China Travel Blog
Travel guides, itineraries, abandoned places, street art and off-the-beaten-path places in ChinaHello and welcome to our China travel blog. You will find all our China blog posts in this section of our website.
Maybe you found our China travel blog because you are considering a visit to North Asia, or perhaps you are partway through planning a trip to China. Whatever the reason, we hope we can provide some useful resources and travel tips for China.
We have a bit of a love-hate relationship with China. It’s a country we know well having visited many times over the years, dating back to the early 1990s. We travelled there both as backpackers and on work-related trips. In fact, one of Mark’s claims to fame is that he once took Judith Chalmers up the Yangtze! However, we have found that, over the years, China has changed dramatically and it no longer has the same pull for us.
Our China blog posts are generally aimed at independent travellers and backpackers like us and have a strong focus on travelling around using public transport, staying in budget accommodation and exploring off-the-beaten-path and lesser-visited places.
Browse all of our China blog posts
Backpacking in China and Tibet in the mid ’90s
What was it like backpacking in China and Tibet in the mid ’90s? A comparison of travelling independently in China and Tibet twenty years ago and today.
Five Years of Travel: Our Top 5
Today, 30 November, marks the 5 year anniversary of us leaving our life in the UK. Here are some of our favourite memories from five years of travel.
Kashgar: Fat Bottomed Sheep, You Make the Rockin’ World Go Round
Travels in Xinjiang, China: Seeing flat bottomed sheep at the Sunday Animal Market and discovering the disappearing culture of Kashgar’s Old Town.