Travel

Mutianyu is about a two hour drive from Beijing and includes one of the most famous sections of the Great…

Continuing the series on Beijing neighbourhoods started with the Hutongs at Beilu Guxiang and the first foray into the vast Qianmen…

The first six months of the year in China are full of wonderful short holidays. Earlier this year, I shared…

This is a continuation and part 2 of the Qingdao series. We stayed primarily in the old town area called…

For most people living in China, their only holidays are the official government holidays. As a result, there are holidays…

I was sent to Shenzhen for a short business trip and decided to extend the trip by a few days…

For the fourth and final instalment on the Lijiang series, we head to Baisha Ancient Town. Baisha is a 25…

For the third instalment on the Lijiang series, we head to Heilongtan and Mufu Palace. Heilongtan is a park located…

This is the second in a series of posts from Lijiang in Yunnan Province in China. For this post, we…

In the western world, the first warmth of spring means that Good Friday and Easter Monday are just around the…

Continuing the series on Beijing neighbourhoods started with the Hutongs at Beilu Guxiang post, today I’d like to share some…

Having lived in Beijing for eight years now, I’ve started to take things for granted. There are amazing neighbourhoods to…

With the weather warming up, I thought it was time to go out for a long walk. A favourite spot…

This post is mostly images taken from the National Museum of China, located in Beijing, near the Palace Museum and…

Over the Christmas holidays, I made a second trip to Hangzhou to celebrate New Year’s Eve at my friend’s restaurant…

Just around Hallowe’en last year, I got an invitation from my friend to visit Hangzhou and check out his partner’s…