Tour Beijing Journal
Field notes from Beijing and beyond: routes, photos, small cautions, and practical ideas for travelers who like to know the road before they go.
The West Lake Landscape, a World Cultural Heritage Site, dominates the psyche of the locals and visitors. Walking along the 15-km perimeter of the lak...
A city's landmark isn't necessarily a high building, however it should carry on the city's history and culture, or features its urban development as w...
Plan your Hangzhou tour? Hangzhou is a garden city with a slew of gardens circling the West Lake. Most of the gardens around the lake are free of char...
Plan your Hangzhou tour? As one of the landmarks in Hangzhou, Leifeng Pagoda is also the best place for having a panoramic view of West Lake. If it is...
The scenery viewed fromSu Causeway across West Lake in spring is lauded as one of the top 10 classical sights in Hangzhou. But for me, Su Causeway off...
The Grand Canal Hangzhou is the final section of the Grand Canal ( China ), also known as Beijing-Hangzhou (Jinghang) Grand Canal. It is oft-lauded as...
Tingri County, a final springboard for EBC Plan your Tibet travel? Are you keen on a life long trip to Mount Everest Base Camp in Tibet ( the north ba...
Shigatse is 273 kilometers west to Lhasa. At an elevation of 3,800 meters, with the area of 3,875 square kilometers and population of 820,000, it is t...
Plan your Tibet travel? Shigatse is highly recommended to be included on your travel plan if you have enough time for travelling within Tibet. Shigats...
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