China

Beijing’s hutongs – a snippet

Beijing’s hutongs – a snippet

Beijing is a cosmopolitan city with a forest of high rise sky-scrapers and residential apartment blocks tickling the thick fog of dirty air that assures a steady stream of cloudy ...

Snippet – The Great Wall

Snippet – The Great Wall

 
The Great wall, snuggled in white hazy air, quickly vanishing into the distance.

 
Snippet in China – The King of the hutong in Beijing

Snippet in China – The King of the hutong in Beijing

I had to have him the moment I saw him down the alley, fanning himself and sitting like a king amongst the rundown setting of the old hutongs of Beijing. ...

The Bund at night is like a fairytale in the middle of Shanghai

The Bund at night is like a fairytale in the middle of Shanghai

The Bund is an incredible sight during the day, but at night, for a few hours when all the lights are turned on (from about 7pm til 10pm) it is ...

 
On the Xin Jian Zhen from Shanghai to Osaka

On the Xin Jian Zhen from Shanghai to Osaka

I have always had a fear of boats. Not boats exactly, but the vastness of the open seas and in particular the idea of being surrounded by water with no ...

Off to Japan

Off to Japan

Well, in under an hour we are off to the port to catch our 2 day ferry to Osaka. I cant wait to tell you all about China, when the ...

 
Climbing the Great Wall for the best foggy experience ever

Climbing the Great Wall for the best foggy experience ever

The feeling is almost surreal, I wake up knowing that today we are off to see the Great Wall. I have very little knowledge of the place and the same ...

The Great Wall in a snippet

The Great Wall in a snippet

The Great Wall is most definitely one of our top favorite attractions we have visited on this trip. Even snuggled in deep fog/smog/pollution, it managed to win us over. The ...

 
Snippet in China

Snippet in China

I have hundreds of shots I want to share, but not much time to write extensively, so welcome to my new series: Snippets aka snaps without blabs.
I took this picture ...

China by train – Chengdu to Beijing D318

China by train – Chengdu to Beijing D318

It will be fair to say, that after our last China train experience, we are a bit apprehensive about our second attempt. It took us a whole day of running ...