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Blood swept lands and seas of red

I’m interrupting the tale of my parents’ journey around China to tell you about this installation at the Tower of…

Armistice Day, London, palace, Paul Cummins, Poppies, remembrance, Tom Piper, Tower of London, travel, volunteer, WWI

Chinese Mosque

It transpired that we could not visit the historical museum as we had expected as it is not open on…

carpet weaving, China, Mosque, silk, travel, Xi'an

Xi’an City Wall and Goose Pagoda

The journal continues in Xi’an A guide arrived at the hotel for us at 9. a.m. and took us first to…

Buddhist, China, city, city wall, Goose Pagoda, temple, travel, Xi'an

Exploring the Princes’ palace

Within the palace or city as it is known are three main buildings of interest: Chengyun Palace was used as…

Chengyun Palace, China, guilin, palace, Solitary Beauty Peak, temple, travel

Arriving at Jingjiang Prince’s Palace

The following day we took a taxi to the Jingjiang Prince’s Palace. We were then provided there with an English…

China, guilin, palace, Princes Palace, travel

Bamboo Chicken and climbing terraces

From there we drove about 30 minutes higher up into the hills to another village where we had lunch of…

agriculture, China, food, guilin, terraces, travel

Hairy village

The next day we went to Huangluo Yao village where the women have very long hair and saw their display.…

China, fashion, guilin, hair, Huangluo Yao, travel

Water Caves

We then drove back through Yung Dao and on to Water Caves near Yiling Village, Yangshuo. There we were taken…

cave, China, guilin, travel

Yulong River

A bit after 14.00 we arrived in Yung Dao. Trudy told us that Wun Bin would meet us at the Kentucky…

animals, China, cormorant, cormorant fishing, fishing, Golden Dragon Bridge, guilin, river, travel, Yangshuo, Yulong River

Li River Cruise 4 – Animals of the River Li

Along the River Li, my mother took pictures of the animals in and out of the river.   This post…

animals, China, river, river cruise, River Li, travel

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