This tourist is peering into a large bronze cauldron in the Forbidden City. Many of these cauldrons were kept filled with water in case of fire. In the winter they were even [...]

If there is a typical image of India it is the famous ‘Golden Triangle’, which includes Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Many people fly into Delhi and take a trip around this triangle [...]

This is a prayer bell from the Lama Temple in Northern Beijing. I am told that the ringing of the bells in Buddhist ceremonies is intended to send the message to evil [...]

This Guardian Lion is one of a pair commonly used to show Chinese imperial power. This one guards an entrance in the Forbidden City. It is the male of the pair which [...]

This silver seating Buddha is located in the Precious Hall of the Great Hero in the Jing’an Temple in Shanghai, China. Shanghai is mostly a new city but the current version of [...]

The newer part of Shanghai is the Pudong which is across the river from the older part of Shanghai. The tallest building in the Pudong is nicknamed the bottle opener. I think [...]

If you forget what country you are in while you are in Shanghai China you have only to look across the river from the Bund to the Oriental Riverside Hotel in the [...]

This river is in the First Courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. 5 bridges cross the river. Your station determined which bridge you were allowed to use.

After listening to Travel to Mongolia – Amateur Traveler Episode 111 Sherry Ott was motivated to go to Mongolia.  We caught up with Sherry to see why someone would do that, and [...]

Troy Parfitt’s Why China Will Never Rule the World is a travelogue detailing three trips he made during his decade of teaching English in Taiwan. The first two trips are to the [...]