China Travel Stories

Mystery Meals

Date: 2008-7-28 4:29:00 by lovechina; Tags: China travel

I'd been here all but two nights: Well, really two nights and one full day. So far, I'd had no idea what the heck I've swallowed, digested or let out. It all pretty much was a mystery. Allow me to go further. After leaving one of the many pre-paid squatter bathroomshoused in communal facilitiesI headed out for an early dinner. Early in China being seven rather than nine or ten. Did I feel ... View Details

Views:277 Comments (0)

Useful Travel Tips to Shaolin

Date: 2008-7-25 9:04:00 by ivy_8712; Tags: Shaolin

In the following a few useful travel tips for those who always wanted to make the adventurous journey to Shaolin. Trip to Shaolin The easy way for beginners and non-chinese speakers: If you travel for the first time to China, we recommend to fly to Zhengzhou. It is important to know that your luggage is not automatically passed on at Beijing airport! You must collect your bags and check in aga ... View Details

Views:64 Comments (0)

The Adventures of Putuo Shan Island

Date: 2008-7-17 3:56:00 by jasmine; Tags: Zhejiang

It was just past noon one Friday when I got out of class and ran into one of Anji's three other foreign teachers, who lived and worked at a different school from mine. She was about to set out on a weekend holiday to Ningbo, another large city roughly four hours from where we lived, on the coast of Zhejiang Province south of Shanghai. I invited myself along and we trekked the hours by bus, arri ... View Details

Views:139 Comments (0)