These were our top 10 things in China (in no particular order) – obviously, they are not the top 10 things to do necessarily and perhaps they just came at […]
Month: May 2013
Hong Kong: Spend, spend, spend!
Our 10 hour bus journey from Yangshuo had turned into 14 hours and to add insult to injury we were told that the bus would not, after all, be able […]
Guilin & Yangshuo: Stunning scenery, boats & bicycles
The final leg of our 20 hour train ride from Chongqing to Guilin took us through the breathtakingly beautiful scenery of Guangxi. This is arguably China’s most picturesque province, and […]
Chongqing: Capitalism on steroids
If Chengdu is a mecca for malls, Chongqing is capitalism on steroids. As we have become accustomed to, the city is in the midst of a construction boom – the […]
Chengdu: Malls, Cinema & Hot Pot!
Having originally planned only a one night stop here before heading to Guilin via Chongqing, we immediately knew this would not be the case when we checked into the fantastic […]
Songpan: Daily life
The bus journey to Songpan was a welcome antidote to the drabness of Langmusi. Climbing to nearly 4,000mthis road, crossing the border between Gansu and Sichuan, passed through some of […]
Langmusi: A True Disappointment
The Lonely Planet Guidebook describes Langmusi as “an Amdo Tibetan village nestled among steep grassy meadows…a delightful place surrounded by countless red and white monastery buildings, flapping prayer flags and […]
Xiahe: A glimpse of Tibet
Arriving by bus in Xiahe (there is no railway between here & Lanzhou) it was immediately apparent that we had crossed some invisible boundary into an altogether different part of […]
Xi’an: More than Terracotta Warriors
Xian is more than just Terracotta Warriors. With a much more lively and cosmopolitan feel than Beijing, it has at its centre the colourful and bustling Muslim Quarter. This is […]