Happy Chinese New Year 16th February marked the Year of the Dog. Earth Dog to be precise. The Dog occupies the eleventh position in the Chinese zodiac, after the Rooster, and before the Pig. According to the Chinese element theory, each … Continue reading Chilled to the Bones, Harbin Part 1
This blog might be particularly apt, if you are knee-deep in snow in the UK thanks to Storm Emma. Though, our snow days happened in January and weren’t quite as newsworthy. The long-range forecast on the iPhone weather app said … Continue reading Snow is falling, all around me…
You just have to type Tibet into WordPress to get a feel of what other people think/say about this place, its history and its future. I don’t need to add my viewpoint. What I will say is, there were a … Continue reading Roof of the World – Summing Up
There had been no rush to get up in Shigatse and therefore I let Eleanor sleep – it had been a late night on the 29th as in the restaurant all of us, apart from our Singaporean friend who looked … Continue reading Roof of the World Part 6 – Left to our own devices
Hotel breakfasts weren’t great. The food was more often that not on the cold side and that was just because the room was like a fridge, or because people left open the lids of the big metal dishes with the … Continue reading Roof of the World Part 5 – Acclimatised so let’s go higher
The Potala Palace was a building I had wanted to go to. It is an extremely iconic building rising 13 storeys from the 130 metre hill it sits on. It was the residence of the current Dalai Lama before he … Continue reading Roof of the World Part 4 – A palace lying empty
My dreams of a full night’s sleep were shattered at 1am when I was woken up by a very distressed daughter. I knew that she needed oxygen, she said that at least three elephants were sitting on her chest, she … Continue reading Roof of the World Part 3 – Oxygen needed
We are very lucky to have such a caring man in the shape of Martin. He absolutely puts family first, he is kind and generous, but in the middle of the night, deprived of oxygen and sleep and decent food, … Continue reading Roof of the World Part 2
As most of our friends and Martin headed to different places for Christmas, the Crozier girls stayed in Suzhou as we were going on an adventure that I was now apprehensive about. This blog will be over several parts. First … Continue reading Roof of the World Part 1
My parents came out in September and it had been requested by Eleanor that we go on holiday with them, so the visit was timed to coincide with National Holiday, 1st October, when we get a week’s break. The first … Continue reading Volcanic Bali
Crozier's China and our adventures 