The grandest scale
23 April 2018
The muslim street market of Xian
Everything in Xian is huge and made to look ancient, except its all really very modern, and ultra clean, and well lit. I like it. There are certai....
How to make a short train ride really long
23 April 2018
The high speed train from Zhengzhou to Xian
After what seemed like an all day journey to take a 2 hour train ride, I have arrived at my hotel in Xian. I will talk more about Xian when I have....
Named in my honor
22 April 2018
The modern malls and great food of Zhengzhou
Tonight I went to........ David Plaza! They finally named a giant shopping mall in my honor, and what a mall it was, the best mall I ever went to ....
Windwalker
22 April 2018
Walking a great loop of the tree lined city of Zhengzhou
Brace yourself for a huge barrage of grey wind swept photos of every day life in Zhengzhou. I went on a HUUUUGE walk, over 30km, just going wherev....
The new old is new again
21 April 2018
Eating street food in Zhengzhou
I already said that last night I went the wrong way, I really did, so wrong. Tonight I went no more than a hundred metres in the other direction b....
Everybody was kung fu fighting the rain
21 April 2018
Getting to Shaolin from Zhengzhou by bus
Apparently the main attraction 'near' Zhengzhou is the Shaolin Monastery / Temple / Amusement Park / Tourist Trap. I say near because it was 2 hou....
The most China of places I have ever been
20 April 2018
Wholesale fabric markets of Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou is a lot different to Beijing! It seems to be a tier of development below Chongqing, which up until now was the most China of places I h....
From the old to the new old
20 April 2018
From Beijing to Zhengzhou by bullet train
Today I moved cities, from a 30 million person city to somewhere between 10 and 12 million people, its hard to measure. Zhengzhou is where I am, a....
Fun running race but I cant join in
19 April 2018
Walking round Tiananmen Square at night
For my last evening in Beijing I thought I would return to Tiananmen square. Everyone goes there, I went there in 2011, you can line up to see emb....