EPILOGUE: THE CURSE OF THE TRAVELLER
It’s the curse of the travellerAin’t gonna let you beThe curse of the travellerAnd it sure got a hold of … Continue reading EPILOGUE: THE CURSE OF THE TRAVELLER
It’s the curse of the travellerAin’t gonna let you beThe curse of the travellerAnd it sure got a hold of … Continue reading EPILOGUE: THE CURSE OF THE TRAVELLER
Packing up in Dave and Jenny’s flat, we are hot and bothered. We have so much stuff to fit into … Continue reading FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18th – THE JOURNEY BACK
We reside in Hong Kong for a week, living with my cousin Dave and his girlfriend Jenny in their tiny … Continue reading SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12th – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18th. HONG KONG: PERFECT BLUE BUILDINGS
We arrive in Guangzhou at 7am. The air is thick with pollution and the roads and sidewalks crammed with people … Continue reading FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11th – OUT!
We waste the day in Graceland Café, across the street from the Silang Hotel. Ron and Yvonne are there, along … Continue reading THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th – NIGHT BUS TO CANTON.
This time of day, sipping coffee at a table, on a street, in a town, beneath a jungle-covered peak in … Continue reading WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9th – SUZANNAH’S CAFÉ, YANGSHUO, 7:55AM.
Well, whatever it was that was on my mind on Sunday, I have forgotten, as it is now Wednesday. I … Continue reading SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6th – ALWAYS ON MY MIND.
Morning finds us travelling through the moonscape karst mountains of Hunan province. The limestone pinnacles, clothed in green and barren … Continue reading SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5th
And so at last, we come to our final train journey in China, the Kunming-Guilin Express. Together with our Dutch … Continue reading FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4th – “THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR”, TRAIN NUMBER 166, KUNMING TO GUILIN, 12:30PM
Arriving in Kunming at 5:30 am, we go straight to the railway station and buy soft sleeper tickets out for … Continue reading THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd