The Dragon's Father

Labrang Monastery at Heihe, Gansu, China. Missed Opportunity ! I had planned to arrive in time for the Monlam Festival - but mixed up my Gregorian and Tibetan calendars and had missed it by two weeks - doh ! I'll return another time for sure. With that initial excitement, and motivation for visiting the monastery, deflated I decided I just wanted to make the best of it - and Labrang was so much fun and so interesting that not once did I feel depressed with my having missed th

How to successfully take photos taken on the move, from a bus, a train or a car. Add 'missed photos' to your travel blog or story.

Photographing the fantastic waterfalls and lakes of the UNESCO Biosphere site and national park of Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China.

Photos and description if the UNESCO site Huanglong in Sichuan, China.

Plans It is always the same, I decide it's time to plan a trip and so scour the internet to decide on a where and a when. Recently the...

Preamble and Preparation I’ve wanted to go to Tibet for the longest time but since neither the wife nor the Chinese Government would let...