https://wide-eyes.pages.dev/ A long way round. Travel stories by Fernando and Franzi. en https://wide-eyes.pages.dev/posts/furong-fenghuang https://wide-eyes.pages.dev/posts/furong-fenghuang Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 China Two ancient towns in the rain: one built around a waterfall in flood, one where people actually live, with frogs for dinner, scorpions on sticks and a llama keeping a tea shop company. https://wide-eyes.pages.dev/posts/zhangjiajie https://wide-eyes.pages.dev/posts/zhangjiajie Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 China Three days in the Avatar mountains, where the park scans your face instead of your ticket, lunch cooks itself on a bench, and the monkeys take a close interest in whatever is in your bag. https://wide-eyes.pages.dev/posts/chongqing https://wide-eyes.pages.dev/posts/chongqing Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 China Our first stop in China: a city stacked on top of itself, where the streets are empty at six and unwalkable at nine, and where a stranger buys your breakfast for no reason at all.