"Short stories and travel reports from my life adventures around the globe".
Once Upon a Time in Qingdao. Shandong Province, China. August, 2009. When I look back on my first stretch of travel in China there is a place that stands above the rest as my outright favourite. A location that gets me even more nostalgic and damp-eyed than usual. In fact, so taken was I with […]
Read MoreSnippets of Qufu. Shandong Province, China. July 2009. Cover photo courtesy Vmenkov. You don’t have to be an expert on philosophy to have heard of Confucius. I think most of us know that he was a Chinese philosopher revered for his teachings on ethics and self education. To be honest with you, I had never […]
Read MoreSnippets of Tai’an. Shandong Province, China July 2009. Should one of the world’s most sacred Taoist and Buddhist mountains ever find itself onto your bucket list, look no further than the prefecture level city of Tai’an in China. Home to around 5.6 million people, it is an intriguing mix of traditional markets, towering shopping malls […]
Read MoreSnippets of Zhujiayu. Shandong Province, China. July 2009. I’ve seen a fair bit of China over the years. Across these travels, I can’t think of many spots that can compete with the authenticity of Zhujiayu. Located in Shandong province, some 45km to the east of the city of Jinan, this mountainous village felt like a community […]
Read MoreSnippets of Jinan. Shandong Province, China. July 2009. The concrete jungle of Jinan lies five hours south of Beijing. That’s a comparatively swift three hours if you treat yourself to the high-speed bullet train. As the capital of Shandong Province (slightly larger than Greece), the city is home to nine million people. I arrived by […]
Read MoreSnippets of Tianjin, China. July 2009. Around seventeen months ago I started publishing my short story series Challenged in China. Comprised of 18 tales from my first year in China (2009-2010), the collection documents my experiences living and teaching in Beijing in addition to the many travels I undertook across the country. Now, at long […]
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Read MoreJia Jia and the Warriors, a short story from China. After a prolonged period of stability, I finally bid farewell to Belgium in the summer of 2009. Uninspired by life in grey, uneventful Brussels, I headed off to China for an unforgettable year of teaching and traveling. —- The slow train from Beijing to Pingyao […]
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