I visited China for the second time in two years in the spring of 2006. My journey took me to four cities, each in a different quadrant of this vast and populous country. Starting with a revisit to Beijing in the North, I traveled again to Shanghai in the East, and then toured Lijiang in China's Western province of Yunnan, and Guilin in the South for the first time.

If you've viewed the previous articles of travel impressions I've posted on this site, you'll note that my photographic intentions are focused on ... (more)