China
Escaping the Crowds in Tourist Hot Spots
To go off the beaten track, even in a massively popular tourist destination, often all you have to do is walk a short distance away from the crowds. […]
China
Barcelona
What’s Hot and What’s Not, World Travel Market Industry Report 2015
The World Travel Market Industry Report session which more or less kicks off the World Travel Market at the Excel in London is the ideal event to find out what’s going to be hot in the travel world in 2016. […]
China
Travel Moments, Manchester United on the Yangtse
“I wonder if anywhere will be showing the Manchester United Champion’s League match tonight?” I pondered out loud as our riverboat made the final adjustments… […]
China
Becoming Immortal in the Ghost City of Fengdu, Yangtse River Trip Part 3
I was particularly excited about visiting Fengdu, China’s ghost city. Although some describe it as tacky and a bit of an amusement park, I think they miss the point about the richness and mythical aspects of Chinese culture. […]
Asia
Yangtse River Cruise Part 2, Life on the River
The weather was grim and the limestone cliffs rising up from the river were often shrouded in a grey mist that drained the colour from their slopes, whilst the waters swirled a murky brown. There were sampans on the river… […]
Asia
Yangtse River Cruise Part 1, Arrival
It was a shocker of a night; I was wet and woozy, disoriented to the point of being dumb. All I knew was that a diminutive Chinese man was gesturing that I should follow him down a rather dark and threatening alley… […]
Asia
Something You Might Not Know About the Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is the only man made object you can see from the moon…oh yeah? Do you know when this idea was first circulated? Around 1938. […]
China
The Beijing Night Market, Anyone For Seahorse Kebab?
It was a scene straight out of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The man removed the lid of the tin bin to reveal what would have been most people´s worst nightmare – a thick writhing mass of creepy crawlies that included… […]