If you visit the city of Shanghai on a Saturday morning, make sure you pay a visit to the People’s Park in the center of town. At this place, you will notice a huge tumult of people walking in to join or see one of the area’s most popular weekend activities, the marriage market. This …
Mr. Wang Ming showing his master skills at making fresh noodles at his restaurant The first day that I arrived in China, once settled at the hotel, one of my work colleagues had commented that he had discovered a great local place to eat and so on our way we went. After walking a couple of …
Discovering the Water Town of Mudu was purely by accident. After living in China for over a year and hearing so much about the city of Suzhou and its beautiful sceneries, water town and architecture, we decided to embark on a weekend trip to verify of such on our own. After taking the bullet train …
The main bridge at Qiandeng Ancient Town For the past three years living in China, I have been lucky to live nearby the ancient town of Qiandeng. Only a short ride on my electric scooter, this magnificent little water town has been the highlight of my weekends when I have felt like staying close to …
It was the summer of 2011, when I returned to this beautiful Central American country with my son Pablo. I had fallen in love with Nicaragua in the summer of 2010 when I had decided to embark on a hitchhiking trip from Panama City to Houston Texas, a trip that took two months to complete. …
The little riverside eatery at Jing’An District Sometime last year, I had the pleasure to visit one of the legendary and perhaps little known to most restaurants in Shanghai, The little riverside eatery located on 31 Xisuzhou Road, in Jing’an District. The small typical “Shanghainese” (as commonly referred to) food restaurant with only 3 tables …
A classic pedal tricycle loaded with flowers on the way to the local market If you walk in the streets of Shanghai, China and almost in every growing city of the country, you will find these modern iron workhorses roaming almost everywhere. The city of Shanghai, is worldwide known for its economic power and the …
I first learned about the Hotouwan Village some time in early 2016. I had planned to travel through Europe for a month with my kids during the month of July of that year and upon returning to China, my girlfriend and travel partner had our next adventure all planned out. I had been in China …
“He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man” (不到长城非好汉) – Mao Zedong As it was once said by Chairman Mao Zedong “He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man”, once arriving in this huge country, it was clear; I had to visit this …