The boys from Luxembourg recommend to stop in Shaxi Instead of going directly to Dali and I am so glad I took their advice! (To get to Shaxi I had to take a bus from Lijian to Jianchuan and then

Read More

The whole point to come to Lijiang was to hike the tiger leaping gorge which is supposed to be one of the most amazing hikes in china. After the big bummer of foggy emeishan I wasn't sure anymore if I

Read More

5:30am taxi ride to the airport is no fun!

Read More

I think it’s ok to say that the biggest attraction in Chengdu are the pandas!!! So on my last day I woke up super duper early and by 6:30am I was at the bus stop across from my hostel to catch the

Read More

I loved Chengdu! The city is not all that exciting but the hostel I stayed in made it such a cool experience and the people I met made the trip even more fun! I spent one morning at the people's

Read More

Today I flew to Chengdu from Xi'an and took the airport shuttle to my hostel. Once I got in the shuttle I couldn't believe my eyes, the hall on the bus were full of luggage and we had to climb

Read More

oh my! Getting to Xi’an wasn’t easy! First of all I had to chose from 3 different options: cheap 16 hour sleeper train, “expensive” 6 hour fast train, or more expensive 1.5 hrs flight. I really did not want to

Read More

My roommate told me about his tour to the Great Wall and how bad it was; he paid $50 for a "tour" that had an angry Chinese lady guide that only took them to a touristy part of the wall

Read More

Finally made it to Beijing in a 6 hour long ride from Huangshan. On the way I got to see beautiful scenery but also many many many factories that would have smoke coming out of tubes and polluting the environment and making

Read More

Once I got back from Huangshan I decided that it was a good day for a lazy day so I took a shower, did laundry and sat in bed… for hours!

Read More

Yellow mountains day! So exciting! I am impressed that I did not wake up super anxious about today's hike but instead I was excited. I woke up super early to take the 6:20am bus up to the mountains with my Chinese roommate. 

Read More

I left my hostel at 6:30am to make sure to not miss the 8:31 train to Huangshan! The metro ride as predicted was good and on time. Strangely we had to all get out of a metro, they closed the

Read More

Made it to China, aka the great firewall! The land of WeChat, AliPay, and sensored Google, Facebook, Instagram and 99% of the things that the rest of the world use on a daily basis! Getting out of the airport and

Read More

I just spent 30 long days in China and even though I have traveled to many countries I think China in particular was a huge shock for me. I had a hard time adjusting to their culture because it is

Read More

Well, I am glad I did not toss the black dress I packed for Kay's wedding because I got to use it in yet another wedding, this time... Korean style! I do not know if there is such a thing

Read More

I have to start by saying that I made a huge mistake and I underestimated the beauty and the traveling potential of South Korea!!! I really haven't heard much about South Korea and it is not really in the "traveling

Read More