If you want to travel to Tibet from China, don't forget that you will also need a visa to China! The Chinese visa can be a bit of a hassle to get, so I recommend going through a company like iVisa if you don't want to worry about it. Last night while feeling a bit overwhelmed ...
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Get off the Path: Xiàhé (Labrang)
Today I have Joella from Paper Crane Stories here talking about a very special place that few tourists make it to. Through her blog, I followed Joella on lots of adventures through China while she was based in Beijing (she's actually lived abroad on and off for over 9 years!) so ...
Beijing to Ulaanbaatar: Getting to Mongolia
How to travel from Beijing, China to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia independently. I don’t know if any of you guys read or will remember this, but a year and a half ago I almost went to Mongolia. And I mean almost. But the night before my friends and I were going to buy our train tickets ...
Quirky Things To Do in Beijing
If you're traveling to Beijing and need a visa to China, I highly recommend getting one through iVisa, which is super easy and takes away all the hassle (I had some problems when I tried to get a visa to China independently on my first trip there). Remember that time I ...
A Stop Along the Silk Road in Kashgar, China
With its lucrative production of silk, China always functioned as the beating heart of the ancient Silk Road, sending goods to places as far away as Europe and Africa. The silk trade was so important to China that the Han dynasty even extended the Great Wall to the western edge ...