Cross China Road Trip 11: Southern Silk Road, Part 01. High Anxiety.
Kashgar. So I’m lying on the bed at the Super 8 three star hotel when it suddenly dawns on me that it’s maybe a good idea to take a look […]
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Kashgar. So I’m lying on the bed at the Super 8 three star hotel when it suddenly dawns on me that it’s maybe a good idea to take a look […]
To Visit or Not to Visit? That is the Question. From the beauty and hospitality of the Tibetan region of southern Lanzhou, via a two day trip across the Qilian […]
Hi there all. Hope you had a brilliant Christmas. Being that the air is as heavy as mustard gas this year I thought I’d treat myself to the latest anti-pollution […]
click on the image and its much more readable ‘Chinglish’: the laughably bad Chinese > English translations you find all over China. There are also many examples in neighbouring countries […]
Second part of three. Please go >here< to go to Part 1 Blessed Relief. I slept well with no nightmares, visitations or illnesses occurring. Phew! Must have been down to […]
South of Lanzhou in the Gansu & Sichuan provinces, the area is largely populated by Tibetans. So I was out on a Sunday hike around the Kirti Gompa Monastery in […]
Updated with link to new video on YouTube: Max China. Find below and enjoy. Circumambulate: ‘To walk or go about or around, especially ceremoniously’ Xiahe is a Tibetan town in […]
Beijing to Kashgar along the Southern Silk Road and across the Qinghai Province Hi there all Along the way I’ve been filming as much of the trip as possible […]
An amazing giant silver butterfly! That’s the toll gate between Ningxia and Gansu. A huge wave of achievement and excitement rolls through me as I pass. The outskirts of the […]
Really great being out of the big city. From the madness of Gao Miao Si and its dungeon from Hell, a few hours down the road is the presently empty […]
A couple of hours south of Yinchuan is the city of Zhongwei and its amazing Buddhist temple Gao Miao Si. Entering the courtyard any stresses you may have will immediately […]
Yinchuan: A city of two million, it has a distinctly laid back feeling to with wide open boulevards. It is also home to the Hui Muslims after the region separated […]
So after nine and a half hours I make it to my first target Ulansu Lake in Inner Mongolia with just enough time to find somewhere to park up before […]
All the years of dreaming, slow build-up and preparation and it’s finally happening. Just incredible to be able to look back and reflect on that part of the journey now; […]
Well it’s taken long enough but at long last all that needs to be done is move the massive amount of gear from the apartment down into the back of […]
Dear amazing followers. As most of you know, touch wood I’ll be heading the road for an optimistic 10,000 miles across China to Xinjiang and then the rest. Being my […]
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