China Relatives and Ancestral Places I
China Relatives and Ancestral Places I
A Visit to My Parents’ Relatives and Ancestral Places in China
After a Shanghai trip in China in June 2010, a few months ago, I thought it was time for my siblings and I to visit my parents’ relatives and ancestral places in Fujian Province in China.
A month before I made [...]
China Relatives and Ancestral Places II
(Continued from China Relatives and Ancestral Places I)
Day 3 Sunday 5 September 2010
After visiting all my relatives for the past two days, we decided to do some shopping and visit some
Brother Tan Yun’s new grand house
places of interest for the rest of our vacation.
In the morning we checked out of the hotel because Brother Tan [...]
Shanghai Travel II
Shanghai Travel II
(Continued from Shanghai Travel I)
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Day 5 7 June 2010 (Monday)
In the morning, the first thing our Nanjing tour guide, Mr. Lee, wanted us to see was the China’s historic bridge, known as “Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge”.
Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge
It is a massive double-decker [...]
Shanghai Travel I
Shanghai Travel I
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My wife and I have been to the north-east and south-east China. So, in March 2010, we planned to visit a few
tourist destinations in the middle of the eastern coast of China, viz. Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Nanjing, Xiaxing and Shanghai. Then we called [...]
Taiwan Travel I
Taiwan Travel
Location of Taiwan
Taiwan is located 120 km off the southeast coast of Mainland China. It is 394 km long and 144 km wide with an area of 35,980 sq. km. Comparatively, Taiwan’s area is about 300 times smaller than that of Mainland China. It has the shape of a sweet potato. Two thirds of the [...]
Taiwan Travel II
(Continued from Taiwan Travel I)
Day 3 : 24 August 2009
Checheng, Nantou County
Checheng is a small quiet village located in a mountainous area of Shueili in Nantou County of Central Taiwan. It has gone through a few times of prosperity and hardship during the last 100 years.
In 1913, Checheng was thriving when a railway line for [...]
Phuket Travel
Pkuket Travel
Phuket
Phuket is located off the coast of southern Thailand. It has a large island that is known as Phuket Island and 39 small islands in the Andaman Sea. Its total area is about 570 sq. km. which is about the same area of Singapore. The main island, Phuket Island, is 50 km long and 20 [...]
Hanoi Travel I
Hanoi Travel
Hanoi
Hanoi is in the north of Vietnam. Located on the west bank of a long river, Red River (1,200 km), it has over 1000 years of history.
Red River Delta
The Red River originates from the highlands in Yunan Province and flows south-east. Midway, it is joined by two tributaries, Clear River (Lo River) and Black River (Da River). [...]
Hanoi Travel II
(continue from Hanoi Travel I)
Day 3
17 March 2009
Hoa Lo
On this day, we decided to visit two places of interest, viz. H0a Lo and Tam Coc. A van came to hour hotel in the morning and picked us up. It brought us to Hoa Lo first. It is about 110 km south of
Hanoi. After two hours of [...]
Bali Travel
Bali Travel
After a trip to Batam Island in September 2008, two months later we went to another Indonesian island known as Bali.
Located a short distance east of Java, Bali is 153 km long and 112 km wide and has an area of about 5,632 sq. km. It has a few active volcanoes in the east [...]