Weekend Trips 11 Nov 2010 0 1625 Diamonds in a Coal Town Coal is everywhere in Datong: in glistening black veins underground, fueling the factories, loaded onto…
Weekend Trips 17 Oct 2010 0 1473 Reclining Among the Flowers If you’ve already taken the bumpy ride out to the hills that gird the city…
Weekend Trips 17 Oct 2010 0 1827 Conquer the Great Wall The Travelers Gregory and Colleen Bryant, their sons Michael (14) and Cian (4), daughters Katie…
Weekend Trips 19 Sep 2010 0 2560 Sitting Seaside Accommodation Regarded as a major historic relic preservation project, The Astor Hotel in Tianjin is…
Weekend Trips 18 Aug 2010 0 2364 Sunny Shanhaiguan The Travelers Pat Sommer and her daughter Ellie (8), and Julie Johnson with her daughter…
Weekend Trips 17 Aug 2010 0 2515 Escape to Commune by the Great Wall The Commune’s collection of modern villas sits nestled in a green valley about 80km outside…
Weekend Trips 20 Jun 2010 0 2789 China Excursions Part 1 Inner Mongolia The trek to Inner Mongolia may lead some travelers to question whether or…
Weekend Trips 14 Jul 2009 0 824 Breakdown: The Right Stuff II Here’s a quick review of our weekend trip to Shanghai (with apologies to Harper’s Index).…
Weekend Trips 04 Dec 2007 0 1133 Lessons in Life The successes and failures of volunteering in rural China By my third day of teaching…