My China trips
China (6): Tibet August 17 – September 14, 2011 Part 2
Part 2: September 8-14 After my eventful and unforgetable journey to Western Tibet, I had a pleasant trip to the Shannon Prefecture with five social workers from Hong Kong before taking a 8-day journey from Lhasa to Chengdu on the Tibet-Sichuan Highway with a side trip to Daocheng and Yarding.
China (5): Tibet August 17 – September 14, 2011 Part 1
This is my third visit to Tibet and my destination was Western Tibet ( the Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区). I travelled from Xining to Lhasa on the 1956-km long Qinghai-Tibet Railway. During my 29 days’s travel, I completed a 48-km trail circum-ambulating Mt Kailash 冈仁波齐峰 (6714m)转山, set foot on all the six prefectures in Tibet and … Continue reading
China (4) : Qinghai August 9 – 17, 2011
Khumbum Monastery, Qinghai Qinghai 青海 situated in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau has a history of over 5,000 years. The Yellow River originates from the southern part of Qinghai while the Yangtze River and Mekong River both have their sources in its southwestern part. Durimg my 8-day stay in Qinghai, I visited … Continue reading
China (3): Yunnan July 8 – 16, 2011
Yunnan Province with an area of 394,100 square kilometres and a population of about 46 million (2010), is famous for its landscape and scenery, biodiversity, ethnic groups and their culture, tea and natural resources. I have been a frequent visitor to Kunming, capital city of the province since my brother Lawrence moved there in 1999. … Continue reading
China (2): Beijing & Shandong May 26 – June 7, 2011
Jade Emperor Temple, Mount Tai After an enjoyable stay in Tibet, I flied to Beijing to get something done. I then made my first visit to the Shandong Province which has a long history and culture. Confucius (Kong Zi) was a native son of Qufu and Mount Tai where all Chinese emperors would visit as … Continue reading
China (1) : Tibet May 15 – 25, 2011
World’s highest mountain After spending some 60 days in Bhutan and Nepal, I travelled overland to Tibet, China and made my way to the base camp of Mt Qomolangma (i.e. Mt Everest). I travelled over 2200km during my 11 days in Tibet including some 1500km along the Friendship Highway (National Highway 318) from Zhangmu in … Continue reading
21 days London- Hong Kong Overland September 13 – October 3, 2010
I love trains. A Trans-Siberian journey has been on my must-do list for three decades. My dream finally came true when I left London for Hong Kong upon completion of my assignment in London. As I only had 20 days and wished to visit as many places as possible, I gave up the idea of taking the classic 9289km-long … Continue reading