My recent China adventures have been wide, varied and definitely “off the wheaten craic“. I feel blessed by my visits to the country which houses a sixth of the world’s people and I’m happy that I can share all these stories with you. This will be the first of an installment on the incredible Kaiping Read more about Kaiping Diaolou Tour: The Historic Town of Chikan, Guangdong Province, China[…]
Today I head back to China (a country I LOVE visiting) for Friday’s Featured Food. I was loving the Kaiping Diaolou Tour in and around the city of Kaiping (called Hoi Ping in Cantonese) and it was time to eat. China with its endless range of foods needs to be sampled. I admit to not Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Eel Fried Rice in Kaiping, China[…]
As a lover of the real “off the beaten track tourist gems”, this is one of the latest editions to my list. Enchanted and inspired by my visit to the Yunnan Province in December 2012, I returned in March 2013 (last weekend) to check out the sights in and around the city of Luoping, the Read more about Yellow Canola Fields, Jin Ji Cun, Luoping, Yunnan Province, China[…]
In my ongoing series of world borders, I basically write about the ways to cross various borders, aiming to give an account of my personal journeys and help you to copy me and get into a new country without fuss. Having crossed the Hong Kong to China border so many times and in almost every Read more about World Borders: How to get from Hong Kong to China (Kwun Tong to Huanggang, Shenzhen)[…]
You know all those things you hear about Chinese factories? Over working, long hours, bad rates of pay, moaning staff, slavery and that stupid term “sweat shops” (which I hate)…well it was time to try and dispel some of these myths, or indeed prove them to be correct as I got an exclusive visit – Read more about Exclusive: The Day I…Went Behind the Scenes in a Chinese Factory!![…]
As a traveller, getting off the beaten track is one of my favourite things to do. Away from the popular Chinese tourist sights such as the Great Wall of China and the Teracotta Warriors, I took time out to see Sunrise at Elder Peak in the Danxiashan Mountains of China. The place is practically unknown Read more about Sunrise at Elder Peak, Danxiashan Mountains, Guangdong Province, China[…]
Guangzhou is the capital city of the Chinese Province of Guangdong. It is an incredibly busy and fast moving city. In fact this city alone houses more people than the entire island of Ireland plus Wales and the Isle of Man – it’s estimated that almost 13 million people are crammed into its madness!! On Read more about Backpacking In China: 5 Things to do in Guangzhou[…]
You have probably heard of Chinese New Year. It’s the same as New Year except it’s Chinese. That’s where things become slightly different. If you are lucky enough to live in a Chinese environment during Chinese New Year you will love the whole craze and madness of it all. You might also be given red Read more about Chinese New Year: What are Red Packets?[…]