Big Grassland Wedding

11-19 Jul 2024 We met Zhuoma (卓瑪) again to behold an important occasion in her mother’s village – the division of its grassland. On the official record, the land was already divided among its 32 families over 20 years ago. But they share the land and herd livestock together until now. Zhuoma appointed a surveying

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Meeting the Tibetan Nomads

July 6-10, 2024 Life is full of unexpected surprises. After almost a month in the charismatic Chengdu, we originally planned to drive to a small town in western Sichuan recommended by our Chengdu friend to escape the summer heat and experience rural life. But a few days before departure, Yangzhou friend Niu Niu (妞妞) said

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Hiking near Lake Fuxian

Date: 1 Jan – 7 Jan 2024 I said before the best way to travel is to have no plans and just follow the locals’ suggestions. So after a laid back Christmas and New Year in Kunming, we followed our Kunming friend Haiya’s suggestion and went to  the Gudui Trail (谷堆山路線) about  60 kilometres south

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Friends in Pu’er

13 Jan – 19 Mar 2024 First impression is everything. The moment I arrived at Pu’er (普洱), I was struck by how warm and pleasant it was and we decided to take a longer break to enjoy the warmer climate. Many people from the northern China “migrate” to the southern part of Yunnan in winter

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Christmas in Kunming

  Date: 20-31 Dec, 2023 After a very exuberant stay in Guizhou, we headed towards Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan. It’s amazing to see how the weather changed dramatically as we drove up the hill towards Yunnan – one minute it was misty and damp on the Guizhou side, then the mist disappeared and

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Scenic Guizhou

Date: 14-17 Dec, 2023 After a rather action-packed six-week stay in Kaili immersing ourselves in the exotically rich culture and traditions of Miao people, it’s time to do some sightseeing. Guizhou is renowned for its waterfalls and natural scenaries. So we drove about 200 kilometres westward to Anshun (安順) to see the famous Huangguoshu Waterfall

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White Nights 2 (Hefei)

We arrived at Hefei in late September 2022. Hefei’s economy has really taken off in the past ten years and become one of the fastest growing IT, electric vehicle and bio-pharmaceutical hubs in the country. We rented a two-bedroom apartment in the outskirt of the city next to the convention centre. It turned out to

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Monkey and the cherry bloomson

Why we love Yangzhou

Previously, I talked about our Yangzhou friend Niu Niu (妞妞) who runs a quaint coffee shop in the old part of the city. We have also become best buddies with  her super friendly frenchie named Monkey. He is like a heavy breathing mini-me of Niu Niu – always full of sheer energy and bundle of

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Beautiful friendship in Yangzhou

Yangzhou is beautiful in springtime as the willows by the river and canal turn lushly green and various flowers pop up adding bright colours to the city. Plum blossom trees were in full bloom first and we could smell its delicate fragrance wherever we went. Soon after that the cherry blossoms and all kinds of

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Life in Yangzhou

When the first wave of Covid hit China in the beginning of 2020, our travelling came to a halt and we stayed low in the small old town Jianshui in Yunnan (雲南建水). Now, two years later, our life is still dominated by the pandemic and we find ourselves yet again hiding – only this time

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A dream in Yangzhou

This post was written by our friend, Xiao Zhong, whom we met in Inner Mongolia.  She also came to Yangzhou to visit us. 十 年 一 覺 揚 州 夢 按 自 我 意 識 生 活 一 定 很 酷,去 想 去 的 地 方,見 想 見 的 人,一 切 都 有 了 意

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A White Christmas!

The locals told us that it normally only snows once a year in Tsingtao. So we were really excited to find snow everywhere when we woke up on Christmas Day! What a merry white Christmas!

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Life in Tsingtao

Hello everyone, Merry Christmas!! How time flies as we have been on the road for 2 years and what a trip it has been as we never could have imagined how the whole world has changed when we set off. It makes us treasure even more all the different places we visited and all the

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Solo Travel

This post was written by our newly met friend, Neomi Soils, whom we met in the grassland. I’m no stranger to solo travel. I often find myself booking flights to new places with no plan at all. I truly believe if let you life lead you, it’ll take you to some amazing places. This trip

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Movie – Desert Ride

內蒙額濟納旗巴丹吉林沙漠看日落 In the Gobi Desert, Mr. Qin(秦) who runs a tyre shop in the Ejin(額濟納旗) town took us fishing on an almost dried river and showed us the beautiful sunset. I learnt how to release the pressure in the wheels before driving in sandy terrains. Here is our exciting riding experience in the desert. Hope

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Exploring Western Inner Mongolia

7-12 May 2021 After lots of late night chats and loads of fun with our young friend Jovy, the four of us returned to our quiet life. We headed eastward to Alxa Left Banner (阿拉善左旗). We made a pitstop to see the Mandela Rock Paintings (曼特拉岩畫). It has nothing to do with the famous South

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Van Rescue

Silly and unexpected things always happen in our journey, we are prepared and ready to face whatever challenges lie ahead. Here is what has happened when we were in a desert and someone needed to pee. 🙂 Location: Badain Jaran Desert

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