The Ping’An 平安 rice terraces and GuiLin 桂林, GuangXi province

With Fragrant Mandarin ...

A fascinating interview with Afshin Rattansi. Don't miss it ...

QianMen : With Wei's Travel ... GuoMao / CBD : With Visit BeiJing ... SanLiTun ... MuTianYu Great Wall ...

GuangDong province. Coordinated buses and bicycles improve the transportation for residents ...

With Walk East ... SanHe ancient town ...

ShānDōng lies on the coast in east China, roughly halfway between BeiJing and ShangHai. Provincial capital : JiNan. Also includes the city of QuFu, the birthplace of Confucius. Other well-known cities include QingDao, ZaoZhuang, YanTai, WeiFang, JiNing, LinYi and DeZhou. Among others, ShanDong is known for TaiShan sacred mountain, a large number of natural springs that arise from the mountains to the west (ShanDong means 'East of the Mountains), DaMing Lake formed from the spring waters, LaoShan Scenic Area, Thousand Buddha Mountain, LingYan Temple - one of the 4 most famous temples (四大名刹) from the Tang dynasty, PengLai Pavilion, wine-making and its distinctive cuisine, partly centered on seafood.

Filmed, edited and produced by : Maarten de Haas. Places include GuiLin, YangShuo, The Great Wall of China, the 'Avatar mountains' of ZhangJiaJie, DeQin, ShangRiLa, Tibet and Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Perhaps the most beautiful section and a great hike. About two and a half hours or so north east of BeiJing.

An awesome film - don't miss it ...