China

China next on your destination radar? Check out the advice, stories and tips I can offer after living there for almost a year and visiting the cities of Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Xi’an and important tourist destinations like The Great Wall of China, Terracotta Warrior and Shanghai World Financial Center.

Why I Love and Hate Shanghai

In Shanghai, opportunity looms low in the air like the city’s perpetual pollution haze, but both eventually become suffocating.

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Cheap Lodging in Hong Kong?

If you travel to Hong Hong and are looking for a cheap, centrally-located place to stay, search no further than Chungking Mansions in the Tsim Sha Tsui section of Kowloon.

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Hong Kong Island Walking Tour

Explore ritzy Hong Kong island almost completely free of charge, no matter where in Hong Kong you stay.

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How to Get Your Chinese Visa

Airlines won’t even let you on the plane without a valid China visa, so get the China visa you need in plenty of time for departure.

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Exploring China’s Northern Capital

What Beijing lacks in traditional beauty, it compensates for ten-fold in character.

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Visiting the Chengdu Panda Base

If you want to see pandas in China, and lots of them, your surest bet is visiting the official panda breeding and research center near Chengdu.

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My Cursed Christmas in China

Shellfish, and liquor, and vomit! Oh my!
That was the extent of my Christmas in Shanghai

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Shanghai’s Epic Century Park

Just as Shanghai’s more than 4,000 skyscrapers dwarf the Manhattan skyline, Century Park is something like Central Park on steroids, even if Central Park is technically larger by area.

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City Wars: Beijing vs. Shanghai

Many of the other expats I met in China were adamant about being either “Beijing People” or “Shanghai People.” Which city is more your style?

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China’s Amazing Anji Bamboo Forest

If you’re in Shanghai and need a break from the hustle-bustle and skyscrapers, the Chinese Grand National Bamboo Forest is nearby Anji is without a doubt the most serene place you can travel without getting on a plane.

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