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) …
The Royal Kumari or Living Goddess of Kathmandu
Kumari. The Royal Kumari or Living Goddess of Kathmandu. Read our previous posting: “Climbing Mount Everest the hard way!” Across from the Narayanhiti Royal Palace of Durbar Square in downtown Kathmandu stands a smaller but well decorated house called Kumari Ghar, the House of the Kumari. It would be easy to simply walk by and…
Shanghai: the future of China
Shanghai : The future of China! Read our previous posting at “Yichang to Shanghai via Shanghai Airlines!” Shanghai, what a city! What progress Shanghai has made since I was last here. Shanghai is without doubt a world class city. I am sitting here at my desk in our room at the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel with…
Cyprus, the island of love, home to the wine of kings and the king of wines!
Cyprus COUNTRY ROLL No 47 : Cyprus, the original island of love. Did you not know that Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was born in Cyprus, just off what is now appropriately called Aphrodite’s Beach. Cyprus is also home to the oldest wine in the world, the sweet dessert wine commandaria. In the 12th century,…
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