Zhengzhou

The smartest purchase I make all year is a fifteen rmb folding stool ($2.50) right there in the Anyang train … More

Lijiang

Maya followed our advice and joined us on the ‘big bus’ this time for a few kuai more (which I … More

Xinjie to Xinjie

The Road to Yuanyang: Part 4 I shouldn’t be too hard on the Xinjie bus station hotel room. That it … More

Xinjie

The Road to Yuanyang: Part 3 You would think, judging by the expressions on their faces, the good people of … More

Jiangshi to Xinjie

The Road to Yuanyang: Part 2 The woman with whom I switched bunks returned the favor in the morning. She … More

My Last Sleeper Bus – Jinghong to Jiangshi

The Road to Yuanyang: Part 1 If there is a right way to get to Yuanyang, I did the exact … More

Bus to Yangshuo

I headed to the bus station, because, like an idiot, that’s where I assumed one would pick up the bus. … More

Guilin

Warning: this is a ‘whining’ post. You would do well to skip it. —————– To all those naysayers who said, … More

My first domestic flight – Xiamen to Shenzhen

If you want to see the New China, go to the Airport. If you want to see the real China, … More

Hakka House

Be careful what you wish for: I wanted to experience something other than the built-up glitzy shopping mall known as … More