Grand cities- Beijing & Shanghai. Aug 19-24 2015

Beijing

Beijing's the capital of People's Republic of China. Its also the 2nd most populated city in the world. Beijing is one of the four ancient capitals of China and it has 7 UNESCO world heritage sites: Great Wall, forbidden City, Temple of heaven, Summer palace, Ming Tombs, Grand Canal and Zhoukoudian. 

Xi'an, Shaanxi. Aug 15-18 2016

                                                                                                                              Xi'an is the capital city of Shaanxi province. It's one of China's oldest cities and Xi'an is the oldest out of four great ancient capitals of China. The city is the starting point of the Silk road and home to the famous Terracotta warriors.  

Danba and the surrounding villages, Sichuan. Aug 10-11 2015

 Danba

Danba is a county in western Sichuan province. 

The county is famous for its old watchtowers that are scattered around. You can spot four different types of watchtowers that were built in this area: Ya'oai (strategic tower), Fenghuo (beacon-fire), Zhai (village) & Jia (dwelling).

Tagong (lahgang) Just a beautiful town, Sichuan. 8-9 Aug 2015

Tagong

A beautiful small town rich with buddhist culture and surrounded by amazing grasslands.

Tagong is located in the western Sichuan province. And its altitude is 3700m.

Kangding, Sichuan 6-7 Aug 2015

Chengdu Emei Shan and Leshan, Sichuan. Aug 2-5, 2015

Chengdu

Is the provincial capital of Sichuan Province that is located in Southeast China.

The streets of Guiyang and the waterfalls of Chishui,Guizhou 30 July- 2 August 2015

Guiyang

The capital city of Guizhou province. Well that's about it.

My parents visit. Zhangjiajie, Long-Ji, Guilin & Yangshuo 22-29 July 2015

This chapter of our Blog will be dedicated to my dear parents that came to visit us for 7 days. Most of their visit was through a packaged tour with China culture tour. So i don't really know the prices. :)

Zhangjiajie, Hunan

Zhangjiajie City is located in northeast Hunan. The city is located near the UNESCO world heritage site of Wulingyuan that is famous for its breathtaking quartzite sandstone pillars and peaks.

Freezing in Shangri-La and going back to Kunming, Yunnan 19-21 July 2015

Shangri-La (Eden in dream) is located in the north west corner of Yunnan province at an average latitude of 3,000 meters above sea level . The town itself only got its attractive new name in 2001 in an effort to promote tourism to the area (it worked). The name Shangri-La comes from a James Hilton novel Lost Horizon.

Lijiang and trekking at Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan 16-18 July 2015

Lijiang

The city of Lijiang dates back at least 800 years and maybe even more. So no Wonder the city is famous for its UNESCO Heritage Site the "Old Town of Lijiang".

Wo chi su- Vegan Traveling in China

Before we arrived in China we heard a lot about the hardships of being a vegan traveling around China and I started researching what to do or what to say in order to get by. After a long search on the web I found that saying "i eat vegetables" is about the best phrase I can use that will hit the spot by trying to explain I'm a vegan. You can say a phrase that means "I don't eat meat" (or without meat-meyo rou) but they may understand that you eat other things like chicken or worse, dog.

Getting a taste of Chinese hospitality in Dali, Yunnan July 13-15 2015

Like most buses to Dali (大理) from Kunming the bus we were on was actually going to Xiàguān (下关,) also known as Dali New City, while where you will probably want to stay and spend most of your time is in Dali Old Town (古城, Gǔchéng). On the bus we met some nice Chinese youngsters from Guizhou province who were also visiting Dali and graciously invited us to share a cab with them to the old town. From that moment on they didn't leave our side, helping us get a room where they stayed (100 RMB), taking us out to dinner and drinks and being perfect hosts. Despite the language barrier (only one of them sort of spoke English) and age difference (they were about 10 years younger than us!) we had a great time with them and it was a nice welcome into China.

Crossing the Border from Laos to China + China Travel Tips, July 12 2015

Luang Namtha, Laos >> Jinghong, China

we booked a bus with an agency in Luang Namtha (100,000 Kip per ticket)  scheduled to leave at 7:30 am , and the price was supposed to include pick up to the bus station. When we showed up for pick up we saw the place was closed and no one in sight to help us. After much stress and commotion we were finally able to board another pick-up from another agency for no extra charge, so everything worked out but I would not recommend booking your bus with this agency: