Shui Dong Gou

As one of the earliest Paleolithic excavations of cultural sites of China, Shui Dong Gou is reputed as “The Birthplace of China’s Prehistoric Archeology”, “Historical Evidence of Cultural Exchange between East and West”. It has been listed as the national key cultural relics protection units.

Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia, China

March 27th 2013
In October 2012, Becky and I landed in Ningxia Autonomous Region and traveled to Zuoqi, Inner Mongolia to find the Gobi Desert. The area is absolutely superb with rocky deserts, isolated temples, sand dunes, salty lakes, camels, sheep everywhere (amazing meat for every meal!). We then rode a bus for 15 hours north to Ejina Qi, at the border with Mongolia to hike around a desert of poplar trees. In ... read more

Asia » China » Inner Mongolia

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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