My China trips
Shuilu Fahui, China 10-19/10/2025
Beijing China 26/9 -3/10/2025
I love autumn foliage. In August, I joined a Hong Kong tour to visit Northeast China from 26/9-3/10/25. The tour was canceled. As a result, I decided to spend five days in Tian Zhen Yuan 天真園 (TZY) to experience the Tai Chi 太極culture and two days with friends in Beijing. 26-30/9/2025 Tian Zhen Yuan Tianjin 天津 Catherine and … Continue reading
Xinjiang China 1-20 September 2025
D10 Tashkurgan – Kashi (300km) We set off at 9am and had two nice photo stops to take photos of Mt Muztaga and the grassland. The panorama photo of the snow-capped mountains and the lake was taken with drone by our driver Wang. On our way back to Kashi, we would visit the Oytak Glacier Park 奥依塔克冰川公园 after … Continue reading
Xinjiang China I 1-20 September 2025
Xinjiang China September 1-20, 2025 Xinjiang 新疆 (full name: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) with an area of approximately 1.66 million km² and a population of 25.85 million (2020), is China’s largest administrative division, covering about one-sixth of the country’s total landmass. It consists of two main regions geographically separated by the Tianshan Mountains天山: Dzungaria to the north and the Tarim Basin to the … Continue reading
Fujian Pilgrimage 21-27 September 2023
I joined a 5-day pilgrimage trip to Fujian 福建 (September 21-25) organised by the Buddhist Compassion Organisation and stayed behind in the Fuzhou for two more days a few days. It is a nice discovery tour : while the basic structures and layout of all Chinese temples have similar features, all the nine temples visited … Continue reading
Taiwan June 16-26, 2023
Why this trip? Lawrence (my younger brother) and Sally (sister-in-law) moved to Pengh澎湖, Taiwan in 2021. On hearing that Lili, my niece, would be visiting her parents in June, I decided to join her as I would have enough time to complete my capstone project which was due in end July. My friends Leung, Flora … Continue reading
China 2 Huangshan January 5 -12, 2020
Chengkan, Shexian, Longcun & Yangzhou January 9 -12
China 1 Huangshan January 5 – 12, 2020
Hangzhou, Hongcun & Huangshan January 5 – 8, 2020 Mount Huangshan (Huangshan) is the most beautiful mountain in China. After my first visit in early 1990s, I always want to return to see this majestic mountain in all seasons especially in the winter to see the mountain peaks and pine trees with snow. I had … Continue reading
China 2019: Xian & Dunhuang June 5 – 18, 2019
Dunhuang (Mogao Caves & Yulin Caves) & Xi’an: June 10-18, 2019
China 2019: Xian & Dunhuang June 5 – 18, 2019
Xi’an, Huashan & Yan’an June 5 – 10, 2019