In order to get Mom back to the US, we made our way back to Beijing. This was good because, looking back, it seemed we had really rushed through this place in our first 3 nights. So we headed back with the intention to see a lot of stuff. Unfortunately the weather had other ideas. We …
Mom and I had a great time whizzing around China during our first week of travel. Beijing, Xian, Pingyao and Datong all provided new, fun, interesting experiences. There were a few things missing though. We had seen very little in the way of nature and even less in the way of blue skies. Luckily for …
Once upon a time, walls were built around cities in Ancient China for protection. We visited Pingyao, in Shanxi Province, to look at what is considered to be one of the best remaining examples of city walls left standing in the country today. If your vision of China is old stone paved streets where you …
In order to save time, Mom and I flew to the ancient city of Xi’an to continue our China tour. The reason for our visit? The same as every other tourist here: to see the Terracotta Warriors. In 1974,some peasants were drilling a well and discovered some fragments of soldier. Within 6 months, the government …
Here in the north of China, history is in fashion. Exploring the Forbidden City with Mom when we arrived in Beijing, the sheer number of tourists was awe striking. I’m coming from India, so I’m used to being around lots of people but not even the crowds at the Taj Mahal compared to this! The …
India is not the only place with a lot of great snacks. China has some very weird snacks – but it also has my favourite snack so far…Peanut Brittle. Ok I don’t really know what its called in Chinese (see the screen shot) but in America I think this is what its called. I first found … Continue reading »
I guess I was going overboard as usual when I started to plan what I wanted to do for my birthday. I arrived in Delhi two days before the big day and it was my last city in India before going to China – but I didn’t want to do any of the big tourist … Continue reading »
Whenever you travel to new and interesting places, you see fun new tasty snacks to try. This blog introduces what I hope will be a new series of entries to capture some of the most interesting of these treats. I start here with a brand of snacks called KurKure. Stef and I were first were … Continue reading »
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