Macau 澳門 and Taiwan 台灣

Finally at our last leg of the China tour was Macau, or the Las Vegas of the East.  With it’s Portuguese architectural influences and World famous casinos, it was a nice change for us and not what we originally expected.  To get there, it was a relatively cheap ferry ride from Hong Kong on the [...]

Suzhuo 蘇州 and Hangzhou 杭州

Our next two destinations from our hub in Shanghai was Suzhou and Hangzhou.  They are both relatively close to each other and can be reached by train or bus in a couple to few hours.  Suzhou was by far our favorite of the two (but not as nice as Zhouzhuang).  In actual fact, Hangzhou is [...]

Zhouzhuang 周庄

Alright folks, so the next stop on our China trip was a bus ride from Shanghai to Zhouzhuang which was a really beautiful canal city only an hour or so away.  It was a really small and beautiful little town, and we ended up watching an entertaining on-site musical play in the evening.  This town [...]