Stay away from your guidebooks, folks. If you’re researching The Great Wall of China in Beijing, they’ll tell you to go to Badaling or Mutianyu. I’m telling you, you’re going to want to visit Jinshanling. After running into The CounterIntuitive in Hong [...]
ALL the Dumplings! Eating at one of the Best Restaurants in the World!
Din Tai Fung has been rated by the New York Times as one of the top ten restaurants in the world! They have locations all over the globe but, for dumplings, there’s no better place to eat them than China. [...]
How I Became a Man Without a Home
When I left my home three years ago, I knew things would change in my absence. I just hadn’t anticipated it would happen like this. I’ve been traveling the world, on my own, for quite a good chunk of time. [...]
A Food Tour of the Greek Isles!
The Greek Isles are a truly paradisaical destination: warm white sands, hidden coves, villages clinging to craggy hillsides. Many travelers know to head for Kefalonia in search of a quietly beautiful beach, or Crete if they need a history fix, [...]
Shangri-La is Real: in Southwestern China, on the Border of Tibet [Photos]
The mythical Shangri-La isn’t as mysterious as you think! Shangri-La, or Zhongdian (Xiānggélǐlā, according to modern Chinese), is located in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan. Being so close to Tibet, there are a number of political arguments that have [...]
How to Live a Location Independent Lifestyle
It’s not like I was trying to live a location independent lifestyle. It just sort of happened, and I certainly wasn’t expecting it. I left my home city of Boston, with a one-way ticket, for what was intended to be [...]
13 Traditional Chinese Foods You’ve Got to Try
Curious to know what real, traditional Chinese food looks like? This isn’t that imitation Chinese you get from the 24-hour buffet around the corner from your apartment. I’ve lived in China for five months, and these are some of my [...]
Dios Proveerá: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Traveling
Can you picture yourself hitchhiking across Burma or riding a motorbike full speed down the center of an active airport runway? That’s alright. I couldn’t either. Like many people, I thrived on stability and certainty. I enjoyed having future plans, [...]
The Cost of Travel in China (and How to Do it on $25 Per Day!)
By western standards, China is a very cheap and inexpensive place to visit. As I’ve outlined previously, the cost of living like a local in China is very, very low. At the small restaurants around the corner from my apartment, [...]
Tiger Leaping Gorge: Trekking Through the Mountains of Southwestern China
The magnificent Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia) lies in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan on the Jinsha River. Yunnan is diverse, the southern region being more tropical and akin to the climate of Southeast Asia (it borders Burma/Myanmar). Northern Yunnan, [...]
