Tagged: sports

Ice Skating in Beijing

When it comes to ice skating, like everything else, the Chinese do it differently. Very differently. And ice skating in Beijing is really something else....

The Friday Photo: Nine Dragon Pond

It’s been sunny lately. So t’other day we went to the park. And the park was a lake. With nine dragons. Now, the Chinese have...

Maiting River swirls around dark rocks in gorge. Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Rafting the Maiting River

We spent our last day in the Tana Toraja whitewater rafting. An activity, which in the mind of the child, now forms a kind of...

Ascending through rock to the start of zipwire canopy, Tad Sae waterfall, Luang Prabang, Laos

The Fear Factor

Can intensive, sweaty, pulse-pounding vertigo count towards one’s recommended 30 minutes cardio? If so, I need no more exercise for at least a week… I...