Travel in China, Hong Kong and Macau from island to island. New Tourism, Culture, Lifestyle and Boutique Travel. Independent Guide to Travel in China and surrounding territories.
When you visit Hong Kong, there are many things you must do – go on the Lion Rock hike, visit the Big Budhha, take the Peak Tram, and many more. However, there is one activity in Hong Kong that many travellers miss – trying dim sum. Because of how complicated and intimidating dim sum restaurants might …
Taiwan’s street food is not just good. It’s legendary. While much of Taiwan’s food originated in Fujian and other provinces of China, many Chinese dishes have been adjusted or reborn in Taiwan, while others are totally unprecedented and have helped to put Taiwanese food as a distinct cuisine on the global food map. The sheer …
My interest in travel to Tibet is not so much for the tourist stops in Lhasa, or even in the surrounding autonomous region itself. But more for the journey through the remote regions of the Himalayas and the mysterious Roof of the World. A region which is still somewhat contentious in parts, with 4 bordering …
This year I was honoured with an invite to the ‘Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants’ events in Macau, a dream for any Asian food lover, sweetened by quite probably 3 days of the best eating in all of Macau. The event was to be held in Wynn Palace, one of the newest casinos found along Macau’s bedazzling Cotai Strip, which …
One of my sincerest obsessions in Asian cuisine would undoubtedly be the Sichuan Mala Hot Pot, a sensational mouth numbing experience which is like no other in the world. And because of this we traced the unique and somewhat formidable eating experience back to its origins, to Chongqing China (actually we were travelling in the area …
With its unique Portuguese heritage Macau does host its own cuisine called Macanese foods which, as expected is a bit of a fusion between Portuguese and Chinese food. While this post does cover some Macanese foods, it does go wider covering mostly the simple snack food of Macau which are easy to track down and …
With free casino shuttle buses and free admission to attractions in Macau, you could easily see most of it without spending a Pataca (or dollars as they’re just called there). Hell, if you fill up on free food samples at tourist attractions, you could probably holiday in Macau for free. While I didn’t set out …
The best views of Taipei 101 are undoubtedly found at a viewpoint found on a nearby hill called Elephant Mountain. It’s also relatively easy to reach these days, although we admittedly did it wrong on our first time round. Following a printed guide from 2013 we started out at the base of Taipei 101 (having travelled in …
We were completely clueless to the situation in Taipei when we arrive, and we go about the day as we would any other. We travel out to the coastlines, which is the exact opposite of where we should be going, on a day trip to Jiufen. It isn’t long before winds pick up and the …
We travel through Hunan Province during low season, and while we expect tourism to be minimal during this period we find that attractions are buzzing with tourists. While there are few international travelers in these parts of China the domestic travelers make up for it as they swarm from one top attractions in Hunan, to …