Wuxi, the dusty city
29 August 2012
I must really love the train ticket office. For the 3rd time in two days I went to Shanghai station to line up for a ticket. This time I was headi....
Beijing capital airport
17 November 2011
Apparently its the second largest airport building in the world after Dubai, the 5th largest building in the world overall, the second busiest by ....
Qianmen and the railway museum
16 November 2011
Honestly, I did not plan to go to ANOTHER museum today, I had no idea it existed but happened to stumble onto it. I did intend to go to Qianmen, w....
Lost
14 November 2011
Museums and other such places are closed on Mondays. So instead I headed east. I walked for at least 3 hours to nowhere in particular. The contras....
Going to the great wall
13 November 2011
This morning I researched how to get to the great wall. All the forums I could find strongly advise a private driver (frequent flyer forums) or an....
Shanghai to Beijing
9 November 2011
Well, I made it to Beijing without incident, despite dire predictions the high speed rail was a deathtrap designed by 5 year olds and regularly ex....
Going to Suzhou
4 November 2011
Suzhou is a town of some 4 million people in the city proper and 10 million in the metropolitan area about 100km west of Shanghai. Luckily the new....
Seoul Arrival
7 September 2011
The plane landed on time, and customs was easy. The only time I have ever had to wait for customs or immigration is at Heathrow, and there its bee....
Hong Kong Arrival
4 September 2011
As I mentioned, my flight was pretty good, seemed to go quite quickly. My leg seems to go to sleep until I take my shoes off, as much as I think t....