How to get a Last Minute Chinese Visa in Hong Kong The dreaded scenario: After a short visit to Hong Kong you’re planning to travel through China and realize, “Wait, I need a Chinese visa to actually travel through China?”. Put the dunce cap on and start to panic because you have only a few days to figure out how to get a Chinese visa. Luckily for… Read More
Taking a Dip in the Huangshan Hot Springs When we visited Huangshan, China and the Yellow Mountains we were hoping to take the cable car to the top of mountains and avoid the 6km steep steps. However, that didn’t happen due to an army of tourists and their brightly colored umbrellas. Since we weren’t going to wait in line for 3+ hours, we… Read More
Hiking Up the Yellow Mountains of China Just about anywhere you go in China you can expect there to be a crowd, which was the case when visited the Yellow Mountains. Even though we were miles away from any populated city, surrounded be nature, we still felt crowded with the hoards of people making their way up the Yellow Mountains. However, the Yellow… Read More
City Guide to Beijing, China When we first started talking about China being a possible destination on our round the world adventure, Beijing was a must for us and was actually what kickstarted our interest in visiting China in the first place. Being home to so many amazing historic locations including: the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and even more recently the… Read More
Wandering Around West Lake in Hangzhou, China After spending time exploring some of China’s biggest cites (Hong Kong and Shanghai), we wanted to ease our way into the countries natural beauty which lead us to Hangzhou. Any place that earns a nickname like “Paradise on Earth” is on our short list of places to check out, and Hangzhou did not disappoint. Located right… Read More