Fountains at the West Lake, HangZhou 杭州

While thought can be a great tool, one can be controlled by ones thoughts rather than the reverse; that is, a slave to one's past experiences and how that projects into the future like a railway track. To be endlessly controlled by the past, and the past's plans for the future, is to die without having really lived. How to calm the noise in your mind. With Eckhart Tolle ...

With Rafa Goes Around! ...

In recent years the traditional costumes and fashion of the majority Han ethnic group are making something of a comeback; a confidence in cultural heritage in the modern world. There are 56 ethnic groups in China, all of which have their own traditional clothing, each with its own style and charm. Most ethnic groups wear their traditional clothing on special festivals and events. HanFu is a traditional clothing of the ethnic Han people, but it hasn't been a tradition to wear this as other ethnic groups do until recent years. It is one way for younger Chinese to begin rediscovering their cultural roots, arts and history ...

With The New Atlas ...

Filmed in March 2011 ...

An up-lifting music video by Nate Noble; filmed during a stint teaching English in ZhuZhou ...

Home of the Dai ethnic minority ...

Beautiful and varied YunNan province, south central China, borders GuangXi, GuiZhou, SiChuan and Tibet, and the countries Vietnam, Laos and Myanma. With State of Zan (and great music) ...

Selena is from the Philipines. The first film features LongQing Gorge, an acrobatics show and BaDaLing Great Wall. The second, Beijing Zoo, the Olympic Park and ChaoYang Park ...