Blog Tag - Golden Week
The long October Holiday is all set to kick off tomorrow and we don’t know about you, but for us, nothing says holiday like some leisurely brunching...
With Golden Week fast approaching, and -- let’s face it -- some of us being stuck in Beijing, there are a full seven days ahead to indulge in some...
With the National Day Holiday only a week away, the city government has unveiled where traffic will be restricted around Tian’anmen and a few other...
Seeing as how international travel is ostensibly off the table for expats this summer, it's the perfect time to ride the rails around this massive...
The weekend is here! Time for fun, relaxation, and recharging the ol' batteries ahead of *gulp* Monday morning's alarm clock. Luckily enough, there’s...
Golden Week may still be a couple of months away, but the sooner you can make arrangements to be anywhere other than Beijing, the better. This year'...
Betty is tired. She’s officially listed on the manifest as “sea dog,” but she has been more than that. Mascot. Champion diver. Connoisseur of grilled...
While we love living in Beijing as much as the next person, there's no denying that sometimes it does a soul good to take a quick getaway from the...
Fujian province’s city of Xiamen, formerly known as Amoy, has long been an important historical site for its role as a harbor for much of the last...
For many of us, the Golden Week rush isn't so much exciting as daunting, thanks to the estimated 500 to 700 million people traveling during the...
Stuck in Beijing for Golden Week and starting to feel a bit, well, less than golden? Sounds like it's time to eat your feelings! Luckily, the...
Uh oh! You put it off too long, the ticket prices shot up too high, and now you're stuck. But being stranded in Beijing over the National Holiday...
If you're staying in Beijing during Golden Week, then the prospect of a whole eight days off work on the horizon may tempt you to spend the whole...
Even though Golden Week (Oct 1-8) is still almost two months away, when it comes to national holiday travel plans, you really cannot start too soon....
For those of us who haven't lived here for all that long, we tend to take China's national holidays for granted; some ancient recognition of...