Apr 1, 2017 | Travel Writing
Shanghai: Rebirth of the Pearl of the Orient By Mark Andrews Serendib – SriLankan Airlines. April 2017 Shanghai is a city struggling to balance its past with its future. Nowhere is this more apparent than on the banks of the Huangpu River. However, the city was...
Mar 1, 2017 | Travel Writing
24 hours in Doha: Balancing tomorrow with yesterday in Qatar. By Mark Andrews Selamta – Ethiopian Airlines.March – April 2017 Once a sleepy pearling and fishing port, Doha is now truly awake, thanks to both oil and gas revenues and the fact that Qatar is...
Jan 15, 2017 | Travel Writing
Chills and Thrills. Travel article looking at winter in Nagano Prefecture Japan. By Mark Andrews Post Magazine (South China Morning Post). 15/01/2017 Japan for non-skiers: Nagano in winter offers chills and thrills If you thought there’s nothing more to central Japan...
Jan 1, 2017 | Travel Writing
Definitive Destinations – Hainan Island. By Mark Andrews World Travel Magazine. January/February 2017 Hainan Island Tropical paradise is not a description often used in connection with China but Hainan Island the ‘tail of the dragon’ is just that. Long the secret of...
Dec 31, 2016 | Motoring Writing, Travel Writing
The Collector – Luo Wenyou. By Mark Andrews Classic Cars. February 2017 (on sale Dec 16) Against all the odds, Luo Wenyou has created a huge collection of Chinese and western cars – including one that he paid for by ploughing a field Growing up in Seventies China, the...
Nov 1, 2016 | Travel Writing
Real Shanghai. By Mark Andrews BNE Magazine. Nov/Dec 2016. Travel article about how to discover the not so well known charms of Shanghai. After the Wendy Deng affair I decide against claiming I’m related to Rupert Murdoch and go with saying I’m the son of Kerry...
