China – Reflections on our last trip to China ! Read our previous posting at “Yangshuo and the Li River cruise” ASTOUNDING PROGRESS & MANY CHANGES since our last visit to China in the mid’90’s … Where are the bikes in China …? During our visit to the Chinese mainland in the ‘90’s, we saw few cars…
Guilin China : the postcard city !
Guilin China : the postcard city! Read our previous posting at “Suzhou : Paradise on earth?” Our two and a half hours Shanghai Airlines flight from Shanghai to Guilin gives me plenty of time to pull out my laptop and start writing my blog of the day. It certainly is a better way to pass…
Suzhou: paradise on earth?
Suzhou China, paradise on earth? Read our previous posting at “French Concession Shanghai” Marco Polo, the Venetian merchant who visited China around 1275 AD, wrote that if there is paradise on earth, it is in Suzhou and Hangzhou. I know Hangzhou well from my previous trips to China, and today we will be going to…
French concession Shanghai !
French concession Shanghai . Read our previous posting at “Shanghai : The future of China!” It is eight in the evening as I start writing this posting. Darkness has come to Shanghai, but the Huangpu river in front of me is full of ships decorated with neon lights of various colors; the ships themselves…
Shanghai: the future of China
Shanghai : The future of China! Read our previous posting at “Yichang to Shanghai via Shanghai Airlines!” Shanghai, what a city! What progress Shanghai has made since I was last here. Shanghai is without doubt a world class city. I am sitting here at my desk in our room at the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel with…
Yichang to Shanghai via Shanghai Airlines !
Yichang to Shanghai via Shanghai Airlines. Read our previous posting at “Three Gorges Dam river cruise” Our Chinese is getting better; sao dan (wait a moment), pu yong shie (you’re welcome), pie tan shin (don’t worry) are some of our latest additions. And I can’t believe how fantastic the music played on the Chinese cruise…
China Eastern Airlines to Xi’An !
China Eastern Airlines to Xi’An, the eternal capital of China! Read our previous posting “Beijing China … A hutong and the Olympic Park!” This morning’s breakfast at the Horizon Club lounge of the Shangri-La Hotel Beijing was somewhat of a challenge. None of the staff on duty at the lounge spoke English! An order for…