June 2025

A day tour to Chengde is perhaps not enough to cover all there is to the city that sits 225km Northeast of Beijing. However, as a visit to the Jinshanling Great Wall and the Chengde Mountain Resort, 2 locations synonymous with the name of the city itself, it will suffice. This is not a long…

A detour from the hustle and bustle of the cities of China, Gubei provides one of the most calming and soothing stays you’ll likely find in China, so long as you’re not standing on the Great Wall of China, which I will elaborate on later. A town just 2 hours away from Beijing, Gubei is…

Although consisting of only 1 day of our 8D7N trip to China, Tianjin is still part of our trip, hence will still be talked about. One of the 4 municipalities of China, along with Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, Tianjin has a lot of history behind it. Although not as well known in China, it’s period…

Beijing, the crux of my trip and the capital of China both in the past and in the present. Home to most of China’s famous landmarks and the very location the People’s Republic of China was founded. Beijing is, more often than not, the city most consider to be the go-to when visiting China, and…