‘My Shangri-la’ 香格里拉

With Daniel Dumbrill and The New Atlas - on the South China Sea ... Bonus film - Daniel Dumbrill with Nury Vittachi, on the lessons of HK ... Bonus film 2 - on Vietnam - with The New Atlas ... Bonus film 3 - on the UN food summit, with The Grayzone ...

ShanHaiGuan, east of Beijing at the coast, is at the eastern end of the Great Wall. This is located near QinHuangDao and is closely associated with China's first emperor. Qin Dynasty: 221 - 206 BC. Qin Shi Huang joined together walls at China's northern frontier into the first Great Wall. He also ended feudalism and unified much of China. JaiYuGuan, the western-most gate of the Qin Great Wall, where trade along the old Silk Road also took place, lies thousands of kilometers from here.

Unconditional love, trauma, flow (being in the moment), the ego, and more ...

JiLin province ...

A very special world trip by an amazing Chinese family. Don't miss it ...

Posted in respect to Iraq born architect Zaha Hadid, who sadly died today (31st March 2016). Galaxy SOHO opened in November 2011 as an office, retail and entertainment complex. An excellent example of a unique perspective, this building, in north east Beijing, with characteristic natural forms and curves, with futuristic outlook, opened in 2014. Her talent and bold vision will be missed by everyone. Thank you Zaha for all you did to help make this world a better place ...

With The Animals ...

The beautiful outdoor show in HangZhou, ZheJiang province ...

Mount HuaShan, 华山, lies about 75 miles east of Xi'An, 西安, in ShaanXi province, central China. The esteem of harmony between Man and Nature is a key part of Chinese philosophy and no trip to China is quite complete without a mountain climb ...