I didn’t have any expectations of China before coming here. I was planning my entry just as Canada had published…
All the food is different in China. Finding decent snacks before a hike or bus ride is not exactly easy. …
One of the first things that catches foreigners off guard here is a lack of etiquette. There are the obvious…
Let me interrupt this story for moment to talk about the inconveniences of chopsticks and squat toilets. Many times I…
On the top 10 list of places to visit in Guilin, most of them are actually in Yangshuo, a small…
One sleeper train and a short high-speed rail trip later and I had reached my next destination of Guilin. Unlike…
It seems everyone in China has heard of this magical place. It is indeed a unique and beautiful place of…
My Chinese friend and master dumpling maker Jianping had suggested some places I should visit as I made my way…
Some fellow travellers I met in Xi’an highly recommended hiking up Emeishan (Mount Emei) so I placed it on the…
I didn’t even think to look up the Chinese word for Stop but the driver knew my stop and left…