Iconic
The Great Wall, quiet stretch
Not the crowded sections. We go to a restored stretch with no groups, at sunrise, and the mist does the rest.
Destination
中国
China
China is scale. Scale of history, of landscape, of energy. I design routes that pair the essentials — the Wall, the Forbidden City, the Bund — with the corners only someone living here knows: a hutong where a grandmother pours you tea, a stretch of Wall with no one else on it.
China isn't seen in a week — but you can start to love it in three days.
Mosaic
Places you'll remember
Modern
The Bund, Shanghai
The 21st century staring the 19th in the face. At dusk, as Pudong lights up, it's the photograph everyone takes — and rightly so.
Anecdotal
Beijing hutongs
The old alleys where people still live door to door. Tea with a neighbour, a hidden courtyard, the other Beijing.
Landscape
Li River, Guilin
Karst mountains rising out of mist, a bamboo raft, a fisherman. It doesn't look like a real photograph until you're inside it.
Is this your China?
Tell me how you imagine it and we'll sketch it together.
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