I love visitors from abroad. They have in mind destinations which would not normally be on my to-visit list. Bristol is such an example. Having been there many years ago…
Day Trip 1: Sirmione Having chosen Peschiera del Garda over Sirmione, the least that my partner and I could do was to check out this universal favourite for ourselves. We…
Having been to Riva del Garda on the northern end of Lake Garda, my partner and I thought we’d check out somewhere in the south. The toss was between Peschiera…
Note: This was originally posted on 09/03/ 2018 but I just noticed that the photos are not displayed properly so I am reposting it with some adjustments I love sunshine…
We set off from our hotel in Datong just after 8.00 for over 4 hours’ drive to Xilamuren Grassland. We had lunch just outside Baotou before we were taken to Darhan…
For my 5th and final long trip to China during my 14-week stay in Hong Kong in 2025, I went to Dongguan with my sister, our other brother and his…
Lijiang and Dali are only about 2 hours apart by high speed train , it’s natural that we spent a couple of days on our Yunnan trip which also took…
Although this bold statement of being “the closest place to heaven” is primarily poetic, it does capture the essence of Shangri-La which has an altitude of 3300 metres! The Origin…
As part of our orientation trip around Yunnan, taking in Kunming, Lijiang, Shangri-La and Dali, we went to Lijiang the morning after our arrival in Kunming. Unfortunately it went off…
It was an ambitious undertaking for me to organise a 7-day trip to Yunnan province in south west China for me, my sister, my brother and his wife! The trip…