A cathedral of creation: Symon’s Art Zoo in Bali
On a perch overlooking the Bali Sea on the northern side of the island, Symon’s Art Zoo inspires and perplexes as a residence-cum-carnival of creative expression.
View ArticleMy 27th birthday at the Great Wall
Three hours outside Beijing, I finally did something interesting for my birthday. It still remains my favourite.
View ArticleAdmiring the Yungang Grottoes
Outside of the city of Datong lies one of the most impressive collections of ancient Buddhist art in the world
View ArticleTrapped at the top of the Bell Tower
Getting up to the artifacts in the Bell Tower wasn’t a problem, but the stairs back down to the ground floor proved nearly impassable.
View ArticleEarly morning tai-chi lessons in Gaoqing
I wanted to find a tai-chi teacher after I first arrived in China. I went to a park and found dozens of them.
View ArticleThe Mongolian hot pot experience
A week of frugality ended with a musical and inebriated dinner with the owner of a Mongolian hot pot restaurant in Beijing.
View ArticleA day at Qufu’s Temple of Confucius
One of my most memorable experiences in China was when I took the opportunity to go to Qufu, the hometown of Confucius.
View ArticleThe gift of calligraphy
A random gift from an artist at a party in Gaoqing county provides much needed respite when anxiety threatens to take over my day.
View ArticleWeird weddings
While I lived in Shandong province, there were a couple of things that I had to get used to. One of them was the weddings that took place every weekend at my hotel.
View ArticleAnd the 'cleanest subway stations in the world award' goes...
One would be hard-pressed to find a metro system in the world with more sparkling underground stations than that of China's southern capital.
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