It’s been almost a decade since I last visited the Kowloon Walled City park, so it was time to go check out the area again. It was actually one of the places I saw on my first ever visit to
Chinese Garden of Friendship : Sydney
It’s a bit ironic that one of the first things I visited when visiting Sydney Australia, coming in from Hong Kong, is the Chinese Garden of Friendship. Well, it was right at the heart of down town, very close to
Bethmann Park’s Chinese Garden : Frankfurt am Main
A Chinese garden is not exactly one of the highlights I expected to find in Frankfurt, but the Chinese garden at Bethmann Park is rather large and surprisingly charming. Over 4000sqm in space it was aimed to mirror the Shiukou Gardens
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden : China Town Vancouver
Vancouver has a very large population of Hong Kong and Chinese people. So much so that it’s sometimes called Hongcouver, and large areas of Vancouver have a majority Chinese population. Since I spent a very long time in Hong Kong,
Visions of Vancouver : Canada
Last time I visited Vancouver was almost 15 years ago in a former life as an IT professional and part of a weekend trip from Microsoft Redmond country near Seattle. I couldn’t really recall much from that visit aside from
Qinghui Garden Museum : Shunde Guangdong
Two hours away by ferry from Hong Kong is the relatively unexplored area of Shunde next to Foshan. Aside from water canals Suzhou style (see Gaozan Feng Jian Canal Town) there are lovely gardens old Chinese style – the Qunghui
Revisiting the charming Gulang Island : Xiamen
Though I’ve been to Xiamen before and toured around the charming Gulang Island, my recent trip to see the Taiwanese Kinmen islands – just a ferry ride from Xiamen – gave me an opportunity for a brief revisit. Though it’s
Yu Yuan-Shanghai’s Old City Gardens
Located in Shanghai’s old Chinese town near the City God Temple are the Yu Yuan (Yu Gardens) titled by some as the “most lavish and finest Chinese gardens in the region”. Despite the crowds and the very small area, the