For the past three years, I’ve tried to capture some of Beijing’s beautiful autumn colours, but failed each time. You can see some of the failed attempts here and here. Last year’s experience was especially painful because our excitement kept …
Today’s post will be about a wonderful boutique hotel that we stayed at on our recent trip to Mutianyu’s section of the Great Wall of China. I don’t usually dedicate a post to a hotel, but I’m doing it in …
Mutianyu is about a two hour drive from Beijing and includes one of the most famous sections of the Great Wall. When I last visited, there was a bit of a carnival environment around the entrance with sketchy shops selling …
Continuing the series on Beijing neighbourhoods started with the Hutongs at Beilu Guxiang and the first foray into the vast Qianmen area, today I’d like to take you back to the Qianmen area with a focus on regular day to day …
Continuing the series on Beijing neighbourhoods started with the Hutongs at Beilu Guxiang post, today I’d like to share some images taken over two trips to the Qianmen area of central Beijing. This neighbourhood has some of the most expensive …
Having lived in Beijing for eight years now, I’ve started to take things for granted. There are amazing neighbourhoods to explore in this 3,000 year old city, but the familiarity creates indifference. For the next few months, a friend and …
With the weather warming up, I thought it was time to go out for a long walk. A favourite spot is to walk along the Tonghui River in downtown Beijing. I rarely use the Leica M10 these days, so I …
This post is mostly images taken from the National Museum of China, located in Beijing, near the Palace Museum and Tiananmen Square. The purpose for visiting the National Museum was to get a glimpse of the Moon soil that China …
Even though I live in Beijing, I spend a lot of time travelling to other cities around Asia for work and for fun. A rare opportunity recently came up to be a tourist in my own city and so I …
This post will be a short one. If you travel to Beijing, a must visit location is the Forbidden City or Palace Museum as it’s called in China. However, there’s a small park just north of the Palace Museum that …
