Giant Panda, Chengdu

Sadly, all the giant pandas were inside their indoor enclosures and a combination of my deteriorating camera lens and dirty glass ensured this was the only decent photo I managed to take of one.

The Long Journey Into The Heart Of China

August 7th 2017
The time had come to move on to another uncharted territory, but I was a bit nervous about China. Firstly, there was the language factor which isn't something that I haven't dealt with before, but it was signage in particular that was going to be difficult - I just cannot read any Chinese characters apart from "people", "1", "2" and "3". The closest challenge I've had is [url=../../Europe/Ukrain ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Jiuzhaigou

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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