Travel

Canada--Locations 

Delightful Niagara Falls in Canada

2010/04/172016/10/29 Prof Ron Canada, honeymoon, Niagara Falls, Ontario, park, photo album, photography, tourism, Travel, waterfall

One of the great tourist destinations in Canada includes Niagara Falls.

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China--Locations East West History Travel in China 

Travelling the Old Silk Road in Xinjiang

2010/03/032016/11/08 Prof Ron caravan route, China, countryside, Hoxud, Korla, photography, Silk Road, Taklamakan Desert, Tarim, TianShan, Travel, Turpan, Uyghur, 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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China--Locations Travel in China 

Hoxud, a Town on the Old Silk Road

2010/02/222017/10/13 Prof Ron China, countryside, Hoxud, Mongolian, photography, Silk Road, tourism, Travel, Uyghur, Xinjiang

I always enjoy the chance to see the “real China”… the places where the majority of people still live out

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China--Locations Travel in China 

The Streets of Urumqi, Xinjiang Region

2010/02/122017/03/25 Prof Ron caravan route, China, Grand Bazaar, photography, Route 312, Silk Road, tourism, Travel, Urumqi, Uyghur, Xinjiang

In October 2007, I enjoyed walking in the streets of Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Austonomous Region. At that

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China--Locations Travel in China 

Visiting Rural China — Central Hunan Countryside

2010/02/06 Prof Ron agriculture, China, countryside, farming, Hunan, photography, road building, road construction, rural, shopkeeper, traditional life, Travel, village life

My Changsha friends took me with their car to the rural areas of Hunan Province where I visited an English

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China--Locations Travel in China 

My Silk Road Explorations

2010/01/19 Prof Ron China, Gansu, Hoxud, Lanzhou, photography, tourism, Travel, Turpan, Urumqi, Xinjiang, Zhangye

One of my dreams is to travel the full length of the historic Silk Road from the traditional origin point

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