Tonight after talking to the folks at visitor information in the Convention Center I went to the Mint Museum which is open until 9 PM on...

Noting too adventureous today. I snapped a few photos downtown during the magic hour and in the evening. Picture below is from the park...

It was most definitely the longest day at a technical conference. The program went from 8 AM to 7 PM. Our reward was a 90 minute visit to...

I'm off to Charlotte, NC this morning. I'm taking the early flight to take advantage of the day to explore - and to go to Charlotte Motor...

I booked myself on another cruise today: Royal Caribbean Radiance of the Seas from Sydney, Australia to Auckland, New Zealand. See this...

This morning (June 5th) the transfer to the airport was scheduled for 11:30, which did not give me much of an opportunity to explore, so...

Last day of the guided tour. We left the hotel at 8:30 and went directly to the bund (waterfront) in front of the customs house. I took...

Here is the tour operator's planned schedule: Breakfast at hotel 11:00 Lunch at hotel, leave checked bags in lobby to be loaded on bus...

We left the river cruise boat in Fengdu at around 08:00 and took the bus to Chongqing. The first stop was for lunch once we arrived in...

This morning we stopped at the town named Shibaozhai which has a red pagoda. The entire town was demolished and a new town was built at a...

This morning the scenery was wonderful. I captured a timelapse video from my balcony with my GoPro.  I'll probably have to wait until I...

The stop in the morning was at a scenic spot called the water village. We took a nice walk along the river and into a gorge to a...

Before the bus departed I walked from the hotel to the river to take a few pictures. Because we were on the north side of the river the...

We departed the hotel at 08:00 to visit a jade factory... It was interesting to learn about jade, but I would have preferred to see more...

Today was a fairly late start to the tour, which was fine because yesterday we did not arrive to the hotel until around 21:30. I was up...

Today was an early start, with a lot of travel. We left the hotel at 07:30 and went to visit another government operated store, this time...

Today we left the hotel at 0800. We took a scenic drive to the Great Wall. The section we visited was 33 km long and was the inner wall....

This morning we started out at the Temple of Heaven. I did see it from a distance during my last visit, but this was my first opportunity...

I'm through immigration and customs. The flight from Toronto was good. Air Canada actually serves alcohol even in economy. I was actually...

I arrived at the airport 2 hours before the flight. No queues for checking in, but a considerable queue for Pre-Check (security). I found...