China Tropical Fruits: A Traveler’s Guide to Southern Sweetness
On my first trip to Hainan back in March, I made the classic mistake every first-time visitor makes: I bought a single overpriced mango from a beachside stall near Sanya…
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China Family-Friendly Resorts: Best Stays for Kids and Parents
The hardest part of traveling in China with children isn’t the language or the trains — it’s the moment at 4 pm when everyone is tired, the next sight is…
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China Eco-Lodges: Sustainable Stays in Nature and Heritage Sites
When clients ask me for the best eco lodges in China, they usually expect a single famous brand, and I have to explain that “eco” here means very different things…
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Zhenbeibu Film Studio Guide: Yinchuan’s Movie-Making Fortress
I’ll admit I went to Zhenbeibu Film Studio expecting a faded tourist trap. Instead I spent four hours grinning like a kid, because this is the actual dirt-and-rammed-earth fortress where…
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Ningxia Sand Lake Guide: Where Desert Meets a Reed-Fringed Lake
The first time I visited Ningxia Sand Lake, I’d been told it was “desert plus water” and assumed it would feel like a theme-park trick. It isn’t. About 56 km…
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Yumen Pass Guide: Dunhuang’s Wind-Carved Gate of the Silk Road
On my first trip out to the Gobi, I didn’t expect a single rectangle of packed-earth wall to stop me in my tracks. But when our driver pulled off the…
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Midui Glacier Guide: Tibet, China’s Forested Icefall Near Nyingchi
The first time I stood at the viewing platform in Bomê County, I had to check I was still in Tibet. Below me a wall of blue ice tumbled out…
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Tenglong Cave Guide: Hubei’s Vast Cavern of Lichuan
The biggest cave I’ve ever walked into isn’t in Guilin or Yunnan — it’s in a corner of western Hubei most foreign travelers never reach. This Tenglong Cave guide is…
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Diaoyucheng Guide: Chongqing’s Mountain Fortress of the Mongol Siege
Most visitors to Chongqing have never heard of Diaoyucheng, and that’s exactly why I love sending clients there. This Diaoyucheng guide is for the traveler who’d rather stand on a…
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Shibaozhai Guide: Chongqing’s Tower Temple on the Yangtze Cliff
The first time I saw Shibaozhai from the deck of a Yangtze cruise ship, I thought the red tower pinned to the cliff was a film set. It isn’t. Shibaozhai…
