Day 375: Lost & Found

Relatives in Xinjiang

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 […]

Day 374: The Boy and His Dog

The boy and his dog

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

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

Tuvan gangsta

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

Sun catcher

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

Tianshan

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

Turpan lady and her goat

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

Vanilla sky

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

Mutianyu Great 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

Reflection

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

Little boats, big boat

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

Chinese soldier

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 […]