middle kingdom life

red lanterns in liu li

Moving on from the Middle Kingdom

The evolution of my life over the past 18 months since moving on from China has been both difficult and easy at times, but always interesting.   It has played such a huge role in my life over the past decade and I realise now that I definitely chose to leave at the right time with [...]

On the Roads of Guangzhou

Randomness

Having been in China for quite some time now I think I might have become almost immune to the unexpected or unusual sights.   One afternoon recently when strolling across a bridge over the Pearl River, duly accompanied by cars and buses whizzing past I saw this guy pushing his fully laden bicycle along the far [...]

Yangshuo Karst Landscape, Guangxi, China

Magical Moments???

A friend recently visited and asked how I got so lucky to be living here?  Surely it must be like living in paradise? Sometimes, I wonder the same thing as many of my days are filled with magical moments.But if there is one thing that I know, is that the so-called “magical moments” are often [...]


my backyard (yangshuo)

Fascination and Frustration

  Yes, I talk about China a lot.     I have spent almost 7 out of the past 11 years in the Middle Kingdom.   It’s easy to forget just how different my life is in China.   The “normal” you get used to really isn’t what my family and friends back in Australia would consider “normal”.   [...]