26 March 2023

China: conclusions and tips

    30 days in 10 provinces with three different currencies; 6 days hiking; traveled by plane, train, tuk tuk, car, bicycle, bamboo raft and …

Hong Kong, oh Hong Kong!

Once China Mainland left behind, after the passport control, suddenly people were kind, nice, polite . . . and all spoke English! In the metro, …

Olá Macau!

While in Hong Kong, I traveled one day to Macau, which is at just one hour by ferry. A former Portuguese colony since the XVI th …

All the colors in Sichuan

Greens, turquoises: It was not planned but the easiest way to go from Langmusi to Chengdu was a two days journey through Jiuzhaigou so I …

A taste of Tibet (in Gansú)

During my China tour, I did not have neither the time nor the budget to visit the Tibet Autonomous Region. But the Tibetan Plateau crosses …

From Shanxi to Shaanxi

My first stop after Beijing was Pingyao, in Shanxi province. Pingyao is an intact walled Chinese city dating from Qing-Dynasty heydays. It is really nice …

Beijing sightseeing

The Forbidden City is one of the two most savage experiences in Beijing (the other one is Beijing metro at rush hour). However I was …