Where My Feet Takes Me

Canton Road all lighted up for Christmas Santa's Town Village in Central with the Bank of China in the background Christmas trees with wish-notes are popular in Hong Kong.

We stayed at the Cebu Hilton, which was located less than 30 minutes away from the airport, with its own private beach and swimming pools. The rooms were a bit small but comfortable; we enjoyed the food at its various dining outlets. Overall the stay was pleasant, with just some kinks during checkout. The Magellan's Cross, planted by Ferdinand Magellan to celebrate the baptism into the Roman Catholic religion of island chief Rajah Humabon, his wife, and some 500 of their followers on April 21, 1521.

View of the Pudong River from the Jin Bao Tower Ceiling details inside the Temple of Heaven Panda viewing in the Beijing Zoo Qingyanfang, or more popularly known as the Marble Boat, is the largest existing marble boat in China at 36 metres, located in the Summer Palace of Beijing. First built in A.D. 1755 completely of white stones during the reign of Emperor Qianlong, it was meant to be a water-surface belvedere for the imperial family as well as a symbol of the rockfirm solidarity of the imperial power. The original wood cabin-house was burnt down by British and French troops in 1860. The present structure, rebuilt in 1893 during the reign of Guangxu, was supposed to be patterned after the cabin-house on a Western vessel, the windows paned with stained glass and the floor paved with enamelled tiles. It is generally believed that the powerful Empress Dowager Cixi watched from the Marble Boat the exercise of naval units on the lake. It is now one of the tourist attactions in...