Ever since I was little boy I thought of China as this far-off mystical place that Marco Polo took an epic journey to. An enormous empire at the edge of what I thought could be Earth. The place where they built the Great Wall ages ago, where you can find the Forbidden City, where all the clothes I wear get made and where many curious people dream of going one day. A country I studied about in Political Science back at Stellenbosch University, South Africa and a country whose presence I could see while travelling through many parts of Southern Africa.
A current Super Power that has opened its doors since the Cold War. The country with the world’s largest population and yet so many secrets surrounding this state-run country of which we still know little about. It was all this mystery and curiosity that made me want to go and see for myself.
I packed only a small camera backpack with all my camera gear, a few items of clothes, my passport and a map. The opportunity presented itself at the end of September to go to China and I was not going to miss out on this one.
