Homeward Bound
For the first two years of the trip we had assumed that we would be flying home from India. With four departure points to choose from it’s fairly easy to More… →
Category Archives: Journey log
Bangkok – the last stop
We’d been quite fussy about choosing a place to stay in Bangkok as we wanted to end the trip on a high note. It would be the hottest time of More… →
Sheung Wan
A taxi from Hung Hom back to the J Residence cost $96 without the detour that we had on the way to Guangzhou. We had considered staying in Kowloon this More… →
Last days in Guangzhou – Tianhe
On our last full day we decided to explore Guangzhou’s modern financial district of Tianhe, so took the metro to Pearl River New Town. On exiting we went into a More… →
Bright Filial Piety Temple – Guangzhou
18th was dull but much warmer than it had been since we landed in Hong Kong. After topping up our cash reserves we went to find the Bright Filial Piety More… →
Chen Clan Ancestral Hall – Guangzhou
Thursday was still cold and wet, and we spent part of the morning making arrangements for our return to the UK – we had booked two nights on Airbnb a More… →
Shamian Island – Guangzhou
Although we set an alarm for 09:00 it was still after 10:30 by the time we got out of the hotel, after a breakfast of coconut tarts that tasted unpleasantly More… →
Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King – Guangzhou
As Tuesday dawned dull and drizzly an indoor activity seemed appropriate, so after a breakfast of egg custard tarts we took the metro to Yuexia Park, near the snappily-named Museum More… →
Ximenkou – Guangzhou
On our first morning in Guangzhou we slept in very late – it was so cold that we just didn’t want to get out of bed! For breakfast we tried More… →
Train to Guangzhou
After a leisurely breakfast of egg custard tarts we checked out at 10:00 and soon picked up a taxi outside the hotel. There was no need to check that the More… →