Category Archives: China

Inside the Chinese Armed Escort Agency Museum 中国镖局博物馆

This has got to be the most bizarrely themed musuem I have ever been to. The large “镖” at the entrance says it all. This is a museum for the…

Chinese Armed Escort Agency Museum 中国镖局博物馆

If you remember, Pingyao was the financial center of China back in the Qing dynasty. There was a lot of wealth which passes through these streets and it is, undoubtedly,…

More “Must See” Sights in Pingyao 平遥

This early, I was already getting tired of seeing yet another ancient town. The town is so homogenous that the phrase “you seen one, you seen them all” could never…

Pingyao Catholic Church

I was pleasantly surprised to see a rather old looking Catholic Church in Pingyao Ancient Town. The walls of the church were built such that it blends with with the…