Goddess stream

Sailing down the Yangtze

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May 4th 2015
Sailing on the Yangtze River On 29th April, which was Chris’ 62nd birthday, we left from Chengdu and we got an early morning train to Yichang. Same old routine, get a taxi , first ticket check, bag X Ray, second ticket check and wait at the gate for the final ticket check. The train was really busy but the seven hours weren’t too bad and the coffee was okay and we arr ... read more

Asia » China

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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