I have lived in China for two and a half years, yet I’ve visited very few places outside Beijing. I have been to Hohhot, provincial capital of Inner Mongolia. I’ve been to Hong Kong and to Xi’an, with my parents. And now, to that list I can add Shanghai. I’m not sure why I haven’t…
Travel in China
Xian
I had last week off work, due to the students doing their mid-terms. My parents took this opportunity to visit and they stayed a week in Beijing, seeing the sights and doing touristy stuff. Arriving late Monday afternoon (Beijing time), we all departed early Saturday morning to head West, to Xian. We went by bullet…
Spring Festival – Inner Mongolia
I arrived in Hohhot on a Monday morning, leaving Beijing late Sunday night (I went on a sleeper train). Photos from the temple in Hohhot I visited I was staying in a guesthouse, but managed to go on a trip, with three other guests, to the grasslands for one day, where we spent time in…