NE Asia Travel Stories Travel Articles

Huangshan Mountain, Chinese Chicken Feet and the Mighty Yangtze – China

China is a country with a character all its own on a fast moving journey to a destination unknown. Gary Kesinger wonders, will the China of today be recognizable to a visitor 20 years from now?

Reading Material – Beijing, China

For sixty bucks an hour, Jason Barbacovi will do a lot of things - even if it means reading from a dictionary.

Er shi jiu ri (29 day) – Shanghai, China

As Aric discovers the dark side

West of the Sun – Kyoto, Japan

Philip Blazdell had forgotten how beautiful life can be...especially west of the sun.

Sitting On Trains – Japan

Only in Japan would Carlie Daley's passport and wallet with all its contents intact find its way back into her hands within 24 hours of losing it.

Tiger Leaping Gorge – Hutiao Gorge, Yunnan, China

Edward Lunn hunts fo

It Happened One Night (Again) – Japanese Alps

Seperated from his lover, Philip Blazdell wanders the streets of Japan, half a world away.

When Boys Became Giants: The Japanese Alps, May 2005 – Japanese Alps, Japan

Dawn is a few hours away and Philip Blazdell is sneaking around the hotel with a forty-foot LAN cable, a stolen laptop, a six-pack of Japanese beer and a box of sushi.

Yak Butter Tea – Tidrum, Tibet

While "hot" and "cold"

48hrs – Chengdu, Sichuan to Shanghai, China

48 hours by train hard seat = not a good idea!