Before we get into today’s post… Here’s a new section we’re going to call “So you thought you had a tough job?!” (Click to see a larger version of each image). Now that’s one unfortunate guy. On to our regular programme… Today we did some sightseeing with friends (Hi Barbara & David!) around west HangZhou. […]

Hi Everyone, Tonight in HZ we had a really spectacular mini-typhoon which ripped through the district around 6:30pm and finished up at about 8pm.  As a consequence of the copious amounts of rain, the skyline afterwards was crystal clear – strikingly so. Having my camera handy, I snapped some high resolution (12 megapixel) shots from […]

So I thought I would write a little bit about the cost of living in China.  You may not be totally surprised to learn that basic requirements are stunningly cheap by comparison to back at home, however “luxury items” and imported western foods do demand a bit of a premium.  You might be surprised what […]