I flew from Thailand to China on the 4th of June, arriving in Beijing to begin my learning program on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Chinese Acupuncture, Massage, Cupping, Herbal Therapy, and Bha Qua, are all treatments used in TCM. I had been reading up on the elements of treatment involved in TCM before my trip. Disclosure: …
I am in Beijing on a sponsored trip to study Traditional Chinese Medicine and I have been given 2 appointments to try out the treatments. The few days between the TCM visits will be spent in various activities including cultural trips, sightseeing tours, and working with the English speaking travel guides here. I am going …
Since this is our first Photologue about Mongolia I will have to give you a little background information about travel here. 1. You travel in Russian Jeeps that are carefully tended relics from the 1970’s. 2. You will be lucky to have a hot shower once every 2 to 4 days. 3. You will spend …
The third installment of our Mongolian adventure has us leaving the Great Gobi Desert and heading for the Orkhon Waterfall. Today we began one of the longest trips we have made in our Russian Van consisting of over 300 km. This does not sound like much of a trip, but what doesn’t sound like much, …
You only have 24 hours to spend in London during a layover. What should you do and what should you try to see? There are so many areas and landmarks in London that you certainly can’t see them all. We made a list of things that are iconic to London and a few came to …
We left our hot showers (after one more morning quickie) and headed out into the Central Area of the Gobi Desert. We are passing the Red Stupas on the way. They look much like the White Stupas except not nearly as large. As usual Baisa had to do a few tricks for us, such a camera hog, …
Just the word ‘Mongolia’ stirs up some memories of the great Ghingus Khan (pronounced “Chingus”). How he was able to take a country that is more or less twice the size of Texas in the U.S. and become the master of the largest land empire in the history of the world. He ruled everything from …
Every year, Carnaval becomes the dominant focal point as the main bash to attend in Rio. It is an extraordinary show which draws in an immense number of tourists to Brazil. For the Samba contest, individuals work and practice all year long. They work on dancing to the music, creating outfits and perfecting their execution. …