Vietnam’s Dynamo
Three weeks in Vietnam exploring from Ho Chi Minh City in the south to Hanoi in the north (including a few beaches, the former colonial French town Dalat, set in the highlands of western Vietnam and a foray into the … Continued
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Even the Dead Have an iPad in Hong Kong
Today is Hong Kong’s Chung Yeung festival, the day where ancestor reverence boils over and the country shuts down to show their respect. Besides being a national holiday with government offices and banks closed, many Hong Kongers visit cemeteries to … Continued
Hungry or Not – Luoyang China’s Street Food
Street food is a staple of any Chinese (and China traveler’s) diet. Between steamed dumplings for breakfast and grilled/boiled/friend something (usually meat) for dinner, check out the exotic variety of foods and Luoyang’s night food market:
Hiking the Great Wall
Thick clouds of mist and rain couldn’t dissuade us from exploring the Mutinyua section of China’s Great wall. Hidden from view were miles of walls first built in the 5th century B.C.E., extended by subsequent rulers until reaching more than … Continued