Shaoguan, China

... lunch we went on a walk up into the valley to a famous waterfall. The year here has been unusually dry and most of China has been in a severe drought. The nearly 100ft waterfall was nothing but a trickle. Those who had seen it before when it was flowing ...

... Most of the time when they talk they tend to be on the verge of screaming, especially Cantonese people (Southern coastal China), and especially, especially, when they are talking on their cell phones. This can be extremely annoying as there is no apparent ...

... . It is really interesting to see the little differences in how people interact here. After our train ride we took a taxi from Shaoguan to the Yunmen monastery which was about 30 minutes away. It was a very nice setting at the base of a lush green ...

... could not be beat. A piece the size of a microwave was about $100. I will probably buy some the next time I visit Shaoguan, but for now the logistics of carrying around 100lbs of extra rocks is more than I want to deal with. We visited several local shops ...