Historically, travel to China has often involved a lot of admin beforehand to secure documentation and visas when visiting as a tourist. However, in November 2023, China announced that until the end of November 2024, the need to secure a tourist visa before visiting for up to 15 days has been waived for five European […]
Let’s be real. It’s January – the bank account is looking sparse post-Christmas and ‘nipping out to the shops’ is suddenly costing an arm and a leg. And here we are, banging on about bucket list places to visit in Asia. BUT (yes, there’s a ‘but’), as much as it might feel like a pipe […]
As far as trips of a lifetime are concerned, well, I think it’s possible to have many of them to be honest! But certainly one of my most memorable trips was taking the Trans-Mongolian train from Beijing to Moscow. To go through three countries, through different climates, surrounds, encounter different cuisine, meet different folk, see […]
The view of the Great Wall of China Source link
Here it comes, Chinese New Year. Many Chinese say it’s the most extraordinary celebration in China, where there is no alcohol and food limit and you can hear and see fireworks almost everywhere all day long. It’s my first time in China so it’s also my first (surprisingly) Chinese New Year to celebrate. Since December […]
Summers are fast approaching and everyone’s desperately hunting for some good holiday destinations closer to home. Well, your search ends here folks! When Asia has a bunch of the most enthralling places that you can visit before the blazing weather sets in, why look any further? And the cool part is, we’ve got them all […]