Kids with Guns*
Over the past few trips, I have been collecting pictures of Chinese children with the things they spend their pocket money on. From my entirely unscientific observations, these seem to […]
Tag Archives: Guizhou
Dong Life: The Movie
After two weeks of thinking about editing my Guizhou videos, I finally sat down and muscled through them this afternoon. And you know what? I really enjoyed putting it all […]
Mrs Lu’s Story
Mrs Lu still wears a traditional topknot, which she winds up on top of her head in elaborate loops. “I never wear a hat, like some of the other women […]
Photos for a Friday Afternoon…
Unconsciously, I always leave my biggest, least pleasant jobs until Friday afternoons, usually sometime after 4pm. It’s only then that I realise that a whole, lovely weekend stretches ahead of […]
Village Food and a Recipe
I was in Guizhou around the time that the Great British Horsemeat Scandal kicked off. On my first afternoon in the countryside, I came across a group of men butchering […]
Survival Guide to Chinese New Year in a Village in Guizhou
1) Forget everything your parents ever told you about staying away from explosives As a child, I was subjected to annual Guy Fawkes’ Night warnings about the perils of touching […]
Friday Night in Zhaoxing
I made it! After an unplanned two-night stopover in Guiyang, I arrived in Zhaoxing this afternoon. The incredible Chunyun experience was a little less exciting than I had anticipated, but a […]
One in two billion – Joining the Chunyun
Tomorrow, I’ll be joining the largest annual human migration on the planet as I travel to Guiyang in Guizhou. It is estimated that over two billion journeys will be made […]
