How to Book Hotels in China as a Foreigner: Apps, Pitfalls and Deposits
I watched a friend lose two nights of a tightly-planned Silk Road trip because the hotel she booked through an international platform turned out not to be licensed to take…
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Ganden Monastery Day Trip, Tibet, China
A Ganden Monastery day trip is, in our experience, the single best half-day you can pull out of Lhasa, Tibet, China without another permit or another hotel change. Sitting on…
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Norbulingka Summer Palace, Tibet, China
Norbulingka Summer Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, China was for two centuries the seasonal retreat of the Dalai Lamas, a walled estate of gardens, pavilions, and leafy avenues on the western…
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Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, China
Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, China is one of the three great Gelugpa university monasteries of the Tibetan plateau, and it earns its place on almost every visitor’s list for…
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Zhuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdom Guide, China
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, in Hengqin on the southern edge of Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, is the largest ocean-themed park in the world by some measures, and the first time I walked…
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Hengdian World Studios Guide, China
Hengdian World Studios is the largest film and television production base in the world, and unless you already love Chinese period dramas you may not realize that a huge share…
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Wuyi Travel Guide, China
Wuyi County sits in the southwest of Jinhua, in central Zhejiang Province, and it is one of those Chinese destinations that most foreign visitors have never heard of yet quietly…
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Pingshun Travel Guide, China
Pingshun (平顺) is a county in southeastern Shanxi Province, wedged against the Taihang Mountains where the loess plateau drops abruptly into deep red-rock gorges. It is one of those places…
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Foping Travel Guide, China
Foping (佛坪) is a small county tucked into the Qinling Mountains of southern Shaanxi Province, and it may be the easiest place in China to see a giant panda in…
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Xinhua Travel Guide, China
Xinhua (新化) is a county in central Hunan Province that most foreign travelers have never heard of—and that is exactly why we love sending people there. Its claim to fame…
