Forbidden City
Momo had stayed home that night, maybe because we put a huge terra cotta pot in front of the garden…
Author: Pollybert
Summer Palace
On Monday morning we woke up to Momo gone. The storm during the night had opened the outer door and…
Books
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan: The perfect book for China. A mother – daughter story told from the…
Climbing the Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a monument that can be seen from space and I think every first-time visitor to…
Walking around the Hutong in Beijing
I slept forever on this Saturday. It was so nice to not get up and go somewhere. Babsi and I…
The Three Visitors Cave
The next morning dawned bright and sunny again, just not in my room. With no window to see I still…
Yichang
From the train station it was easy to get a taxi that knew the way to the Yiduo Youth Hostel.…
Cruising on the Yangtze
My cruise on the Yangtze was a four day three nights tour. Since you board very late on the first…
Chongqing
After a good night on the train I arrived at my destination at 7:40 in the morning. It took me…
Xi’an to Chongqing
After walking around the food market for ages we finally had dinner at the hot pot place next to the…
