20 years ago I had the opportunity to move from Cape Town to continue working for my American company […]
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From skyscrapers to a water village
Less than a thirty minute ride on the bullet train from Shanghai followed by a short bus ride from […]
Beijing sightseeing tourist style
We had visited Tiaanamen Square a few weeks earlier but decided to go to the Forbidden City this […]
Confucious says, if you want to go on long trip, be prepared to change your plan
I don’t think Confucious actually said these words, it’s one of my sayings. However, I did not know that […]
And I shall walk one hundred miles…..
Waking up to see the Beijing city smog had lifted for ten first time in days and the temperature […]
Somewhere over the rainbow
I have lost count of the movies that have a scene overlooking Tokyo harbour and the bridge spanning from […]
Reunited at Nippori Train Station
The single biggest sacrifice we made by going on our exploration was to leave our daughter in Cape Town where […]
Simply put its nemawashi in action
Somehow sitting here on the metro zipping around Tokyo on a cold winters day I am slowly slipping into this […]
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace, Beijing, is where the Emperor used to go and relax, chill out, read some magazines, do a […]
Leaving on the Midnight Train to Beijing
We ended up catching a train from Xian train station to Beijing about a 12 hour overnight journey in a […]
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