Blog Tag - Get Out
This Spring Festival I decided to celebrate my holidays a little bit differently, leaving behind the smog and noise for Tanzania, Kenya, and Ethiopia...
Although it is the second or third largest city in Japan, depending on which metric you go by, Osaka doesn’t make it onto the itineraries of as many...
Just 250km northwest of Beijing, Chengde is the perfect distance for a weekend getaway. The Kangxi Emperor picked Chengde as the site for his summer...
With its tangle of side streets, towering skyscrapers, neon lights, and masses of humanity, there’s no denying Tokyo can be a bit overwhelming for...
A 400-year-old village with more than 70 preserved courtyards, Cuandixia village is a popular day trip, located about 90km away from Beijing. The...
A two-hour ride west by bullet train, through brilliant, golden fields of barley, gives you time to decompress from the all-encompassing din of Tokyo...
It is unlikely that Hiroshima will shake its reputation as the first city to be the victim of a nuclear bomb, but far from tumbling into despondency...
Singapore is probably the most modern of Asian countries, shinier and newer than many cities in Europe or the US. Yet regardless of modern feats of...
A beach getaway in Indonesia may sound far from Beijing, but actually, visiting Bali is well worth the flight time if you stay put for a week or more...
A visit to Hong Kong, whether for a visa run or a slice of Westernized escapism, is a rite of passage for many a newly arrived Beijing expat. But...
A 400-year-old village with more than 70 preserved courtyards, Cuandixia village is a popular day trip, located about 90km away from Beijing. The...
The Talking Travel Desk is out traveling, so for this edition, Jessica Rapp takes you to Guangzhou. Until Tuesday, one road flat safe.
More than a...
Macau is almost always referred to relative to its fellow former colonial neighbor, Hong Kong. Fifteen years ago, it was the sleepy Portuguese...
There was a time when we Beijingers hated Shanghai. We hated its seeming opulence. We poo-pooed its “history” from a mere century or so ago,...
Spring in Beijing lasted about four days this year, between the heat going off and first bare midriff being spotted in public. As summer may have...
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