Archive for July, 2007
Moon Hill 360 View
By Tony on July 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We are still on the road. To help you pass the time, here is a 360 view of Moon Hill near Yangshuo in Guangxi.
Guangxi 360 View
By Tony on July 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Thomas and I will be exploring remote areas of Guangxi and Guizhou provinces for the next week or two. In the meantime, enjoy this 360 view of the countryside outside of Yangshuo in Guangxi, China.
Yangshuo Now
By Thomas on July 25, 2007 | No Comments »
I had seen many photos of Yangshuo but, of course, photos cannot capture the essence of a place – not even ours. You have to be there to see the vivid colors, feel the temperature, and smell the air (although you may want to pass on that one). Despite Tony going on how much this place has changed, » Continue reading this post »
Yangshuo Then
By Tony on July 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Photo of Yangshuo taken in 1987
Twenty years ago, I stepped off a tourist boat into what had to be the most beautiful place on earth – Yangshuo, a tiny village along the Li River in the Chinese province of Guangxi. The village represented the perfect vision of China: spectacular karst mountains shooting out of emerald green rice fields, old men on bamboo rafts using trained cormorants to catch fish, and water buffaloes strolling through the streets. » Continue reading this post »
The Other Ex-Colony
By Thomas on July 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Macau was exactly what I needed after an exciting but very busy week in Hong Kong. A former Portuguese enclave, Macau resembles a Southern European city with its many beautifully restored colonial buildings in the old city center. It is much more laid back than Hong Kong and the perfect place to relax and people-watch from a cafe overlooking a cobblestone square.
The Southern European mentality, however, comes with some baggage; long siestas which mean stores open late and close early. It was almost comical how people would glance at us upon entering their stores and then return to what they had been doing – eating or reading their newspaper. Who can blame them?
