Visiting the Tongs of Qiantong (前童)

Just this past weekend my homegirl and I were down in Ningbo kickin it for the Dragon Boat Festival. Known around these parts as Duanwu jie, everyone gets the Monday off to watch the dragon boat races, naval battles, or whatever the hell they do with them. If you live someplace where the utility of [...]

Sun Burns on Shengsi Island (嵊泗岛)

Even though Shanghai sits on the Pacific (or East China Sea for you pedants), there ain’t much beach action going on here. Seems like they’ve used every inch of shoreline for container ports, factory waste dumpage or expo grounds. So it being summer and all, some friends and I decided to trek out to Shengsi [...]