to set off on our Mongolian adventure. As you can imagine, where we are about to be heading … Continue reading Mongolia Update
Before I start here, I want to mention again about the terrible flooding that happened in Yangshuo before we arrived, which obviously doesn't fit with my light hearted title. Floods occur every year in this area, however they are usually very minor, just ankle deep which the buildings and businesses are set up to deal … Continue reading Relaxation With A Pinch Of Panic
Neither my husband or I have ever been on a cruise before, the closest comparison we had would have been an over night ferry. So our three day cruise down the Yangtze river was a first. It started out with a surprise as we found out that the river is not actually called the Yangtze, … Continue reading Our First Cruise
A visit to Chengdu can mean only one thing, visiting the Panda sanctuary, or at least that is the common perception. It is a bit of a shame actually, as the city itself is interesting. We did of course go and see the pandas, but the day before we went for a hot-pot, as this … Continue reading We Didn’t Say No To Panda
In China longevity has a very important place in their culture and on our last full day in Emei Shan we actually visited near-by Leshan and saw three different sides to longevity. The day started with a trip to the Leshan Buddha, our local guide, Patrick, was good enough to arrange transport for the group, half of … Continue reading It Is All About Longevity
Quite Ready For Another Adventure 