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 …
Category: China
Dragon’s Back (and other hikes in Hong Kong)
Hong Kong not only means business, shopping malls and restaurants. More than 70% of Hong Kong is mountain and forests so it is also a …
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 …
Amazing landscapes (in Guangxi)
My last days in China were spent far from the crowds, in the countryside. From Guilin I still had 5 hours of road trip with …
Tiger Leaping Gorge (in Yunnan!)
In the heart of Yunnan province, the fast flowing Yangtze River has cut a dramatic gorge so narrow in some places that, according to the …
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 …