If you can stand all the pushing and shoving of the millions walking along The Bund in Shanghai, you can get up to the riverside rail and get a photo of the colorful and architecturally distinguished modern Shanghai skyline.
These are the photos from my travel photography exhibit in Minneapolis in 2017. Photos are from 22 different countries.
In this second annual round-up of the books I’ve read and the beds I’ve slept in, I gotta admit I’m cutting corners on the reading list. Every year, I promise … Read more
It was a bit of an odd year for us in 2016. While we did some trips around the Midwest in the first half of the year (and Kris went … Read more
Editor’s note: Do you want to get to know Shanghai right now, from home? As a result of the 2020 pandemic, Context Travel has introduced an excellent series of virtual … Read more
High altitude and lofty temples: a visit to Tibet, in and around Lhasa, during our tour of China with Viking River Cruises.
It’s complicated summing up a trip like our recent travels to China. When people ask, How was China?, or What did you think? a little voice tells me they are … Read more
Editor’s note: Want to learn more about Beijing from home? As a result of the 2020 pandemic, Context Travel has introduced an excellent series of virtual seminars. These live, scholar-led … Read more
I was prepared not to like the Terracotta Warriors of Xian. Despite the fact that everyone has already seen images of the thousands of clay figures, I was more than … Read more
We were prepared to love Hong Kong. It is our first trip to China, and we were looking forward to easing into a very foreign environment by starting with (mostly) … Read more