If Danielle had blindfolded me for the 72-hour train journey (uh, thanks for not doing that though) and secretly led me to Kashgar, looking around I doubt I would have been able to guess which region of the world she had taken me to. Over two thousand miles from Beijing, ...
Archives for August 2013
72 Hours: Beijing to Kashgar
This post was written together with Danielle of The Roaming Coconuts and also appears on her site. Getting a visa to China: I had some massive problems the first time I went to China and tried to get a visa independently, so I highly recommend using iVisa if you want to take ...
Bedridden in Beijing – aka Why You NEED Travel Insurance
It happened, just as I should have known it would the moment I told Danielle that, sure I would get travel insurance, but really I never get sick. I got sick. Getting sick while backpacking is one of those worst case scenarios you avoid thinking about. It's the pits. You've ...