Squatting

This is the view, while squatting in the toilet at the Halfway Guesthouse in Tiger Leaping Gorge. Michael Palin took in this same view from this same position during his "Himalaya" series. It may be the toilet with the best views in the world, but it is also the most exposed - not only to the elements, but also to anyone further down the hill!

Bob & Vik's A-Z of China

January 13th 2007
A is for…Adoption: We met a Chinese girl who worked for an agency that sold - sorry, provided - children to foreign couples that wished to adopt Chinese babies. Apparently the largest consumers of Chinese babies (no reference to E is inferred) are Americans and there are places in China where it is possible to find hordes of American couples living in the same area waiting fo ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

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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