Category: Asia

China trip 5: the “again china??” trip (Beijing 1)

September 16, 2017

First things first: If you plan to go to China, visit ctrip.com. Hotels are way cheaper and way more there (careful, some are only for chinese, so maybe you will get cancellations. But they will call you and find you another hotel) Flights for inside China are way cheaper. It is the only way (I think) … More China trip 5: the “again china??” trip (Beijing 1)

China trip 3: Living in China (Hong Kong & Macau)

September 11, 2016

Previous posts of this trip: China trip 3: Living in China (Overview) China trip 3: Living in China (the rest of Beijing’s sights) China trip 3: Living in China (living in Beijing) China trip 3: Living in China (precious memories) China trip 3: Living in China (Qingdao) China trip 3: Living in China (Tibet) Seriously, this is ridiculous… I am writing … More China trip 3: Living in China (Hong Kong & Macau)

China trip 3: Living in China (Tibet)

June 8, 2016

Previous posts of this trip: China trip 3: Living in China (Overview) China trip 3: Living in China (the rest of Beijing’s sights) China trip 3: Living in China (living in Beijing) China trip 3: Living in China (precious memories) China trip 3: Living in China (Qingdao) Sorry everyone, I was super busy these last months with finishing my PhD … More China trip 3: Living in China (Tibet)

China trip 3: Living in China (Qingdao)

April 22, 2016

Previous posts of this trip: China trip 3: Living in China (Overview) China trip 3: Living in China (the rest of Beijing’s sights) China trip 3: Living in China (living in Beijing) China trip 3: Living in China (precious memories) After finishing our one month of mandarin lessons in Beijing, it was finally time to travel! Our first destination … More China trip 3: Living in China (Qingdao)

China trip 3: Living in China (precious memories)

April 18, 2016

Previous posts of this trip: China trip 3: Living in China (Overview) China trip 3: Living in China (the rest of Beijing’s sights) China trip 3: Living in China (living in Beijing)   This post will not be helpful for any of you that want to plan a trip to Beijing. I will not mention any tourist attractions, … More China trip 3: Living in China (precious memories)

China trip 3: Living in China (living in Beijing)

April 6, 2016

Previous posts of this trip: China trip 3: Living in China (Overview) China trip 3: Living in China (the rest of Beijing’s sights)   Here I will present some places in Beijing that are not exactly “sights”, but places you should definitely visit. Wangfujing Street Wangfujing is the big shopping street in Beijing. There are many malls … More China trip 3: Living in China (living in Beijing)

China trip 3: Living in China (the rest of Beijing’s sights)

March 23, 2016

In this post I presented Beijing’s touristic sights that we visited in 2009. In 2010, my friends and I stayed for a whole month in Beijing, in order to have mandarin language classes. Everyday we had 4 hours (I think) of classes. And we had to study afterwards, so sightseeing was limited on the weekends mostly. … More China trip 3: Living in China (the rest of Beijing’s sights)

China trip 2: Quarantined Vacations in Beijing (After the Quarantine)

February 27, 2016

We finally left the quarantine-hotel and went to an awesome hotel that my mother’s friend had booked rooms for all of us (we were so lucky to have her help us, imagine trying to change 20 tickets and finding a hotel for all of us while in the quarantine…). (there was a rumor that one … More China trip 2: Quarantined Vacations in Beijing (After the Quarantine)