After seeing a village used for multiple film sets, Yun Shui Yao, it was onwards to yet another Earthen Tulou Building on the Fujian Tour. This one is called Hegui Lou Building and is situated in Pushan Village in Meilin Town in Nanjing County in the Fujian Province. Though it’s actually on the edge of Read more about Backpacking in China: Fujian Tour Part 4 – Hegui Lou Building[…]
Essentially these three “hamlets” or whatever are all the same place, yet this is China don’t forget and they like to confuse you. So in one small area they manage to call the area at least three different names. We arrive in the main square on the village. For the purpose of this part of Read more about Fujian Tour Part 3: Yun Shui Yao, Won Soy Yiu and Guan Yang Cun[…]
After going inside our first Earthen Building of the Fujian Tour, our driver dropped us off for a few minutes to capture the small settlement of Tian Luo Keng. We had two stops in total for Tian Luo Keng, the first one was from below where we could gaze upwards at this mountainside settlement of Read more about Fujian Tour Part 2: Tian Luo Keng Tulou Cluster[…]
Our tour of traditional Fujian Earthen style buildings started properly at the Yuchang Earthen Building. Although we had already checked into our hostel for the night – a cosy wee room in Qing De Lou building in Taxia Village nearby. So this is the first part of the tour of Fujian. Bear with these posts Read more about Fujian Tour Part 1 – Yuchang Earthen Building, Xiaban Village *[…]
The joys of night trains continues. I love them. This one was organised by my girlfriend Panny as we planned a weekend in China in March this year. We arrived in Shenzhen after crossing the border into China from Hong Kong and were booked on the 21.23 pm night train north east to Yongding Read more about Chinese Trains: Shenzhen to Yongding Night Train (Guangdong to Fujian Province)[…]
The Backpacking Journey of Jonny Blair 1980 – 2023 This is a list of all the places that Jonny Blair visited between March 1980 and September 2023. It includes all continents, countries, disputed regions, wacaday republics, exclusion zones, uninhabited islands, unrecognised countries, micronations, metropolises, cities, conurbations, towns, villages, hamlets and those places deemed significant to Read more about Everywhere I’ve Been Up Until June 2023[…]
“The stars glitter from afar. Feel their beauty pierce the heart. I dreamt about you long before we met” – Tim Wheeler. As the year 2020 fades out of view, many of us inhabitants of planet earth wish the year hadn’t started, hadn’t existed and could be banished to the dustbin of history. We cannot Read more about Reflections on 2020: Disposal Of An Un-needed Year. Revival Of Glory Days.[…]
This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites that I have been to on my travels. I will update it as I go. ANTARCTICA ARGENTINA Iguazu Falls ARMENIA Garni Temple AUSTRALIA Blue Mountains National Park Cradle Mountain 12 Apostles AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN Baku Old City Qobustan Inscriptions BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BOLIVIA BOTSWANA BRAZIL Foz Read more about UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve Been To[…]