Dragon's Backbone

I was heartily disappointed to find that the Dragon's Backbone was more like Brokeback Mountain (minus all the cowboy love) - in that it was a mountain and on the day we visited I was broke - in a not functioning properly sense. I could have just said I was ill the day we visited and didn't actually get to the top of the "Backbone", unlike intrepid Vik who soldiered on without me - that would have been easier wouldn't it? Forget I mentioned the cowboys.

Skin Care Advice for Idiots

October 20th 2008
In the evenings Yangshou is characterised best by the brash neon that lights the narrow café, restaurant, bar and souvenir shop lined streets of its ‘old’ town and by the foreign tourists who walk with an awkward John Wayne style shuffle between these gaudy Western-Chinese fusion establishments. During the day, the done thing for any visitor wishing to truly appreciate the landscape for whi ... read more

Asia » China

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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