Asia

“You’re going to the rice terraces in November? But there’s nothing to see”. That was the reply we’d got used to hearing when we were chatting with hosts and locals …

Our Lonely Planet guidebook described the town of Yangshuo as a “once-peaceful settlement” now a home to “pole-dancing bars” and it was at that point I was beginning to question …

Macao is similar to Hong Kong in that it has special status allowing it to rule itself separate from Mainland China. Historically, Macao (or Macau) was a Portuguese colony and …

Planning a trip to China but don’t want to visit the super touristy cities of Beijing and Shanghai? You’re in the right place! Our first trip to China was following …

During our two weeks in China we used the high speed trains in China to travel fairly regularly from place to place. It struck us pretty quickly that travelling by …

China has an extraordinarily long history so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that with that there are a lot of very, very ancient towns in China. As emperors came …

I’ve always thought we’d travel on the Trans Siberian Railway I just didn’t realise it would be this summer. When Thom said he wanted to go to Eastern Russia, or …

Despite the fact that our main plan when travelling to Mongolia on the Trans Mongolian railway was to experience Naadam in Ulaanbaatar, I knew that I wanted to stay in …

China may be renowned for its bustling, smog filled cities but look a little further and you’ll see that there’s plenty of beautiful natural landscapes just waiting to be explored. …

When we were planning our trip on the Trans Mongolian train journey, Beijing was one of the stops I was most excited for. We did some incredible things in Beijing, …