Monthly Archives: October 2011
Drifting on the Mengdong river
Forty kilometers from Hibiscus Town is a famous drifting site on the Mengdong River, reputed to be the world’s No. 1 spot for whitewater rafting.
The river snakes along the deep gorge for more than 100 kilometers. The 17-kilometer drift...
Yibin: Sea of tranquility
Yibin in Sichuan province is a city of many unique features. For ordinary Chinese, it is synonymous with Wuliangye, a famous liquor that has been produced for more than 600 years. Besides Wuliangye, there are another 1,000 distilleries in the...
On a slow boat in China 3
Though the ferry picks up and deposits passengers en route we do not have time for sight-seeing. This might have been a mistake. There is an abundance of interesting stopover points, we are told, among them the “ghost city” of Fengdu;...
Hairy Crab, Popular Autumn Food in China
Chinese gay character image 11102015Autumn is the best time to tour China as well as the peak season for an unmissable Chinese delicacy: the hairy crab. The hairy crab, scientifically called Chinese Mitten Crab, is known as one sort of the freshwater...