Saint Petersburg, Russia

Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator under the Central Dome, Interior of Church of the Savior on Blood aka Church of the Resurrection, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Russia had been on my list for a long time, and finally made it in November 2019. I had 1 week and did the classic St Petersburg and modern Moscow, taking the Sapsang bullet train between the two iconic cities.

Dali, Yunnan Province, China

Men playing traditional game of Xiangqi (Chinese Chess), Dali, Yunnan Province, China

After one night in Kunming I caught a bus north to Dali, once a very traditional Chinese town and a favourite stop on backpacker routes through Yunnan, now Dali is an over commercialised destination, with every building in the old … Continue reading