It would be foolish from us to try to describe or even evaluate modern China based on our only visit. However, we can write down what we saw and what we…
Chinese cuisine is very diverse, and during our more than one month there, we tried lots of its flavours. Since we have been travelling on a budget, most of our experiences…
September 13-17, 2018 After spending the rest of the Hilton Honors points for splendid two nights at Hilton Foshan, we had to return to backpackers reality. To forget being upgraded to a…
September 05-09, 2018 Time was running fast, and we almost reached the end of the China journey. As the last spot before heading to Hong Kong, we picked up Li river area…
September 01-04, 2018 Visiting rice terraces was one of the main highlights in China for us. There are lots of spots to see them in Yuanyang county (Yunnan province). We choose a…
August 26-31, 2018 Litang I guess we were probably missing long bus rides, so we decided to take 13 hours journey from Chengdu to Litang. The place we heard is a secret…
August 16-26, 2018 Terracotta Army and panda are the main highlights of Xi’an and Chengdu cities – obviously not the only ones. But the first step was to get there from Mongolia.…
Within a month of our travel between July 20 and August 16, 2018, we visited just a small portion of Mongolia. Mainly central part with trips to the north (Lake Khövsgöl)…
Mongolian food is (usually) terrible and due to the climate and huge pastures based on meat, primarily mutton, yak and horse. Since Mongols don’t eat young ones, the meat could be sometimes strong in taste (mutton).…
August 09-15, 2018 To visit the Gobi desert without a car or a tour is difficult. Unfortunately, either a tour or a car is not a cheap solution. In order to save…