China Travel

Amateur Traveler has a number of blog posts, photographs and podcast episodes about China

Great Wall Guard Tower – Mutianyu, China – Daily Photo

Great Wall Guard Tower – Mutianyu, China – Daily Photo

This picture of the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu near Beijing shows how steep this part of the wall can get. Basically here it is as often the great stairs of ...
Muslim Quarter and Walnuts – Xi’an, China – Daily Photo

Muslim Quarter and Walnuts – Xi’an, China – Daily Photo

I thought this picture captured some of the beauty and variety of the Muslim Quarter in Xi’an China. It is a very touristy area but also has locals getting about their lives ...
Ancient Walls in the Fog – Xi’an, China – Daily Photo

Ancient Walls in the Fog – Xi’an, China – Daily Photo

One thing that I liked about this photograph from a foggy day on the ancient walls of Xi’an China was the more modern building looming in the fog behind the watch tower. ...
Muslim Quarter Food Stall – Xi’an, China – Daily Photo

Muslim Quarter Food Stall – Xi’an, China – Daily Photo

The Muslim Quarter in Xi’an China is filled with interesting and colorful food stalls including this one, although this meal was a bit greasy for my taste.
School Field Trip – Shanghai, China – Daily Photo

School Field Trip – Shanghai, China – Daily Photo

We did not see many other tourists at the Qibao Ancient Town area in the outskirts of Shanghai, but the Chinese seemed to visit it in great numbers including this field trip ...
Stone Cutter Statue – Suzhou, China – Daily Photo

Stone Cutter Statue – Suzhou, China – Daily Photo

I found something strangely meta about this statue of stone carvers in Suzhou, China. It looked like they were trying to carve themselves out of the stone.
Toboggan Down from the Great Wall of China – Video

Toboggan Down from the Great Wall of China – Video

At Mutianyu, China near Beijing you can take a toboggan down from the Great Wall of China. This is a video of the ride. My wife and son chose to walk down ...
Jin Mao Tower and The Shanghai Tower – Shanghai, China – Daily Photo

Jin Mao Tower and The Shanghai Tower – Shanghai, China – Daily Photo

Jin Mao Tower on the left is one of the tallest buildings in Shanghai, but it will be eclipsed by the Shanghai Tower when it is complete.
Travel to the Yunnan Province of China – Episode 319

Travel to the Yunnan Province of China – Episode 319

The Amateur Traveler talks to Lee Moore again about China. Lee comes back on the show to talk about his time in the Yunnan Provence in the southwest corner of China. Yunnan ...
Tourists in the Forbidden City – Beijing, China – Daily Photo

Tourists in the Forbidden City – Beijing, China – Daily Photo

Many of my photographs, even at crowded locations, don’t have any people in them because I patiently waited for crowds to move on. Sometimes that isn’t possible, but I have also learned ...