Guiyang’s Beijing Opera Upon returning to Guiyang City, Long and myself meet up with Mandy and her her sister and we head to the waterfront to see the opera. The wood sculptures in the opera are amazing. They handed us these classy clappers. We had the VIP treatment with an amazing spreadRead more
Night in Guiyang By the time I arrived in Guiyang, it was around midnight and I was exhausted. I arrived at a hotel I wish I had more time in. After walking in freezing rain for several days, Guiyang was relative warm and dry and this hotel along the riverfront tourism area was awesome. Read more
A bit jet-lagged, I take it easy in Shanghai my second day. I meet up with Pete for lunch and we head to Nanjing Street. Pete Pete treats me to a nice meal at a place we find in a mall. Delicious fried mashed potato balls. Amazing stewed pork We also had dumplings,Read more
A new friend, Pete, picked me up at the airport and helped me locate my place. I had booked this on AirBnB, and while the location was great, and the photos made the place look amazing, in reality it was a pretty run-down building. A former hotel (the Salvo Hotel), it was now under aRead more
Date with a Panda Jing scores some tickets to actually hang out with a panda at the research base. The weather is also more tame, so we decide to spend the day there. School field trip. Normally they use the young pandas for this, because they ARE bears and have teethRead more
Nope. Not Today. The morning of the 15th, I was just too sick to do anything. Plans, whatever they were, had to be cancelled. I’m not sure what Jing did that day. I just slept. Went out a bit at night to get some food. Just a few shots from the hotel balcony.Read more