I was at the end of my rope with China when I arrived in Chengdu. After two weeks of crowded cities, cheating taxi drivers, and shady tour guides I was beyond frustrated.
This wasn’t all China’s fault. I didn’t do my research and went at a peak time for domestic travel. Fatigue was also contributing [...]

Eat, drink and be merry

Welcome to the land of hot pot, noodle soup for breakfast, Peking duck and wonderful veggies cooked in clay pots.  Throughout a lot of SE Asia, you can get away with just using a spoon.  But as you work your way east, you’ll want to be proficient with chopsticks.  Hold [...]

The silk blouse being held up before me was beautiful, but I shook my head no.  “Too small for me,” I said.  The salesman smiled widely and said, “No problem- for you I have extra, extra, extra large!” Then he held up a blouse that was the equivalent of a size four.
This is a common [...]

By Janice Au
This part of China was never on the list of holiday ideas at the time until its now-famous Fujian Tulou (Chinese: 福建土樓) was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Driven by curiosity I decided to have a look at these strange constructions that were once mistaken as traces of UFO on our [...]