On my list to see on future trips to China if we ever visit again in the winter. However, visited the Forbidden City (the third time) when it was five below freezing and do not want to do that again. One benefit was that few tourists were there. The Forbidden City felt like a ghost town at that temperature.
February 2, 2013
Having been in China during one of the national holidays, I can attest to the fact that you want to plan ahead and book tickets early as possible.
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February 2, 2013
Hmm, this one got me thinking. As a father, should I learn from this father. After all, recent brain research shows that young people age 13 to 25 are wired to do stupid things and make bad, emotional driven, risky decisions. It isn’t until after age 25, that the brain rewires itself to be more cautious and logical, and this may explain why armies love sending younger troops into combat where they may rush into combat situations that are very risky leading to death and injury but that benefits winning battles and wars.
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February 2, 2013
I wonder how what the U.S. intelligence community is doing to spy on the citizens of the world compares to what China is doing? I suspect that China’s hacking of the NY Times is small stuff compared to what is happening in the United States by its own intelligence agencies on its own people and the citizens of other countries.
Walking on a Glass Sky
January 31, 2013My wife forwarded me an e-mail with photographs attached of walking on glass on Tianmen Mountain, China. After looking at the photos, I searched YouTube and found a few videos worth sharing.
In the first two videos, you will see tourists walking on glass attached to the side of a cliff 4,700 feet above sea level.
The Daily Mail says, “Don’t look down!”
Another perilous site may be found on the slopes of China’s Shifou Mountain. Thousands of feet up, these Chinese workers are building another cliff-walkway with little or no safety gear.
Shifou Mountain is located 82 miles from Tianmen Mountain. When finished the wooden ‘road’ – which is the width of a dinner table – will stretch for 1.8 miles making it China’s longest sightseeing path.
Then there is walking on air at Huang Shan in the Yellow Mountains.
Next to last but not least, the Hua Han plank walk. At my age, I’d rather walk on glass. Huckberry.com says, “This is no pirate’s plank walk. Located 7,000 feet above sea level on China’s Hua Shan Mountain, the Huashan Plank Walk embodies peril of a different kind.
“The ascent begins with a short set of steps carved into the side of a mountain. Soon after, the steps turn into a “ladder” of iron rods. Both require very, very careful steps to compensate for precarious footing. Then comes the notorious plank.”
Hua Shan has also been named the “Most Dangerous Hiking Trail in the World” by tourists.
Last, we join trekkers on their way to the top of Huangshan. Is that girl—the one that sits down—in high heels? You may notice that they are not letting go of the rope. Would you?
China Mike says, “Since Huangshan is a top tourist attraction and popular travel destination for the Chinese, book ahead, especially on summer weekends.” The photographs on Mike’s site are worth seeing.
Discover the Huangpu River Tour – Shanghai
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Lloyd Lofthouse is the award-winning author of The Concubine Saga. When you love a Chinese woman, you marry her family and culture too. This is the love story Sir Robert Hart did not want the world to discover.
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