When I'm writing this, I'm on a bus in Hangzhou On my way to West Lake. We arrived around noon the first day. From Pudong airport, we took the Maglev to the center. There we had a bus waiting for us. It was a very small bus. It was so small that we didn't have enough place to put all our luggage in…

In a few days I will board a Singapore Airlines A380 aircraft in economy class. Image by Rolf Wallner. The plane will take-off from Sydney in the afternoon and will arrive in Singapore eight and a half hours later in the evening (SGT). I'll have about four hours to chill in Singapore's Changi airp…

China: Part 2. City God Temple & French Quarters. My first morning of exploration brought me to the City God Temple in Shanghai. This densely packed area is like a huge outdoor mall. Except Gap stores are replaced with jade stores, and the food court sells only Chinese food. F U TOO! T…