Hiking in Tiger Leaping Gorge, China
An overnight trek through Tiger Leaping Gorge in China’s Yunnan province offers spectacular scenery, brisk winds and a peaceful respite from the usual hum of backpacking.
Leaving Shanghai
After many nights in Shanghai, we bid China farewell. I left with mixed feelings about China, particularly about the government’s horrid treatment of Tibet.
Visiting Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China
Tiananmen Square, Mao’s creation in central Beijing, evokes feelings of awe-inspiring wonder and heart-sickening memories of extreme government brutality.
Walking Along the Great Wall of China
Hiking the 10-kilometer stretch of wall between Jinshanling and Simatai is a stroll along the Greatness of history, a peek into the Ming Dynasty punctuated with watch towers, steep plunges, and scrambling assents.
Traveling in Beijing, China
Our foray into China began amid the hubbub of Beijing. We visited the Summer Palace, Donghuamen Night Market, hutongs, Great Wall and so much more.
Overnight trains in China
Taking overnight trains in a common part of travel in China. Adjusting to the therapeutic rocking motion during a night’s sleep as well as sharing a bunk with strangers adds a special note to the travel experience.
