Travel – Page 2 – Canadian Dragonfly

Christmas Travel to New York City

2009/12/312018/12/22 Prof Ron 9/11, America, Battery Park, Christmas, culture, Ellis Island, Empire State Building, Ground Zero, Lincoln Tunnel, Macys, New York, New York City, New York Stock Exchange, NY, NYC, photography, St Patricks Cathedral, Statue of Liberty, tenements, Top of the Rock, tourism, tradition, Travel, United States, Wall Street, Western

My daughter and family gave us a lovely gift for Christmas this year… tickets to a “music spectacular” in a

China--Locations East West History Travel in China

A Brief Visit to Zhangye, Silk Road Town

2009/12/212016/11/08 Prof Ron China, Dafo Si, English teaching, Gansu, Great Buddha, Hexi Corridor, Marco Polo, photography, Silk Road, study abroad, tourism, Travel, Zhangye

I have a fascination with historical contact points between China and the West. So, when I learned that a visiting

China--Events China--Locations Famous Chinese People Travel in China

Birthplace of Dr. Sun Yat-sen

2009/11/282022/11/24 Prof Ron birthplace, China, Cuiheng, culture, Guangdong, history, museum, Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen, tourism, Travel, Zhongshan, Zhuihai

In … Guangdong Province, not far from Macau, is a small village by the name of Cuinheng…. excellent museum commemorating the life of Sun Zhongshan…

Canada--Locations Life in Canada Personal

Travel to Flin Flon, Manitoba

2009/11/232016/10/31 Prof Ron Canada, countryside, Family, farm, Flin Flon, funeral, Hanson Lake Road, harvest, Manitoba, mining town, photography, Saskatchewan, Travel, winter

I’ll post just a few photos here of my recent travel to a town where we used to live, and

China--Locations Travel in China

Remembering Dr. Sun Yat-sen

2009/11/22 Prof Ron China, history, Jiangsu, memorial, Nanjing, photography, Republic of China, sarcophagus, students, study abroad, Sun Yat-sen, Sun Zhongshan, Travel

I was first introduced to Sun Zhongshan, as he is affectionately known in China…. Dr Sun Yat-sen… Here in Nanjing this grand memorial stretches up the mountainside… he is credited with the overthrow of the last emperor of China in 1911, and the installation of the first democratic republic in all of Asia.

China--Events China--Locations Travel in China

Wuhan, Hubei… Where North Meets South in China

2009/11/172020/02/04 Prof Ron China, Chongjiang, ferry, First Bridge, Hankou, Hanyang, history, Hubei, photography, railway, tourism, Travel, Wuhan, Yangtze, Yangze, yellow cranes

My visits to Wuhan, Hubei Province. The river, the bridge, and city. For centuries, trade and transportation within China were conducted on waterways. With the arrival of railways and the development of roads, one major waterway became an obstacle. That was the mighty Yangtze River (or the ChongJiang, as it is know to the Chinese themselves).