Ask me what the highlight of our Trans Mongolian railway trip was and I’ll tell you it was Beijing. Sure, I had a great time at Naadam in Mongolia and it was fun to see part of Russia, but I really enjoyed our time in Beijing. There are many reasons I liked Beijing, and we…
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, but for me, the stand out was our Great Wall of China trip from Beijing. We spent about 6 hours hiking along an unrestored part…
We spent 4 days in Beijing at the start of our Trans Mongolia railway trip. We saw some of the top sights, ate a lot of good food, and sweated a LOT in Beijing’s extremely hot and humid conditions. TMI? Sorrynotsorry. From temples to the Forbidden City, wandering around the parks, and taking a trip…
China may be renowned for its bustling, smog-filled cities but look a little further and you’ll see that there are plenty of beautiful natural landscapes just waiting to be explored. Sure you can visit the big cities of Shanghai or plan an amazing Beijing itinerary, but there are so many other places in China to…
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 and went so did towns either being forgotten of transforming into some of China’s bustling cities. Fortunately, there are still some places you can go…
The town of Yangshuo China was described in our Lonely Planet guide as a “once-peaceful settlement” now a home to “pole-dancing bars” and it was at that point I was beginning to question why I’d thought it was a good idea to visit Yangshuo. That description alone conjured up something seedy with images of Amsterdam’s…
Travelling in China independently was hard. Perhaps the hardest travelling I’ve done in a long, long time. But that’s not to say it wasn’t worth it. I just wish we’d had these tips for travelling to China for 2 weeks! We’d done a bit of research before we went and had heard from others that…
“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 about our China 2 weeks itinerary. We were heading to the Longji Rice Terraces and apparently, when we got there, there would be nothing to…
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 this 2 week China itinerary. We found cheap flight tickets from the UK to Hong Kong and then planned a China trip itinerary that wouldn’t…