This is a work in progress and will be added to as I make new posts.  I hope that when it is done, you will find tons of useful information in here, as well as a few laughs.

Itinerary For Traveling 7000+ Miles to Take a Photograph

First Impressions of Mainland China!

Dege:

• Escape from Ganzi to Dege, Hotel Horrors and Hotel Highs

Ganzi:

• A Nice Place to Visit, But I Don’t Want to Live Here

Shangrila (Zhongshan):

• Guishan Park and the World’s Second Largest Prayer Wheel

Lijiang:

• Lijiang Budget for Three Days
• Round Bed, Choking on Altitude and Getting Westernered
• Train Ride from Lijiang to Dali

Dali:

• Beautiful Dali, Cangshan Mountain Cable Car
• Three Pagodas and Congsheng Temple Grounds
• That Time I Got Lost in Dali and Took a Cab to a Horse and Buggy to Walking a Million Miles to a Tuk Tuk to a Bus…

Xining:

• Getting Knocked Down a Train Station Stairway Because China

Xi’an:

• The Day Nothing Went My Way
• Day Trip From Xian to Mount Huashan

Guilin:

• Quick Guilin recap
• Fubo Hill
• Yao Mountain – Featuring the Ability to BOBSLED Down a Mountain!
• Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces in Longsheng County
• Sun and Moon Pagodas
• Bamboo Raft Ride on Fanglian Pool and Reed Flute Cave
• Elephant Trunk Hill Park
• First Sleep on Mainland China!

Macau:

• Quick Macau recap
• MGM Grand and Venetian casinos
• Ruins of St Paul’s Church and Macau Fortress
• The Part With the Gambling
• Riding the Ferry From Macau to Shenzhen, First Steps on Mainland China!

Hong Kong:

• Travel Day From Brooklyn To Hong Kong
• First Day in Hong Kong: Lantau Island
• Quick Hong Kong recap