Shanghai people have always had the flowers of Yaxing. Both seasons, met flower show held in parks or streets, whole family likes to watch. In recent years, Shanghai flower show almost every month. From January to May this year, Shanghai has [...]

Spaniards seem rarely to need much of a reason for a fiesta or
festival of some sort and you can pretty much guarantee that
wherever you are in Spain there will be some merrymaking going
on somewhere in honour of a patron saint – I’ve decided to look
at some of Spain’s quirkier, slightly less known festivals and
enlighten readers [...]

If there is one country left which has shunned the euro and still accepts the British Pound (besides Great Britain, of course!), then it’s Gibraltar. Situated just beyond the border of the southernmost tip of Spain, just a short drive to the Costa del Sol and a catamaran crossing away from mystical Morocco, tourists [...]

Spaniards seem rarely to need much of a reason for a fiesta or festival of some sort and you can pretty much guarantee that wherever you are in Spain there will be some merrymaking going on somewhere in honour of a patron saint – I’ve decided to look at some of Spain’s quirkier, slightly less [...]

One day, not long ago, I sat at the round table in front of the Yellow Rose, drinking a cold Iquitena with my good friend, Ryan, talking about the many beautiful orchids and epiphytes we have observed in the rainforest near Iquitos, Peru. Ryan nodded his head.
He glanced over his shoulder, leaned toward me, [...]