Travelling the Old Silk Road in Xinjiang
Today, a modern expressway traces much of the Silk Road of ancient times. It is possible to enjoy the mountain
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countryside
Hoxud, a Town on the Old Silk Road
I always enjoy the chance to see the “real China”… the places where the majority of people still live out
Read moreVisiting Rural China — Central Hunan Countryside
My Changsha friends took me with their car to the rural areas of Hunan Province where I visited an English
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Travel to Flin Flon, Manitoba
I’ll post just a few photos here of my recent travel to a town where we used to live, and
Read moreOn a Hard Seat Coach from Wuhan to Changsha
I was on the train to Changsha (Hunan) from Wuhan (Hubei) and chose to travel “hard seat” this time. Across from me was a university student. He watched me do Sudoku—the addictive number game…. Here we were, very close to the big lake (Hu) from which the Province of Hunan (south of the lake) and Hubei (north of the lake) get their names.
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