
The Palanquin of a Chinese Bride
A very special moment of Chinese tradition! Maybe it did not mean much to my fellow travelers, but for me, it was one of the most exciting moments on my time in China…
A very special moment of Chinese tradition! Maybe it did not mean much to my fellow travelers, but for me, it was one of the most exciting moments on my time in China…
Some photos from our expedition to Layang Layang, part of the Spratly Islands, in the middle of the South China Sea.
Here in Layang, Layang, Spratly this week, we truly feel like the odd couple. Everyone here is a diver. One American even asked us - very surprised - "How is it possible?! You are here in one of the top diving spots in the world and you don't realize it?!".
What I am sharing here is how we felt last week when trying to get news about Tibet from “inside China”… You had to be there to realize how the “picture” of what was happening could be incredibly distorted!
After an overnight in KK, we flew to Layang, Layang, a Malaysian Spratly island yesterday morning.
Xiamen is where we have lived for the past 7 months.
Some tiles (like the yellow ones on the photo) are actually soft, like made of rubber. But why?
I remember hearing about Chinese women with bound feet when I was young. I thought it was a legend.
I am going to be right in the middle of nothing else than... the South China Sea.
I have not heard one Chinese person mention Mao"s name. I am sure they got an overdose of him for years. But Mao is in the flea markets today... for the pleasure of tourists.