Travel Journals and Guides

Laos is a country of Buddhists. The slow-paced urban life makes local people more willing to be at leisure, drink some coffee or beer while chitchatting. Most Lao people seem to prefer a casual lifestyle rather than...

About one year before my stay in Dali, I got to know about Yizhe and the Eco House. It was my colleague Nathalie who invited me to a gathering of 0-wasters in Beijing. There were participants of all disciplines...

I have heard about a place in China that has similar landscapes of the Antelope Canyon in the United States by chance. It is Ganquan Yucha Canyon, located in Yan’an, Shaanxi province. I particularly like landscape...

Discovering the free beer run was by complete accident, I was stuck on a humdrum city tour inside an “authentic” Vietnamese restaurant. Everyone on my tour ordered vegetable spring rolls because they were worried they...

This is the sixth year since I settled down in Hong Kong. I lived in a lot of places in these years and I flew from and returned to Hong Kong International Airport again and again. Every time when I return to Hong Kong...

I've been to Vietnam twice, both times by cruise, so I’ve never had enough time on land. I went straight for food each time our ship docked, but I rarely searched for food blogs beforehand because most of them were...

For Beijing locals, we can roam in the Forbidden City anytime we want. For visitors, it is a must-go when they come to Beijing. For foreigners living in Beijing, they probably tour the Forbidden City every time they get a...

It has always been my wish to take a train from Beijing to Moscow, and since I learned of this railway in geography class in middle school, I have been super yearning! I didn't expect to complete this wish with my mother...