Partie du Champagne.,.+*

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[ 烏魯木齊市中心的廣場 ]  Outside of our Hotel.


Urumqi on the news doesn't look that pretty and many people from other provinces in China and foreigners have cancelled their trip. But we went anyway because there's this saying: "The most dangerous place is also the safest place." There were police patrolling at.... (continue reading)


7/5事件之後大家對去烏魯木齊都有點怕怕, 雖然當地人都說一切 ok, 但在新疆以外的人卻好像被新聞畫面洗了腦, 覺得那簡直就是戰區. 我們要去時他們還說你們膽子也太大了吧... 不過在大家都不去時去新疆一定有好處, 就是...


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[ 一個不解之謎的廢城 ] 
遠離烏魯木齊, 我們前往 45'C 的內地尋找過去繁榮的痕跡.


Xinjiang after the Juy 5th riot was rather peaceful but all the street corners were filled with militia and we had no internet and our we couldn't text or phone outside of the area with our own phones. After a night at the Hoi Tak Hotel, just by the heavily armed People’s Square (because of the July 5^th riot that just happened) in the downtown of Urumqi, we embarked on our journey to the HOTTEST (and I mean temperature)... (Continue reading... )


從孫悟空的火焰山到天上滿是青葡萄的葡萄樂園....

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[  嘉裕關 ]  出了這關, 你就出了中原.

 
From Xi'ning onwards, we take the modern "Silk Road" and drive hundreds and hundreds of kilometers everyday. We stopped by the major cities/posts of trade along the way as they're often blessed with the treasures of the Silk Road's glorious days. It is... (continue reading...)


從西寧開始我們就沿著古人的絲路, 從有一片綠色的土地, 到一片看不見盡頭的黃土, 一路上...


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這不是浪漫滿屋, 是一個台灣人和他太太在青海岸旁開的一間小館.


We flew from Xi'an to our next stop Xi'ning to continue our journey along the Silk Road on 4 wheels from there. From there on, we had to travel at least a few hundred kilometers every day. There were several days when we had to be on the wheels for 5-6 hours in 1 day. After we got to Xi'ning, we went to a mystical Buddhist place and the largest salty lake Cinhai Lake (literally means: blue... (continue reading...)


從西寧開始, 我們沒了飛機, 開始用遊覽車拉著前往西域的旅程. 每一天都和車子在新建的新絲路高速在一望無際的黃土高原上奔馳著. 我們到了西寧的第一站是藏傳佛教的聖地-塔爾寺, 這是一個...

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[ 走訪古絲綢之路]  從長安古都到嘉裕關外的西域.


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[ CMEF Spring 2009 in Shenzhen ]  第61屆 中國國際醫療器械博覽會
One of the largest medical device trade show/exhibition in Asia. Probably ranking second largest in the world after the "Mecca" in Dusseldof, Germany.


有人說去參展像是去拜拜... 一年可能要拜個好幾次.
Some say going to exhibitions is like pilgrimage: costs quite a fortune & might not necesssarily get what you want. But I guess that'll depend mostly on your strategy and plannng.  Thousands and thousands of people like us from around the world make the trip to "pray" for what they hope to receive materially, "intellectually" or....

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[ 迷失. 鼓浪嶼 ] Lost in the Island full of Pianos.
Piano = A keyboard instrument.  Piano = [Italian] Take it slowly.


Gulangyu is a small island but it's full of exotic colors. It was home to the many of the foreign embassies and it's one of the places in the world with the highest concentration of piano. You won't see any cars or bicycles on this island; it's simply not allowed. You might feel that you cannot stay here for long but you'll see: this tiny place slows down your daily pace. You need to stroll on the quiet streets, take in the scenery of this artisy island and listen to the sounds of quiet music playing behind the old brick walls. An...

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[ Amoy, a year after ] 廈門 在相隔一年後


I have just realized that I was out of the country at least once every month, starting from November - Germany; December - US & Beijing; January - Xiamen. No wonder we're not going anywhere for this upcoming 9-day long Chinese New Year holiday. Traveling can get very tiring. I think it shows. But I am and still will be traveling. Last time that I was in Amoy was a year ago when we were just planning to move into this apartment. Then it became my first and last time staying at this apartment. My colleagues were moving to another apartment nearby a few days after I left. My room for the short stay was...

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[ 宮廷內的故事 ]
Lots of stories about the Emperors, the Empesses, the Palace... especially of the last Chinese Dynasty. It's only when you are here, in front of these magnificient and overpowering buildings that you would feel that those that you ever studied in school or books are based on people who, apart from their social status at the time, are not much different from ourselves.


When you are in Beijing and if you want to see lots of things, you cannot avoid one thing: walking, and walking long distance. There are a lot of historical sites but they can be quite spread out. Even at one attraction, it can take you over half a day just to walk (and I mean nothing else; no looking around to the sides) across to the other end. This was the case for...

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Day 4 - Outside of the Bird Nest.


Beijing has a lot of very impressive buildings. There was a documentary on the design and construction of the Bird Nest, the Water Cube and the hall used for archery competition, all were built for the Olympics. When you see these buildings infront of you, you will understand why are they often talked about. When you go to Beijing, you'll see impressive architectural designs are not limited to the buildings for the Olympic games, there are...


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[ 明十三陵之長陵] The Ming Thirteen Tombs.
The construction started in 1409 and took 200 years to complete - the time when the Ming Dynasty (second last of Chinese dynasties) fell. It's one of China's largest imperial mausoleums.


The tombs lies in the northwest part of Beijing in a basin that's considered a precious Fungshui land for is geological shape (as you will see in the following entry) with Tiger Hill and Snake Hill guarding the entrance to the whole basin. The Tombs is where thirteen out of the fifteen emperors and their empress, conubine and maids to reside in their afterlife. They say, you only need to see one tomb then you've seen all because they are all built the same way. We went to the ...


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[不到長城非好漢之居庸關]


When you go to the Great Wall, you don't just tell people you're going to the Great Wall; you tell people which section of the Great Wall you're going. Afterall, the Great Wall is about 7,350km  in length and it's the onl man-built structure that you could see from the moon with no visual aids. If you think you can "walk" on the Great Wall, I think you've underestimated it. Most of the time, I assure you, you have to CLIMB it becase the...

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