Duncan Kabinu, Author at We Blog The World

All the Tea in China

By Duncan Kabinu on August 31, 2010 in Asia, China, Featured, Photos

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The people of Chengdu love tea. No question about it.The city has the highest density of teahouses of any city in China. There are literally thousands of teashops, where people go to play cards, chat...

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Chengdu: the World Panda Capital

By Duncan Kabinu on August 30, 2010 in Asia, China, Featured, Photos

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Chinese languages reveals a lot about pandas. In Taiwan they refer to them as ‘cat bears’ – cuddly black-and-white animals, with Mickey Mouse ears and an endearing appetite for sitting around harmlessly chewing bamboo. Elsewhere...

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Robert De Niro’s Greenwich Hotel, New York

By Duncan Kabinu on August 28, 2010 in Featured, Lodging, New York, New York City, North America, Photos, USA

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It was my first visit to New York and, like so many before me, I felt like I was on a film set. The landmarks, neon lights and flow of human traffic provided such a...

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Du Fu – China’s Shakespeare

By Duncan Kabinu on August 27, 2010 in Asia, China, Featured, Photos

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Two orioles chirp on green willow trees, a row of egrets fly into the sky. Through the window I can see the ancient snow of the Xiling snow-capped mountain. Near my door anchor boats from distant...

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Impressions of Pennsylvania’s Amish Country

By Duncan Kabinu on August 27, 2010 in Featured, North America, Pennsylvania, Photos, USA

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Having had a brief visit to an Amish and Mennonite area of Pennsylvania during a trip to the US earlier this summer, I watched with interest a recent documentary on Channel 4 here in the...

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Cabilla Manor, Cornwall

By Duncan Kabinu on August 26, 2010 in British Isles, England, Europe, Featured, Lodging, Photos

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It’s not every day that you get to stay at the home of an explorer. So I wonder what’s in store as I approach Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, on the edge of which lives one...

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Chambers Hotel, New York

By Duncan Kabinu on August 26, 2010 in Featured, Lodging, New York, New York City, North America, Photos, USA

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They say location is everything and if that’s the case, New York’s Chambers Hotel is especially blessed. Its position on 56th Street in Midtown Manhattan, opposite the modest facade of the Argentinean embassy, may not...

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On Top of the World…. And Out of a Plane

By Duncan Kabinu on July 20, 2010 in Asia, Nepal, Photos

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There are plenty of spectacular (some might say crazy) activities for thrill seekers in this wonderful planet of ours. Swimming with great white sharks in South Africa, for instance. Or cycling down the Camino del...

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Duncan Kabinu

All the Tea in China

Chengdu: the World Panda Capital

Robert De Niro’s Greenwich Hotel, New York

Du Fu – China’s Shakespeare

Impressions of Pennsylvania’s Amish Country

Cabilla Manor, Cornwall

Chambers Hotel, New York

On Top of the World…. And Out of a Plane

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