‘Travel’ Archives
Shangrila, My Second Visit to Yunnan
Remember I wrote an article about Tengchong last July? Well, this time I visited another awesome place in Yunnan – Shangrila. Tengchong is to the north of Yunnan, bordered with Myanmar, while Shangrila is to the northwest of Yunnan, about 1,000 kilometres east of Lhasa. It is the capital of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, close to the [...]
Cesky Krumlov- a place you must visit
I learned more about Cesky Krumlov when I was back from my trip to Austria and Czech early April this year. After reading sorts of instructions on internet, I can see its long history and importance. Looking at the photos, I can easily recall the happy time I spent there. After taking 3.5 hour shuttle bus from Prague, we met our nice hostel [...]
Somewhere I belong
Being back and living in Hong Kong brought me a sense of nostalgia. This is the place where I was born and the place of my roots. Living in the same apartment where my mother grew up, the stories, the history. Hong Kong has always represented as a place to take refuge but at the same time, a place of troublesome. A place to visit [...]
Chuandixia Village
I’ve got an old friend visiting me last weekend. Since he has been to most of the “famous” places in Beijing, I thought I could take him to Chuandixia village, where I had always wanted to visit. Chuandixia Village ( 爨底下), also know as Cuandixia, is a settlement dating from the Ming Dynasty located in Mentougou District in [...]
Xilin Gol, a Taste of Inner Mongolia
I was melting in Beijing. It was hot hot hot! So when Yawei asked me whether I’m into a weekend trip to Xilin Gol, I was super excited. Inner Mongolia is the other place I planned to visit this year besides Yunnan. Yet a weekend trip is definitely far from enough as it has much to offer. From Wikipedia: Xilin [...]
The Sound of Prairie-Mongolia Musical Art
When talking about Mongol and their life, people firstly think of endless prairie, yurt, horses, herds of cattle and flock. The most famous leader, Genghis Khan may also drive you back to the glorious past that belongs to Mongol. Nowadays, we have much more chances to learn about Mongol- from Musical art. Last week I went to a Mongolian [...]
Tengchong, a Taste of Yunnan
One of those things in my 2010 to-do-list is to visit Yunnan. And it just happened that I would be there for work, which I would definitely took advantage of it (: From Wiki: Tengchong County (simplified Chinese: 腾冲县; traditional Chinese: 騰沖縣; pinyin: Téngchōng Xiàn) is situated in Baoshan City, western Yunnan Province, China. It [...]
This Time I Start to Like Shanghai
To be honest, I didn’t like Shanghai that much before. I remember last year when I visited my brother there, it was totally a chaos. There were construction everywhere and the traffic was such a mess. But this time, I start to like Shanghai. The street is clean (probably attributes to the Shanghai Expo), the people are nice, the dim sum is yum [...]
When Was The Last Time You Did Something For The First Time? Keep Discovering!
No Plan no promise no resolution, it was an incidental adventure trip. I drove to Roorkee (A place in Uttrakhand, India) to attend a Kick Boxing Tournament on 21st May. I arrived in the afternoon and in the evening I attended the opening ceremony. After that I just went back to my. The next morning I woke up around 7 am and decided to go to [...]
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