Public transportation at its cheapest

You may have your reasons for not wanting to use the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, I know it would be a moral dilemma for me, but I doubt price would be one of the reasons.

Bring a Big Dog Mountain Climbing?

I’ve never climbed a mountain, so I’m appealing to all you mountain climbing experts out there to answer this question:

Should you bring a big dog for company when you go mountain climbing?

2 billion trips during Chinese Spring Festival

More than 2 billion trips are expected to be taken by train, air, sea or road in China from 3 February till 14 March during this year’s Spring Festival travel peak.

This year the Chinese Spring Festival, also know as Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year, officially starts on 18 February (Gregorian calendar) and ends with the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the new Chinese year.

Be a Responsible Traveller

2007 will see the launch of our new resource series, Responsible Traveller. We aim for the series to be a collection of useful tools and resources for travellers who want to ensure that they act responsibly when they travel.

We kick off the series with this article about the One Planet Living project.

Don’t smoke in Hong Kong

If you haven’t kicked the habit yet, 2007 might be the year to quit smoking.

At least think twice before you light up on any trips to Hong Kong.

Beijing to Lagos route opens

China Southern Airlines opened its new route Beijing to Lagos, Nigeria on 30 December.

The Guangzhou based airline is currently the only airline that provides a semi-direct airlink between China and Africa (with a stopover in Dubai).

Photographs from China

Photos from Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Hunan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Zhangjiajie and the Yangzi River.

Dr. Ho Shi-Xiu, do you have anything for boils?

I had my fair share of diarrhoea when I lived in China, but even more embarrassing were my reoccuring abscesses. So I went to ask Dr. Ho Shi-Xiu for help.

Yang Ming Yi - The poet of Lijiang

One day when I was taking a photo of a child playing in the old market square of Lijiang in China, a man in a traditional blue suit came up to me and introduced himself as Yang Ming Yi, the poet of Lijiang.