Laos is a pretty small land-locked country, sitting quietly next to bigger neighbours including Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Vietnam and China. Vientiane is not exactly a tourism magnet, especially compared with its sister city – Luang Prabang, which is more famous for its natural attractions. The airport in Vientiane is smallish, with access to international flights … More Laid-back Vientiane : Travel Ideas
Surrounding Dunhuang are many interesting day trip ideas. Ranging from ancient forts & passes, scenic geopark, geographically interesting danxia landform and various temples. You can either use Dunhuang as the base to travel about with daily return trips or take the opportunity to traverse the ancient silk road either westward (likely from Xian) or eastward … More Silk Road #2 Day trips from Dunhuang : Travel Ideas
For the longest time, Silk Road east to west is considered the mysterious veiled journey filled with trade secrets & exotic finds. Having traversed part of this journey, I can imagine this to be the case in hundreds of years of the past. The route itself is an ever-changing route to avoid trecherous terrain, murderous … More Silk Road #1 Dunhuang : Travel Ideas
Shanghai has a certain charm to it, whereas I always associate it with the 1920s and 1930s where the heyday of the republican era is so imprinted especially in movies and series. The city is cosmopolitan, never sleeps and never wait for anyone. With Shanghai city as the base for bullet train, it is easy … More Day trips from Shanghai : Travel Ideas
Xinjiang region is so huge that it is impossible to cover every place of attractions in one visit. Generally the region can be split into Northern and Southern attractions, with 3 mountain ranges surrounding the scarcely populated region. At the top north is Altai Mountain, the middle being Tianshan range and Southern range covered by … More Northern Xinjiang Hemu & Kanas : Travel Ideas
Having watched Road Home, I have subsequently found out that a number of the scenes in the series are filmed in Xinjiang, specifically in northern Xinjiang. When we decides to go to Xinjiang, the scenic northern part was unanimously chosen. Xinjiang is actually split into northern and southern part by the Tianshan mountain range. At … More Urumqi city & nearby attractions, window to Xinjiang region : Travel Ideas
The ancient kingdoms have always entranced me, and my imagination will run wild when thinking how our ancestors live in the past. Southeast Asia actually packs a lot of historic kingdoms in its history, many of which is disintegrated with time. The remaining although not many, provides glimpses of the previous kingdoms and its grandeur … More Magnificient of ancient Khmer kingdom : Travel Ideas
Surabaya is a city located on Java island of Indonesia. Located to the east side of the Javanese island, it is less popular compared to Jakarta and Bandung. Landing there for the first time, Surabaya has its own charm to mesmerise – both new or old tourists alike. While planning for the trip to Surabaya, … More Going back to nature @ Surabaya : Travel Ideas
Enroute Dalinur Lake & Hot Spring Town (Inner Mongolia, Hexigten Banner 克什克腾旗) Moving along the trails in Inner Mongolia, next stop is Dalinur Lake, one lakes of various birds’ species especially swans. The lake is actually very huge, and a little underwhelming. Most visitors are here with the binoculars to watch the birds. The surrounding … More Autumn Adventures @ Inner Mongolia East #2 : Travel Ideas
Post the golden week in October, there are actually very few tourism activities especially in Inner Mongolia. If you are not into crowd but love an autumn adventure, head towards the vast land of Inner Mongolia to escape. Using Chifeng as the base, there are quite a number of routes moving west to visit various … More Autumn Adventures @ Inner Mongolia East #1 : Travel Ideas
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