• China – Shanghai & Suzhou

    Shanghai is totally different from Beijing. It’s more like Hong Kong with the huge sky scrapers and skyline. It has a more fast paced business like feel to it whereas Beijing seemed more laid back and friendly. It is a good place to stay for a few days. See the highlights (there’s not that many […]

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  • China – Beijing

    Beijing – like the rest of our trip in China so far – is fantastic. Apart from great sights such as the wall and the forbidden city, there are all sorts of pleasant surprises like we encountered on Sunday afternoon in the park, as you can see in the video below this story. The english […]

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  • China – Guilin & Xi’an

    If you plan to visit China in the near future, for the 2008 Beijing Olympics maybe, then I have some tips: Taxi drivers usually do not speak English at all so be sure to take one of those handy “Please take me to <name of your hotel>” cards from your hotel or ask the front […]

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  • China – Guangzhou & Guilin

    China is less exotic than I thought it would be, and a lot easier to get around in. It seems to rain a lot here, and if it doesn’t, it’s still very, very humid. For those reasons, we did not see too much of Guangzhou, although we know now where all the seahorses went: they […]

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