Don’t be mistaken. I am not talking about Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan province. I am talking about small town lying 200 km north east from Beijing. Honestly I have been living in China for four years and I haven’t heard about Chengde until this June when I decided to improve my Chinese and found a language program which took place in Chengde where local people speak the most standard Mandarin Chinese of all China. So I spent four weeks…
Cestování je světovým fenoménem. Každý chce vidět kus světa a nejlépe to nejlepší, co svět může nabídnout. A zatímco západní civilizace hojně okupuje asijský kontinent (protože Pho prostě chutná líp v Hanoi než ve Václaváku), naproti tomu asiaté obdivují krásy starého kontinentu popř. států jako je Austrálie nebo Nový Zéland. Buďme ale konkrétní. Vietnamci, Thajci nebo Flipínci jezdí do zahraničí především kvůli práci a lepším výdělkům, takže nám zbývá kdo? Správně, Číňani. A ať už se vyskytují kdekoli, všimla jsem…
Traveling is the world phenomenon. Everybody wants to travel the world and see the best of it. So do Chinese people. They love traveling and if they have a chance they go abroad seek some adventures. But I noticed anywhere they go nobody really likes them. Why is that? After more than three years living in China I am sort of used to almost anything but I totally understand why Chinese people can be annoying and make the other feel…
Year 2017 was everything but boring. We traveled a lot as usual. Our first trip usually starts at the same time as Chinese New year. This time of year is really better to leave China unless you really like crowds, queues, overloaded highways, trains and buses just madness everywhere. And that we don’t like . So here are all the trips we have done in 2017… JANUARY – FEBRUARY AUSTRALIA Itinerary: Guangzhou – Bangkok – Sydney – Brisbane – Taroom…
Guilin supposed to be one of the most beautiful places in China. It’s consider to be the most beautiful limestone karst area. If you’ve never been to China you’ve most probably never heard about this place. But once you start to plan your trip in China, Guilin will be offered to you as one of the top ten places to visit. Its scenery is so beautiful that you can find it also on the Chinese twenty yuan bank note. We…
Guilin and Yangshuo are two very famous places. I think who haven’t been there is not a proper Chinese. And according the amount of Chinese tourists I think I am not the only one have this opinion. Popular for its limestone hills landscape Guilin supposed to be one of the most beautiful places in China. But once I started planing this trip I found very little information about some real natural way how to explore this charming place… PLAN THE…
Banyan tree hotels is a network of luxury hotels located mostly in Asia. On May 2017 we visited one of their 13 hotels in China. Banyan tree Yangshuo. ”Gaze on a crystalline backdrop of emerald rice fields, mist-shrouded limestone mountains, meandering rivers and curious caves and feel your heart lighten”…. this is what the official website says and I must say it is exact! LOCATION The hotel is located about 10 km from Yangshuo city in a lovely little…
I knew I will have to start learning Chinese right after our arrival. Everyone who has ever been to China (and I guess it’s not so many people) can tell you that nobody, really NOBODY can speak English. Well somebody can for sure but it’s definitely bullshit to rely on that you will meet this ‘’English speaking somebody’’ (because you won’t) So I found a language school and started learning. It was quite easy but learn how to count to…
Guizhou province lies in southwestern part of China. It’s indeed incredible source of adventures. Guizhou province has beautiful mountains, rural villages with minority tribes, rice paddies, waterfalls, caves and also one of the highest bridges in the world. Guizhou is just amazing place and it’s definitely can’t be missed! Welcome at the second part of small series about Guizhou. Today I will introduce you a place that many Chinese people don’t know. My Chinese friends were very surprised when…
Guizhou province lies in southwestern part of China. It’s indeed incredible source of adventures. Guizhou province has beautiful mountains, rural villages with minority tribes, rice paddies, waterfalls, caves and also one of the highest bridges in the world. Guizhou is just amazing place and it’s definitely can’t be missed! I have been to Guizhou twice and so far I explored only the southern part of this beautiful province. I can’t believe that only such a small part of one…