Visiting a country for the first time can always be a little stressful. Visiting a country for the first time that doesn’t speak the same language as you can be even more stressful. Add in things like strict laws, a powerful military, over a billion people and no access to the internet as we know it – a first time… Read more →
Ah, China – home to the Great Wall, the Giant Panda and 1.3 billion people – making it the most populated country on the planet. China has fascinated travellers for a long time – however there aren’t too many who travel to this mysterious country of the far east. Difficulties obtaining a complex visa, the obvious language barrier and the… Read more →
In todays modern age, the internet is indispensable when it comes to travel. We scour websites online to find the cheapest flight, and book it ourselves. We book accommodation online. We read stories and feedback and recommendations when it comes to planning what to do and see at our destination. We plan our route on maps so we know how… Read more →
China is MASSIVE. An incredibly huge country. If you hope to explore even just a few of its highlights, it will involve cross-country travel. In fact, we spent 7 days out of our 23 day trip in China travelling to our next destination. There’s no avoiding it – exploring China means long days travelling. But what’s the best way to… Read more →
Most of us will never have the opportunity to see a panda in real life. One of the world’s most endangered animals, there are very few of these animals kept in captivity around the world. The entire wild population and bulk of captive pandas live in and around Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China. It’s the reason why the… Read more →
We’re big fans of visiting religious monuments around the world – out of interest and curiosity for the building or monument, an appreciation of the incredible work in building it, and out of respect for the beliefs of the locals. We made our way to Nara in Japan to visit their Big Buddha. We also made our way to Lantau… Read more →
The first time we saw images of the “Rainbow Mountains of China” was in one of those Buzzfeed-type posts, titled something along the lines of ‘Places You Never Knew Existed’, featuring photo after photo of other-worldly natural environments and formations around the world. The images of the candy coloured mountains jumped out at us – did a place like this really… Read more →
Cycling the ancient city walls of Xi’an, to the tunes of Lady Gaga, alongside dozens of professional cyclists in a race? Yes, this actually happened. Only in China of course! Xi’an is an incredible city of history – with the majority of its premiere sights and attractions located within it’s ancient city walls. The walls are one of the oldest,… Read more →
You can’t even begin to imagine the feeling that a local group of peasants felt, that day in 1974 when they began drilling for a well, just outside of Xi’an. Drilling came to a halt as they uncovered an underground vault, containing shattered pieces of terracotta. As they explored further and deeper, the vault and the areas surrounding the site… Read more →
“We literally just want to walk through this gate and then we are there. I can see it from here! Why can’t we just walk through? Where are we meant to go? We just begged that guy at that gate to let us through to here… now we have to sneak back in? Or buy a ticket again? Where is… Read more →
