Blog Tag - Travel
While we love living in Beijing as much as the next person, there's no denying that sometimes it does a soul good to take a quick getaway from the...
As the festive season rolls around once more, many expat residents in China begin wondering how to spend their Yuletide. Not everyone has the chance...
Almost 8,000km south of Beijing, Perth, capital of Western Australia, might not seem like an obvious vacation spot. Yet with its 265 days of sunshine...
Listening to Christmas carols might still elicit warm fuzzy feelings of home and the urge to make mulled wine for a lot of us #...
WeChat. How could we live without you? Used by practically everyone connected to the internet, it’s not hard to see why this app is the number one...
Finally, after 11 years, Mandarin Oriental will open its first hotel in Beijing. At last. Maybe.
For those paying attention, we've recycled a...
Booking an Airbnb instead of a hotel room is a great way to get to know a new city on an intimate level, and live like a local. It's also a great way...
The name Nagasaki will always be synonymous with the dropping of the second atomic bomb at the end of World War II on Aug 9, 1945, and although that...
Fujian province’s city of Xiamen, formerly known as Amoy, has long been an important historical site for its role as a harbor for much of the last...
That dreaded feeling: You have friends/relatives coming to Beijing and they all want to see the Forbidden City. You, a savvy Beijing resident, would...
For us beer geeks, Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen (MBCC) is one of the world’s best beer festivals. Like Glastonbury in the UK for music fans...
As the ancestral homeland for many overseas Chinese, Guangdong has a very rich history. One of the places where this is perhaps most obvious is the...
If you're not satisfied with Beijing's sudsy beer options (as if) Mid-Autumn Festival and Golden Week provide the perfect excuse to get out of the...
Good news, Cambodiaphiles! On Tuesday it was announced that a direct flight route will be opened between Beijing and Cambodia's capital of Phnom Penh...
Vancouver may seem like a strange choice for a column about short breaks from Beijing. Yet, with 10-hour direct flights on Air Canada or Air China,...