The Silk Road

And so my trip now draws to an end. After two months of travelling across China and a detour into Tibet, I find myself at the end of this ...

I had less than a week left. And having seen results of the relentless pace of change in other major Chinese cities such as Xian and Lanzho...

Before leaving Tibet I was determined to experience some of the its wilderness: Tibet makes up around a tenth of China's land mass but l...

Stunning to look at... En route to Everest and on a separate foray to Lake Namtso (north of Lhasa), we had the opportunity to explore some ...

Chinese whispers All we wanted to do was see the north face of Everest from the Tibetan base camp. How hard could it be? Agonisingly difficu...

Having spent a few days alone in Xian after Helen headed home, I was very much looking forward to meeting up with Tom and Debs - friends fr...

It began to sink in as we stood on the old city walls of Xian overlooking the Western gate through which the silk caravans would have passed...