Phillip Donnelly Articles
Long Road to a Ghost Town – Fatehpur Sikri, IndiaNo matter how much time you spend in India, it continues to be a challenge, as Phillip Donnelly continues to find out.
Shah Jahan, Akbar the Great et moiPhillip becomes rich, gets a chauffeur, leaves Delhi and begins to arrive in India
What the Travel Books Leave Out: Part 2 – Delhi, India, AsiaPhillip Donnelly describes touts, scams, rules of engagment, and how to get out of a scam in Delhi, India. He also takes in a few of the sights of Delhi, and sights they are.
What the Travel Books Leave Out: Part 1 – Delhi, India, AsiaPhillip Donnelly experiences culture shock, tout wars, explains ‘the con’ and finds time for a museum in a city that represents a little of all of India.
Lots and Lots of Rocks – Guilin and Yangshuo, ChinaOnce you get past the touts and the yapping of guides, Guilin can be quite beautiful.
The Unfamous City – Zhuhai, ChinaPhillip Donnelly vists the China’s promised land, a SEZ.
The Rich China – Hong KongWalking around Hong Kong is all a bit like being an extra from a Star trek episode, a contented automaton in a futuristic metropolis.
The First Asian Colony – MacaoIn the city with the highest population density on earth, the large wooded park remains empty and is left to the birds.
Failing to Impress – Beijing, ChinaPhillip Donnelly had expected something equivalent to Red Square in Moscow, where a sense of history seems to seep from every cobblestone, but Tiananmen was just an enormous slab of concrete, like an
The Modern China: An American City – Xian, ChinaMost of the Chinese dynasties rose and fell in Xian, but judging by the downtown area, they left no trace.
