Travel with Confidence: The Do’s and Don’t of Packing For Your Trip to Asia
Guest post by Bridget Sandorford. Traveling to Asia is an exciting prospect. There are so many different countries, climates and cultures to explore.
Guest post by Bridget Sandorford. Traveling to Asia is an exciting prospect. There are so many different countries, climates and cultures to explore.
Meet guest blogger Ethan Woods who traveled across the world for gourmet adventure. Gourmet Adventure My journey delved in to the whimsical world of food and spices around the globe. I was traveling under a scholarship funded by the Bristol family of the United States that aims to help students foster a passion in a rather [...]
Guest post by Krzysztof (Chris) Arciszewski. I consider my travels as part of my education. I love to learn and have a curiosity that seems to propel me, sometimes literally, to far corners of the world. I am genuinely interested in each place I visit, trying to absorb as much of the local culture, language, [...]
Sandstorm on the first day we arrived in Beijing. The sky started to clear around noon, sooner than I expected.
Forbidden City (aka Palace Museum) was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty. It is now located in the heart of Beijing.
A trip up north of Beijing CBD lies the most high-profile projects of China, the Bird’s Nest and Water Cube buildings for the 2008 Olympics.
A place that cannot be missed, the Great Wall of China.
Shopping in Beijing can be very costly, depending on where you shop. Qian Men Da Jie is newly built and completed in 2008 before the start of the Olympics. Easy access by train, Qian Men Station.
A rough guide of what to eat in Beijing. Five types of different dumplings which Beijing is famous for.