Good Things Part 4
I’ve been insanely busy lately and haven’t had much time to blog. I intend to catch up, and in the meantime here are some pictures of good and/or interesting things. Retro beach babes Really good French film (English title – What War May Bring) Annie Hall Audrey Horne and Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks (which … Continue reading
Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain)
So I’m finally able to upload photos from Yellow Mountain from September… as it was so long ago I won’t go into too much detail about the trip, not least because I probably couldn’t do so with much enthusiasm as other trips are now fresher in my mind. Some things I can recall are a … Continue reading
BLOCKED
Sadly WordPress is now blocked in China and I can’t access my own blog most of the time so I’ll have to wait a while to catch up on posts. I’ll be back in the UK in December so if I don’t get on here again before then I’ll make up for it when I … Continue reading
Valentine’s Valley
Been unable to blog for a while due to broken laptop… hopefully I’ll get it fixed soon. In the meantime, here are some pictures of my adventures at Valentine’s Valley near Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain) about which I will write more later. At Valentine’s Valley, lovers get their names engraved on brass padlocks and lock … Continue reading
iPartment
Recently my friends and I had the opportunity to be extras in the popular Chinese sitcom, iPartment (爱情公寓, aìqíng gōngyù) which has been compared to How I Met Your Mother, Friends, The Big Bang Theory and probably any other American show involving young professionals living in an apartment and becoming romantically entangled with one another … Continue reading
Shanghai – Shangri-La, Days 8-12
We took the bus to Shangri-La from Dali, feeling more than a little worse-for-wear after minimal sleep the night before. Darcy was horribly hungover and felt sick. When I woke her in the morning she mumbled “Let’s stay here with our friends.” If we hadn’t already booked our bus tickets I think we would have … Continue reading
Shanghai – Shangri-La, Days 5-7
We took the bus from Kunming to Dali as it was faster than the train. The journey was pretty and uneventful, which suited me fine after the epic train journey to Kunming. We arrived in the early evening and checked into the Hump Hostel, which was nicer than the one in Kunming but we still … Continue reading
Shanghai – Shangri-La, Day 4
When we first arrived in Kunming, we couldn’t get a taxi no matter how hard we tried, and the weight of our huge backpacks made it all a bit frustrating. There were plenty of dodgy illegal taxis and motorbike taxis offering their services (read: harassing us) but we didn’t want to take a journey in … Continue reading
Shanghai – Shangri-La, Days 1-3
My friend Darcy and I recently took a trip to Yunnan by rail and bus. People told us we were mad not just to fly and be there in about three hours, but we wanted the train experience (even though it was 37 hours to Kunming, our first stop in Yunnan…) plus it was significantly … Continue reading
Ghost in the Machine 