Thousand Island (Qiandao) Lake This area which is a couple of hours from Hangzhou, has some of the most amazing scenery in China.  The Valley was flooded in 1959 to make way for a Dam project, thus creating the man made lake with tiny islands all around.  There is an underwater ancient city that was…

Rainbow Mountains A geological phenomena that lives up to its hype (and the long journey)           Rainbow Mountain is a trip that I wanted to do since before I moved to China and was number one on my bucket list of things I wanted to do here.  With expectations so high,…

Water Town and Rapeseed Flowers           A few hours from Shanghai there is a very popular ancient water town called Tongli.  It is referred to as the “Venice of the East”.  With a history of more than a 1000 years adorned by ancient bridges, residential houses, and gondolas in the canals,…