Jan 18, 2008 | Travel Writing
Cranes, trains and no automobiles await visitors in Hokkaido. By Mark Andrews Metropolis Magazine (Tokyo). Issue 721 18/01/2008 Travel article on the winter delights of Kushiro on Hokkaido including steam trains and frolicking cranes. A long deep whistle breaks the...
Jan 16, 2008 | Travel Writing
Wing It. Travel article Japan By Mark Andrews South China Morning Post. 16/01/2008 Travel article on the winter delights of Kushiro on Hokkaido including steam trains and frolicking cranes. A whistle pierces the crisp morningair. Wheels slip in the freshly fallen snow...
Jan 1, 2008 | Travel Writing
24 hours in Harbin. By Mark Andrews That’s Shanghai. January 2008 How to spend a day at Harbin’s snow and ice festival. Harbin, capital of China’s northernmost province Heilongjiang, with its old Russian architecture is an interesting city all year round....
Jan 1, 2008 | General Journalism, Travel Writing
The New Shanghai. By Mark Andrews Transitions Abroad (USA). Jan/Feb 2008 An expatriate’s perspective on living and working in China’s largest city. Which do you think would be the easiest city to live in…Tokyo, Seoul, or Shanghai? My reply of Shanghai might surprise...
Nov 1, 2007 | Travel Writing
Hanoi High. By Mark Andrews Kansai Time Out. November 2007 Why now is the time to explore Hanoi, before the tourist hordes arrive. The word on the street is that Hanoi is happening and does the business. Certainly, it would seem there has never been a better time to...
Nov 1, 2007 | General Journalism, Travel Writing
Guangdong Culture – Wasteland or misunderstood? By Mark Andrews Stardom – Starwood Group China’s magazine Autumn/Winter 2007 Although I was given a byline for this article my job was meant to be sorting out the translated English. I ended up though needing...