Travelogues China

Share practical travel experience of Tibet plateau, including altitude adaptation tips, border permit guide and classic hiking routes. You can check detailed itinerary via tibet...

As a conclusion in Xinjiang, we wanted to go to the mountains once more, specifically to the Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County on the Pamir Plateau, a remote area near the...

Initially, we intended to travel across the Taklamakan to Hotan, allegedly there was supposed to be a bus from Kuqa, but according to information at the bus station, such a...

Next, we continued to Kuqa, located 650 km away - once the center of the Buddhist kingdom of Qiuci, today a relatively small Uyghur city. A good 10 hours overnight by train, and...

We have finally made it to Xinjiang! A region that has primarily been in the headlines due to conflicts between the Chinese government and the Muslim Uyghur minority. To summarize...

From Zhangye to Dunhuang, it was a short hop compared to the previous train journey - 600 km and 4 hours by train. The landscape became increasingly desert-like. Along the...

Many tourists come to Xi'an because they want to see the famous Terracotta Army. Today is our day, and I expect crowds, so we leave early in the morning. But it doesn't help. It...

As a conclusion in Xinjiang, we wanted to go to the mountains once more, specifically to the Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County on the Pamir Plateau, a remote area near the...

From Zhangye to Dunhuang, it was a short hop compared to the previous train journey - 600 km and 4 hours by train. The landscape became increasingly desert-like. Along the...

Back in China, we are winding down our holiday quietly. With Xi'an and Seoul, we had a full vacation schedule. So we spent a few relaxing days in our apartment in Cangzhou and...

In the Xi'an region, there are countless tombs of emperors, generals, and other important figures from various dynasties. I chose to visit the tombs of two outstanding emperors...

Since the most important museum of the city of Xi'an remains closed to us, we decide to take a journey into the distant past and visit the Banpo village. This is an archaeological...

but a conscious decision for safety, comfort, and practicality in daily life – a good example of how technology and culture align. In Japan, you often see bicycles (especially...

Initially, we intended to travel across the Taklamakan to Hotan, allegedly there was supposed to be a bus from Kuqa, but according to information at the bus station, such a...

We are traveling on a regular train, not a high-speed train, from Xi'an westward to Baoji. It’s my first time taking a regular train in China. The elegant train station in Xi'an,...

Finally back to China! Even though my last trip to China was only 8 months ago, I am looking forward to the Middle Kingdom again. However, the start is quite tedious because the...

If you want to enter a train station in China, you must first show your passport, and it will be checked whether you have a train ticket. Additionally, the luggage is scanned...

After our trip to Xi’an, we are having a quieter week in our apartment in Cangzhou. We fill this time with family visits, handling bank and household matters, periods of...

To recover from our Terracotta battle, we travel to the Huaqing Palace with its natural hot springs. Our driver shows an important ID in front of a barrier at the end of the road,...

My wife rejoices because the Chinese medicine (TCM) that I often dismissed has worked. No more fever and my cough has improved significantly. I feel fit, and so we head to the...

The last night went like this, maybe it’s the excitement that we are going home again. We didn't do anything last night either - we didn

Breakfast buffet, Chinese style with warm and cold noodles and rice, European breakfast with eggs fried and boiled in all kinds, various vegetables, and cold options. By bus to...

From democratic China, we continued to socialist China. A country that we hadn't even considered at the start of our journey, but the now simplified entry (30 days without a visa)...

Traveling at 300km/h, I took the maglev train from the airport to the city of Shanghai. First impression: Extremely clean, well-maintained, not overcrowded, and little traffic. It...

Disgusting!

Today, after a typical Chinese breakfast, which I held back on a bit, I went to the public park to practice Taiji and Qigong. Qigong isn’t as well known here. People practice...

Next, we continued to Kuqa, located 650 km away - once the center of the Buddhist kingdom of Qiuci, today a relatively small Uyghur city. A good 10 hours overnight by train, and...

We have finally made it to Xinjiang! A region that has primarily been in the headlines due to conflicts between the Chinese government and the Muslim Uyghur minority. To summarize...

Day two, second post, so my dears, Tomi and I have now made it onto the last of our three flights. I'm writing these lines right now; we would have been flying from Beijing to...

Drive to Mai Ji Shan, a mountain with Buddha figures, a temple complex in the mountains, Fuxi Temple Guang also in the mountains, tea tasting in Tianshui Today it is overcast...