Discovery Bay – Home Away From Home
I have never come closer to cancelling a trip than last November. When I booked our tickets to Hong Kong, the protests hadn’t started yet....
Can You Count The Brides?
When I started traveling to Japan in the 1990’s, I was shocked to see brides lining up to have their wedding photos taken in public...
Chinatown
It looks like the gate at the entrance to Chinatown. But it’s in China....
Yet Another Charming Streetscape
When I visited Qingdao in 2015, I stayed in the historical German Concession area. The neighborhood’s mixture of European and Asian architecture constantly reminded me...
Boonie Bears
When my oldest daughter was ten, she and I visited her birth city, Qingdao. Every day, we woke up early and gorged ourselves on the...