A walk around the Forbidden City 紫禁城

With the Food Ranger, Trevor James, featuring ChuChu ...

This city lies on a beautiful island in HangZhou Bay. The island is 500square kilometers in size and connected to the mainland by a bridge.

With Walk East ...

With Rafa Goes Around! ...

NánLuóGǔXiàng was first constructed during the Yuan Dynasty and received its current name during the Qing Dynasty, around 1750. The alley is approximately 800 meters long. In recent years, the area's HuTongs have become a popular tourist destination with restaurants, bars, live music, tea and coffee shops, fast food and souvenir shops, as well as some old SiHeYuan associated with various famous historic and literary figures. NanLuoGuXiang subway station is located near the south entrance to the alley.

Runs from January 5th to the end of February each year.The artistic side of this cultural tradition derives from the making of wind-proof shells for candle-based lanterns using hollowed-out ice blocks.

A selection of songs from HuNan TV's 'I am a singer' by Gem Tang ... G.E.M. was born in Shanghai but grew up in Hong Kong from age 4. She is fluent in Mandarin (mainland China), Cantonese (Hong kong and GuangDong) and English. Here is the musical phenomenon, the incredibly wonderous Gem Tang; she always gives it all ... Falling (original by Alicia Keys) ... 'If I were a boy' 《挑战碧昂丝》 (original by Beyonce) ... Something goes wrong with the mike or mix just before 45 seconds (lower volume), which must be pretty off-putting, but still the emotion and performance win through, despite a few duff notes (an effort for mix error compensation I would think). These things happen in live shows, and generally HuNnan TV does really good output. Listen to song two for a better measure of voice talent (not to mention piano skills). The mix is a bit off in other ways too, but still, a great turn and a song with an important message, for boy or girl - don't let 'the one' slip away ... 存在 ... Beyond《喜欢你》 ... We will rock you / We are the champions (original by Queen) ... Imagine (original by John Lennon) ...

No vocals or other emotional drivers; just calmness ...

GuìZhōu is a mountainous province in south China known for its ancient rural villages and diverse ethnic minority groups, including the Miao, Bai and Dong. ZhaoXing village and YinTan village * JiangBang rice terraces * GaoHua village * XiaoWeng village * BiaSha village * ZhanLi village * LangDe village * JiDao Miao village * ShiQiao village * PaiMuo village *

Hopefully, there's something here that you have not heard before, and will love. Kelly Sweet - Ready for Love ... Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Leonard Cohen) ... Bonnie Raitt - I Can't Make You Love Me (written by Mike Reid and Allen Shamblin) ... Wicked Game (nobody loves no-one) - Chris Isaak ... This Love - Sarah Brightman ... Eva Cassidy - Songbird (Fleetwood Mac) ... God (don't believe; the dream is over; now is reality) - John Lennon ... Over you - Gabrielle ... Queen / Freddie Mercury - Take My Breath Away ... Waiting on a Friend - The Rolling Stones ... Dream Lover - Mariah Carey ... A Different Corner - George Michael ... True Blue - Madonna .. It's Over - Level 42 ... The Road to Hell - Chris Rea ... Don't you forget about me - Simple Minds ... Why ? - Enigma ... How Soon is Now - The Smiths ... Rise (acoustic) - Gabrielle ... Jeff Wayne (with) · Richard Burton · Phil Lynott · Julie Covington - The Spirit of Man (from The War of the Worlds) ... Brave new world / Going underground - with David Essex ... War of the Worlds was a superbly made allegorical exposition of how we the people are subjugated by the 'martians'; anti-imperialism abroad, and at home.