by Paul Read | Oct 25, 2023 | China, Travel
Xi'an January 2022 - June 2023 The Start of the Silk Road Big Wild Goose Pagoda Terracotta Army Yanliang District January 2022 – June 2023 When I accepted the job offer in China, I was told I’d be working “in” Xi’an. I interpreted this to mean that I’d be in the...
by Paul Read | Oct 24, 2023 | China, Travel
Beijing June, 2022 Almost Literally Forbidden City Mutianyu Great Wall Temple of Heaven Forbidden City June 2022 You can’t go to China without visiting Beijing’s Forbidden City and Great Wall. At least, that’s the conventional wisdom. But if you go to China in the...
by Paul Read | Oct 19, 2023 | China, Travel
Tianjin June, 2023 Five Great Avenues & One Rock Museum Tianjin June, 2023 Tianjin is one of those gigantic Chinese cities that ignorant Westerners like me have never heard of. About 14 million people live here: it’s one of the 4 cities in China which are not under a...
by Paul Read | Oct 14, 2023 | China, Travel
Tibet April, 2023 The Roof of the World Lhasa Shigatse Everest Base Camp Day by Day 2 3 TibetThe Roof of the WorldDay 1 - Getting ThereDay 2 - LhasaDay 3 - Potala PalaceDay 4 - ShigatseDay 5 - Everest Base CampDays 6 & 7 - Yamdrok Lake, Noijin Kangsang My first...
by Paul Read | Oct 9, 2023 | China, Travel
Hua Shan May, 2023 Taoist Shrines and Sheer Drops Hua Shan East Peak May, 2023 Even though I’d been told it was no longer necessary to visit the five sacred mountains of China, having been to Huang Shan, I knew I had to visit Hua Shan as soon as I saw photos of it....
by Paul Read | Jun 24, 2023 | China, Travel
Yellow Mountain September, 2022 Mystical Pines and Movie Sets Yellow Mountain Xidi Village Hongcun Village September, 2022 China’s Zero-Covid Policy entailed each province having its own rules, and local lockdowns springing into effect as soon as the local...
