☕ Why Is Everyone Taking Photos of Their Coffee in Qianmen? 北京 Beijing (北京, Běijīng). A city Dad can walk through again and again… and still notice something new. This time: QIANMEN. 📍 QIANMEN (前门, Qiánmén) Starbucks. Qianmen. Old Beijing behind...
Dad & Elaine were coming back from Shanxi. After about 2½ hours on the high-speed train from Taiyuan (太原, Tàiyuán)… Beijing. Back in Beijing. We stepped off at Beijing Fengtai Railway Station (北京丰台站, Běijīng Fēngtái Zhàn). Shanxi behind us. Beijing ahead....
Beijing was changing colour. Dad could see it. On the trees. On the ground. And everywhere people were pointing their cameras. So… come with Dad. 🍂 First, the Little Train 开往香山. To Fragrant Hills. That sounded promising. And here it came....
You come to Beijing expecting palaces. Red walls. Ancient roofs. History. Dad noticed something else. Look Through the Leaves There they were. Colour against that long red wall. Dad stopped. Click. And kept walking. Then Dad Saw This A little girl....
Dad was looking through his old Beijing photographs. And there they were. The doors Dad had stopped for. The windows. The old walls. The little things that made Dad raise his camera while wandering Beijing’s hutongs (胡同, hútòng). Looking at them...
Dad and Elaine had already traveled through parts of China’s Greater Bay Area before Dad really understood what it was. 😂 First: Hong Kong (香港) → Shenzhen (深圳, Shēnzhèn). Then: Hong Kong → Macau (澳門). Then: Macau → Hong Kong across...
Shenzhen (深圳, Shēnzhèn) has been sitting inside Dad’s head for a long time. Long before Dad and Elaine crossed over from Hong Kong for our recent half-day Shenzhen adventure… Dad had already been trying to understand this city. And, more importantly,...
We woke up in Mong Kok (旺角), Kowloon (九龍), Hong Kong. Our hotel was in Hong Kong. Our plan for the day? GO TO SHENZHEN. 😂 Not by plane. Not by long-distance coach. Not even by high-speed rail. We were simply...
😂 WELCOME TO MACAU. Crowds. Chinese signs. Portuguese-style paving. Pastry shops. Souvenir shops. Food everywhere. And Elaine walking straight into the middle of it. We were on Rua de São Paulo (大三巴街), heading toward the Ruins of St. Paul’s (大三巴牌坊). Then...
There are two ways to experience Hong Kong (香港). You can wake up, leave your hotel and travel across the city before your sightseeing begins. Or you can wake up… walk downstairs… and discover that Hong Kong (香港) has already started...
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