By Raymond on Mar 19, 2009 in travel | 0 Comments
Kaiping locates at the mid-Southern part of Guangdong Province, west of Zhujiang Delta. In 2007, 1,833 Diaolous there were elected to be World Cultural Heritage, the first one in the province, making Kaiping become a cultural tourist spot. Diaolou is composed of two Chinese words: Diao (fortify) and Lou (building). Diaolous are 3 to 6 [...]
By Raymond on Feb 28, 2009 in travel | 0 Comments
滑雪在北京
There are many mountains for skiing in Beijing during winter. Of course, the snow is artificially made, because the weather is not cold enough (around -10 to 0 deg celsius) and the mountains are not very high. The one we went to is called “Southern Hill”, . Both the service and facilities are pretty good, [...]
By Raymond on Feb 28, 2009 in travel | 2 Comments
Travelling in China
Mini Beijing travel – Hu tong and Houhai
Here I am not writing about the Beijing palaces, as many people have written about them. I would like to talk about somewhere which is rarely visited by tours but closer to the real life or tradition of “old Beijing”.
Originally I planned to have a week’s [...]