Places and Moments

Click a place — you might find something inspiring, surprising, or quietly familiar.

Places are grouped in a simple, practical way to help navigation.
They reflect how I experienced them while traveling, rather than any formal or political definitions.

China

Beijing

• 2011 — Temple of Heaven – Forbidden City – Tiananmen Square – Quanjude - Qianmen Street – Jinshan Park – Great Wall – Dongyue Temple – Ritan Park – Summer Palace
• 2010/11 — Temple of Heaven – masterpiece of architecture and landscaping
• 2010 — Temple of Heaven – Forbidden City – Tiananmen Square – Qianmen Street – Memorial Hall of Chairman Mao – Beijing Zoo – Yonghe Temple (Lama Temple) – Drum Tower – Bell Tower - Jingshan Park – Behai Park – Shichahai – Hutongs

Chengdu

• 2012 — Fun at the Panda Base
• 2012 — Tianfu Square – People's Park – Jinli Ancient Street - Wuhouci Temple – Panda Base - Qingyang Temple - Shufeng Yayun (Sichuan Opera) – Kuanzhai Xiangzi - Baihuatan Park - Du Fu Thatched Cottage - Huanhuaxi park - Wenshu park

Dali

• 2013 — Dali Old Town – Torch Festival – Cangshan

Guilin

• 2016 — Li River – Seven Star Park – Li River – Dreamlike Lijiang Show – Culture Street – Daxu – Li River Cruise – Yangshuo - Longji/Longsheng Rice Terraces – Ziyuan Tianmenshan – Ziyuan Bajiaozhai
• 2015 — From nature's bag of tricks: lost pond, found meadow
• 2015 — Seven Star Park – Culture Street - Elephant Trunk Hill - Jingjiang Princes' Palace (Wang Cheng) - Solitary Beauty Peak - Diecai Hill - Zizhou Park - Fubo Hill

Hangzhou

• 2015 — Old and new legends from Hangzhou’s West Lake
• 2015 — West Lake - Six Harmonies Pagoda - Dreaming of the Tiger Spring (Hupao) Park – Zoo - Zhejiang West Lake Gallery - Wushan Square and Wushan Hill - Eight Diagrams Field - Lingyin Temple

Harbin

• 2017 — "High Life" in Harbin
• 2017 — Binzhou Railway Bridge — Songhua Riverbank Park — Zhongyang Dajie — Zhaolin Park — Renmin Plaza — St. Sophia Cathedral — Cultural Park /Jile Temple (Temple of Bliss) — Grand Theatre (Opera House) — Daowai Mosque — Hongbo Underground Market — Flood Control Monument — Siberian Tiger Park— Sun Island — Ice and Snow Art Gallery — Unit 731 Exhibition Hall — Jewish Museum (former synagogue) — Songhua River Cableway — Lilac Park — Harbin Confucius (Wen) Temple

Kaifeng

• 2016 — Kaifeng – Bookstore Street - Longting Park – Prefecture of Kaifeng – Iron Tower Park

Kunming

• 2026 — The Sound of Almost Nothing
• 2026 — Kunming’s Parks and Temples — Living Rooms Without Walls
• 2026 — Kunming in Angles, Curves, and Reflections
• 2026 — Walking Through Kunming’s Streets and Stories
• 2013 — The colorful caves of Jiuxiang Scenic Area
• 2013 — Bird and Flower Market – Green Lake – Yuantong Temple - Tanhuasi Park - Stone Forest (Shilin) - Black Dragon Pool - Yunnan Ethnic Village – Jiuxiang Scenic Area
• 2012 — Green Lake Park – Yuantong Temple – Confucius Temple - Zhenqingguan Taoist Temple
• 2011 — Western Hills – Jinri Building – Green Lake Park - West Temple Pagoda - Confucius Temple - Zhenqingguan Taoist Temple

Lijiang

• 2013 — Lijiang Old Town – Yufeng Temple - Lion Hill - Wangu Tower - Yuhe Square - Black Dragon Pool

Nanjing

• 2015 — Xuanwu Lake Park – City Wall – Gate of China (Zhonghuamen) – Jiming Temple - Yuhuatai Memorial Park - Confucius Temple - Purple Mountain - Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum - Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum - Imperial Examination Museum

Ningbo

• 2010 — TianYi Pavilion – Old Bund - Jiangbei Catholic Church

Qingdao

• 2017 — German Governor's residence – Christ Church – Waterfront – May 4th Square – Signal Hill – Tsingtao Beer Museum – Zhong Shan Park

Qinghai

• 2011 — Xining – Shachung Monastery (Xiaqiong) – Rebkong (Tongren) – Rongwu Monastery - Sanggeshung Artist Village – Gomar Monastery – Labrang – Kumbum - Xiahe

Shanghai

• 2016 — 1933 Slaughterhouse - Xintiandi
• 2010 — The beginning of an exciting journey – Shanghai during Expo
• 2010 — Maglev train – Madame Tussauds – Site of the First National Congress of CPC – Expo 2010 – The Bund - Old City - Ocean Aquarium – Zhongshang Park - Jing'an Temple - People's Park - World Financial Center

Shangri-La

• 2013 — Old town (Dukezong) – Pudacuo National Park - Golden Temple – Largest Prayer Wheel - Hundred Chicken Temple (Baiji)

Shanxi

• 2012 — Shuozhou - Pagoda of Fogong Temple (Yingxian Pagoda) - Taiyuan - Fen River parks

Xizang (Tibet)

• 2012 — Lhasa to Everest, rerouted
• 2012 — Old Tingri Base Camp
• 2012 — Barkhor - Potala Palace - Tsamkhung Nunnery - Jokhang Temple - Norbulinka (Summer Palace) - Sera Monastery - Drepung Monastery – Ramoche - Yangpachen Hotsprings - Namtso Lake - Kamba-La Pass (4794 m) - Karo-La Pass (5010 m) - Yamdrok Lake – Gyantse - Pelkor Chode Kumbum - Gyantse Monastery - Tashilhunpo Monastery – Shigatse - Old Tingri - Nepal border

Xi'an

• 2011 — Drum and Bell Towers – City Wall and surrounding parks – Wild Goose Pagoda – Muslim Quarter
• 2010 — The tail ends of a train ride from Beijing to Xi’an
• 2010 — City Wall – Muslim quarter – Downtown – Terracotta Army

Xishuangbanna

• 2026 — The Elephants in the Room
• 2026 — The Perfect Cut

Yantou

• 2016 — Yantou Ancient Village

Zhengzhou

• 2016 — Zhengzhou – Renmin Park – Erqi Tower and Square

Zhangye

• 2016 — Zhangye – National Geo Park (Danxia, Rainbow Mountains) – Mati Temple (Matisse) – Pingshanhu – Gan Quan Park – Dafo Temple (Great Buddha Temple) – Xining

Taiwan

Taiwan

• 2015 — Taroko – Exploring one of Taiwan’s 9 national parks
• 2015 — Longshan Temple Night Market – Hualien / Taroko National Park – National Palace Museum – Shilin Night Market – Taipei 101 – Beitou – Hot Spring Museum – Yangmingshan National Park - Xiaoyoukeng – Menghuan Lake

Thailand

Bangkok

• 2025 — Creatures of Contradiction
• 2022 — Wat Pho - Temple of the Reclining Buddha
• 2022 — Big City Wanderings
• 2022 — Royal Palace
• 2022 — Lumphini Park
• 2022 — Jim Thompson House
• 2022 — Wat Arun

Chiang Mai

• 2022 — Wandering Around in Chiang Mai
• 2022 — Temple Capital of the World?
• 2022 — Bitten by a Parasite

Hua Hin

• 2022 — City Impressions

Prachuap Khiri Khan

• 2026 — Where Odd Pieces Just Fit
• 2026 — The Spell of the Simple Things in Life
• 2026 — Cute Until Further Notice
• 2026 — At the Foot of the Watching Hill
• 2026 — Prachuap in Light
• 2025 — The Spell of the Simple Things in Life
• 2025 — Cassiopeia Time
• 2025 — On the Edge of Rising Water
• 2025 — Window in the Storm
• 2022 — Train Ride from Bangkok to Prachuap
• 2022 — Wandering Around in Prachuap
• 2022 — Wat Kohlak Royal Monastery
• 2022 — Monkeys at Wat Thammikaram
• 2022 — Wat Thammikaram (Monkey Mountain)
• 2022 — Paragliding
• 2022 — Wat Ao Noi
• 2022 — Dusky Leaf Monkeys

Canada

Campbell River

• 2026 — Thirty Years in Canada, One Simple Decision