When planning a trip to Beijing, China, choosing an airport is usually one of the easiest decisions. Find the most convenient flight. Compare ticket prices. Book the airline. Land wherever the flight takes you. For Elaine and me, it was different. Long...
When most people imagine Beijing, China, they think of the Forbidden City (故宫), Temple of Heaven (天坛), Tiananmen Square (天安门广场) or the Great Wall of China. Those are certainly must-see attractions during any Beijing trip. But after several visits to Beijing, Elaine and I discovered that some of...
Like many first-time visitors to Beijing, I initially assumed we should stay somewhere close to the Forbidden City, Wangfujing or Qianmen. After all, that seemed to be where most tourists stayed. Then I started comparing hotel prices. The reality surprised me....
Finding a hotel in Beijing can be surprisingly intimidating for first-time visitors. Unlike many European cities where the historic centre is relatively compact, Beijing is enormous. It is one of the world’s largest capital cities, with an extensive Metro network, multiple...
There were actually two seemingly impossible challenges. First, boarding a budget airline with only 7kg hand carry for an 18-day China trip. Second, doing exactly the same on the flight home after 18 days of souvenir hunting, book buying and local...
Planning your first trip to Beijing, China can feel exciting… and slightly scary. After all, Beijing is not just another city. It is China’s capital, a city with more than 20 million people, thousands of years of history, ancient imperial palaces,...
Discovering the Colourful Side of Ancient China After spending hours inside the National Museum of China (中国国家博物馆) in Beijing, Elaine and I slowly travelled through thousands of years of Chinese civilisation. Of course, we were not actually travelling with a time...
Some journeys begin with a plane ticket. Some begin with a map. Our journey into 5,000 years of Chinese civilisation began with something much simpler: Breakfast. Because before Elaine and I attempted to travel from ancient China to modern China inside...
Most people have seen photographs of the Great Wall of China (长城). A stone dragon stretching across mountains. Ancient watchtowers standing proudly on the ridges. A symbol recognised around the world. But there is something photographs cannot fully explain. The Great...
Few places represent China more than the Great Wall of China (长城). For many travellers visiting Beijing, standing on the Great Wall is one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences — a moment when something you have seen in photographs, documentaries, and history...
.. with my special need and self-learning (homeschooling) daughter, Elaine. We are China-focused travelers and have visited more than 20 interesting historical places/cities in China. And we enjoy bringing you useful & practical travel stories to help you enhance your experience traveling in China.. do follow us for more interesting travel stories..
