Blog Tag - Talking Travel
One of my cousins is in town. Beijing is only a pit stop because he wants to take the train all the way from Shanghai to where he lives in Rotterdam...
This travel blog comes to us from Andrew Killeen from our sister magazine beijingkids who is detailing is Japanese adventures this week while on...
So you’ve decided to run the Great Wall Marathon. Are you insane? Even on a perfectly flat racecourse, 26.2 miles (42km) is no easy feat, and the...
Didi Kuaidi, China’s ride-hailing giant, announced today that it now completes over 10 million rides daily.
In a press release, Didi said this number...
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...
“You must go to the Ice City,” was one friend's immediate response when I told him I was moving to China. I had never heard of Harbin's Ice Festival...
Spring Festival travelers spent more – but not a whole lot more – during the holiday period, Beijing's municipal tourism commission reported.
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China has its first confirmed case of the Zika virus in Jiangxi province, the Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.
The patient apparently contracted...
Zika, a disease caused by the Zika virus, is a virus that is transmitted by infected Aedes mosquito. There have not been any reported cases of the...
Remember Line 8, that Beijing Subway line that you rode due north to Olympic events? It's about to be expanded for the third time and go way, way...
New traffic restrictions will be introduced this Saturday (Jan 30) in and around Sanlitun in an attempt to end the perpetual traffic jam at the...
We're huge fans of domestic train travel here at the Talking Travel desk, but those railway marvels aren't impervious to the weather. One of our...