Burqin – Urumqi – Shihezi, China The past few entries’ featured photos make me feel like a pedophile… Not that I’m into kids or anything, […]
Day 373: Ilars the Lion
Kanas – Hemu – Burqin, China I was glad my relatives had booked me a superior package on this tour. I only had to share […]
Day 372: The Khans and the Alps
Burqin – Kanas, China Kanas is a 24km narrow lake located in the alpine mountain of Xinjiang. Although it’s also a mountain range with pine […]
Day 371: If I Could Stop The Sun, I Could Stop Time
Urumqi – Wucaitan – Burqin, China Originally, judging from my limited time of travel (2 months for China, Nepal and India), I decided to ditch […]
Day 370: Skywalker
Urumqi – Tianshan – Urumqi, China With the private car and driver, I visited Tianshan Tianchi for the day. Located high in the mountain (“Tianshan” […]
Day 369: Journey to the West
Urumqi – Turpan – Urumqi, China Turpan is boat-shaped basin located in the southeast of Xinjiang. It is the centre of a fertile oasis and […]
Day 368: An Actual Solid Itinerary For the Week
Beijing – Urumqi, China Despite my constant refusal, my cousin Xiaoyun in the Xinjiang province booked me a flight ticket from Beijing to Urumqi. I’ve […]
Day 366: The Wall
Beijing – Mutianyu – Beijing, China There are numerous places one can access the Great Wall. After all the Great Wall is called “Wanlizhangzhen”, meaning […]
Day 364: The Three Amigas
Beijing, China My Beijing CS host, Ruoz, guest-wrote the entry for today: Since both Elys and I have already been to the key tourist sites […]
Day 363: An Observation
Beijing, China Beijing’s public transportation is cheap and convenient. Yet, it still does take an hour+ of commute time to get to any major tourist […]
Day 362: Heros and Villains
Beijing, China I knew that the Emperor of China and His concubines used to live in the Forbidden City and hardly ever went out the […]
Day 375: Lost & Found
Shihezi, China In Shihezi, I stayed at my elderly aunt’s home. She’s the wife of my mom’s elder brother. This was the first time I met […]