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Tianmen Mountain April 2015

Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie City in China translates to “Heaven’s Door”.  There is a cable car station in the city and is one of the

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Zhangjiajie April 2015

Zhangjiajie is located in Hunan province in south central China.  The most notable feature of the national park is its pillar like rock formations.  After

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Gardens by the Bay Feb 2015

Gardens by the Bay is built as a continuation of the goverment’s commitment to transform Singapore into a “Garden City” with lush greenery and outdoor

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Hua Hin Dec 2014

Hua Hin is a seaside resort on the Gulf of Thailand.  It is about 3 hours by car south of Bangkok.  It became a popular

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Shanghai 1933 Slaughterhouse June 2014

1933 Shanghai is located in Hongkou District of Shanghai.  It is designed by the British and built in 1933 to be used as a slaughterhouse.

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The Old & the New May 2014

I spent a day wandering around the city of Singapore and checking out some of the streets with old shophouses and colonial buildings side by

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Yungang Grottoes April 2014

Yungang Grottoes are ancient Buddhist grottoes near the city of Datong in Shanxi province built in the Northern Wei period between the Tang and Song

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Wang Family Compound Shanxi April 2014

Our visit to the Wang Family Compound or Wang Jia Da Yuan, 35 km outside of Pingyao, was very special and especially meaningful to my

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Pingyao Ancient City April 2014

Pingyao is a county in Shanxi province in China and was once the financial center of China during the late Qing Dynasty.  The ancient city

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Xian April 2014

Xian, located in the northwest province of Shaanxi of China, was called Chang’an in the ancient times and is the oldest of the Ancient Capitals

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Terracotta Army in Xian April 2014

Xian, located in the northwest province of Shaanxi of China, was called Chang’an in the ancient times and is the oldest of the Ancient Capitals

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Bagan April 2013

Bagan is the land of thousands of ancient stupas and temples dating from the 11th and 12th centuries.  Over 10,000 religious structures were built in

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Mandalay April 2013

Mandalay is the second largest city and the last royal capital of Burma.  Only two Burmese kings ruled from here, King Mingdon and King Thibaw,

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