The Wing On tour group to Inner Mongolia that my sister joined started and ended from Hong Kong to and from Datong in Shanxi province.  Datong I had not realised that…

Barely 5 days after my trip to Jiuzhaigou with my sister, we embarked on another 8-day trip with Wing On Travel, this time to Inner Mongolia via Datong.  Inner Mongolia  Just the name “Inner Mongolia”…

As the starting point of our 8-day tour to Jiuzhaigou and Leshan, we flew into Chengdu Tianfu International airport. It’s huge! Apart from being famous for its pandas, Chengdu is…

After a few days in Jiuzhaigou, we moved to Leshan. I had not realised that Leshan is one of the most significant and famous centres of Buddhist culture, history, and…

With 3 months from September to December in Hong Kong at my disposal this year, I planned 4 long-distance trips and many more short trips to China. The first long-distance…

I’ve visited north Devon very often and posted photos of the places that I am about to feature in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Perhaps because of that, my brother and…

Isle of Wight is well known for the annual Isle of Wight music festival in mid to late June, and Cowes Week, an annual sailing event in early August. For the…

I had been to Edinburgh twice years ago, both times it was as a stopover rather than destination. I was therefore excited to pack my suitcase for the third time…

There’s more to Edinburgh than just the castle and Royal Mile. Apart from the grand structures featured in the previous post Elegant Edinburgh – The Old and New Town of…

On a sunny day in the middle of March, my partner and I were in Warwickshire visiting a relative. As we’re all National Trust members we decided to visit Baddesley…