Three Gorges Dam river cruise !
Three Gorges Dam river cruise. Read our previous posting at “Yangtze River Cruise and the Yangtze Gold One!” Chang Jiang Huang Jin Yi Hao is the name of our cruise ship; it means Yangtze Gold One in Chinese, who don’t use the term Yangtze. For them, it’s Chang Jiang, the Long (or is it Eternal) …
Yichang to Shanghai via Shanghai Airlines !
Yichang to Shanghai via Shanghai Airlines. Read our previous posting at “Three Gorges Dam river cruise” Our Chinese is getting better; sao dan (wait a moment), pu yong shie (you’re welcome), pie tan shin (don’t worry) are some of our latest additions. And I can’t believe how fantastic the music played on the Chinese cruise…
Mumbai, the Vibrant Heart of Today’s India
The heavily visited cities of the Golden Triangle – Delhi, Jaipur, Agra – highlight the glories of India’s past with their forts, mausoleums and other centuries-old monuments. However, for a real sense of today’s India, head to Mumbai. Mumbai is the commercial and entertainment capital of India. This metropolitan area of about 21 million…
Villa Galini : Live the life of a Greek shipping magnate!
Villa Galini. Read our previous posting : “The autonomous polity of Mount Athos” A stay at the Villa Galini Hotel in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece probably represents one of the very few opportunities you will ever have to live the life of a Greek shipping magnate. And that is because, before being…