Hiking adventures in China 中国

Founded in 1988, Lao She Tea House was named after Mr. Lao She, a famous artist in China, and 'Tea House', one of his famous novels. In a spacious area of more than 2,600 square meters, the tea-house provides the flavor of old Beijing. You can watch wonderful performances of folk arts, music, acrobatics, cabaret and drama on any given day while enjoying famous teas, palace snacks, as well as traditional Beijing cuisine.

XiNing is the largest city on the Tibetan Plateau, west China. XiNing was a commercial hub along the Northern Silk Road for over 2000 years, and a stronghold of the Han, Sui, Tang and Song dynasties' resistance against nomadic attacks from the west.

Mount Hua mountain is located near the city of HuaYin in ShaanXi province, about 120 kilometers east of Xi'A, and one of the Five Great Mountains of China.

Featuring the She 畲 people, one of the 56 ethnic groups in China and the largest minority in FuJian province.

Filmed in October 2010

The Yangtze or YangZi (Cháng jiāng) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. Its source is in the northern part of the Tibetan Plateau and flows 6,300 km (3,900 miles) in a generally eastern direction to the East China Sea near ShangHai.

Beautiful :) Filmed by sjohnke

ZhangJiaJie National Forest Park lies about 270 kilometers (170 miles) to the north-west of ChangSha, the capital of HuNan Province. Part of WuLingYuan 武陵源 Scenic Area.

At LanTau Island ...

With Mark Wiens ...

Shaolin Temple is located near the base of SongShan Mountain near DengFeng in Henan province and is the cradle of ShaoLin Kung Fu Buddhist culture. The live show is located in DaiXian Valley, 7 kilometers from the ShaoLin Temple and ten kilometers south of DengFeng in ZhengZhou city. Performances: 20:00 - 21:15 between mid-March and mid-November.