Beijing has been an interesting place to visit, and there have been many cultural and historical lessons. The major highlight was walking along the Great Wall. Plus, eating all the food, my new fave Chinese dish is beef in spicy broth. Delish! We’ve been lucky with the weather and also the lack of smog during Continue reading

The giant panda is also known as the panda bear or simply panda, but often “giant panda” is used to distinguish it from the red panda. They range from 100 to 115 kg and are typically 1.2 to 1.9 m long. The giant panda is exclusively found in six mountainous regions in a few provinces Continue reading

Over the last few days we’ve visited a number of Beijing tourist spots which has given insight into the depth of history here. Over 3000 years worth! Far too much to understand in a few days and way too difficult for me to articulate anything educational at this time. Being the end of the adventure Continue reading

Today, we revisited the wall in the daytime with all 10 towers open and ready to be explored. We took the cable car up around 9 am, which was an hour after opening, and  remarkably, we appeared to be the only ones up there! Us and the cats. Fun facts about the Great Wall of Continue reading

Today we drove roughly 2 hours north of Beijing city to Gubei Water Town. I don’t quite understand this town, and I feel like I am in one of those fake towns on movie sets. I will try to explain. The town is built on the former 5 sub natural villages of Simatai Village and Continue reading

Also known as Peking. Population 22 million. Our flight was more or less continuously turbulent, which meant 3 hours of occasionally wondering if today my time was up. Luckily, it was not my time up, and we landed safely in Beijing.  A rather long and tedious trek through customs, two hours later, we were met Continue reading

Last year on my birthday I woke up early in Hong Kong and went out in search of a coffee. Little did I know that nothing opens here at a normal hour and especially not at jetlagged 6 or 7am, so I ended up with a very average coffee from 7 Eleven. To keep with Continue reading

And just like that, my 3 weeks in Thailand is up. My final day was spent enjoying the sun with plenty of swims, stand-up paddle boarding, food and, of course, cocktails by the pool. We had our final Thailand dinner  on the beach where we went on our first night in Samui. We ordered a Continue reading

The Full Moon Party began in the 1980s when a group of people came together on the beautiful Hat Rin Beach on the island of Ko Pha-ngan and partied under a full moon. Over time, it became a regular event where once a month, on a full moon, hundreds, and now thousands, of people from all Continue reading

Today we hired scooters for some island exploring. We didn’t really have a destination in mind, just wanted to go for a drive. Scooters are fun! Really fun. Highly recommend. Easy ish to navigate traffic and a cheap way to get around. We ended up finding Wat Phra Yai, the Big Buddha Temple, which is actually Continue reading