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The Great Wall of China 3 Jun 2013 | 11:30 am
Travel Date 13th April 2012. Click on any picture to see a large version. I used one of the inexpensive group day tours to the Great Wall. If you are on a tight budget I recommend this method. It wa...
Beijing via Suzhou, China 26 May 2013 | 10:23 am
Travel Dates 5th - 15th April 2012. Click on any picture to see a large version. The Les Suites Orient Hotel concierge arranged tickets for us on the K train from Shanghai to Suzhou, where we planned...
Shanghai, China 23 May 2013 | 12:02 pm
The Bund from our hotel window. Travel Date 2nd - 5th April 2012. Click on any picture to see a large version. Before leaving Hangzhou we had learned our lesson from the earlier taxi ride and took ...
Hangzhou and West Lake, China 22 May 2013 | 07:10 am
Travel Date 31st March - 1st April 2012. Click on any picture to see a large version. After my interlude in Myanmar it is time to catch up on several past trips while the memories are still fresh. I...
Inle Lake, Myanmar, Markets, Crafts and Villages 9 May 2013 | 02:30 pm
Travel Date 26th November 2012. Click on any picture to see a larger version. After a prolonged absence from the blog it is time to start recording my travels again. The urge to write waxes and wane...
Inle Lake, Myanmar, On the Water 7 Feb 2013 | 10:44 am
Travel Date 26th November 2012. Click on any picture to see a larger version. Most of the sites visited by tourists are on the southern shores of Inle Lake. There are several villages and hotels in ...
Fire Balloons Festival 2012, Taung Gyi, Myanmar 15 Jan 2013 | 03:27 pm
Travel Date 25th November 2012. Click on any picture to see a larger version. Note: there are five videos and several pictures in this post. Be patient, it may load slowly. When preparing for the tr...
Kalaw and Nyaung Shwe (Inle Lake) Myanmar 13 Jan 2013 | 09:45 am
Travel Dates 24th-28th November 2012. Click on any picture to see a larger version. I enjoyed getting away from the cities and tourist towns into the small towns and villages of Thazi and Kalaw. Kala...
By Bus to Thazi and Train to Kalaw, Myanmar 11 Jan 2013 | 08:21 am
Travel Date 23rd November 2012. Click on any picture to see a larger version. In planning this trip I tried to avoid internal air travel as much as I could. That was only partly caused by safety conc...
Bagan and Nyaung U, Myanmar or Burma 2 Jan 2013 | 09:29 am
Travel Date 20th November 2012. Click on any picture to see a larger version. After the hustle and bustle of Mandalay, Nyaung U was a calm, quiet village. Well, it was for most of the time. Occasion...
