Qingdao is one of the major touristic destinations in China with plenty of accommodation; here you’ll find some of the best hotels in the city, covering all budgets. Just remember to book in advance as this hotels get fully booked quite fast specially during the Qingdao International Beer festival. If you are looking for more […]
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Finding a good hotel in Ulan Bator is not an easy task. Most hotels are overpriced, if you take a close look to the services they offer, and some of the cheap hotels have unacceptable infrastructures. In this page you’ll find a list of the best hotels in the Mongolian capital, just choose the one
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Macau, the ancient Portuguese colony, has become the biggest casino in the world and getting a good hotel to stay at a fair price isn’t easy. In this page you’ll find a selection of the best hotels in the Special Administrative Region of Macau. If you are looking for some general information about the best
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Irkutsk is situated in the heart of Siberia and is considered the starting point to your visit to the Lake Baikal. However it’s certainly not known for its quality hotels; and finding a decent hotel here isn’t always that easy. In this article you will find a selection of the best hotels in the city,
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Finding a good hotel in Saint Petersburg isn’t always easy. Here you will find a short list of some of the best hotels in Saint Petersburg for all range of prices, so just choose the one in the list more suitable for you and enjoy your stay in this wonderful city. Reviews of Luxury Hotels
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Yunnan is one of most touristic Chinese provinces, especially in summer when everywhere else in China is damn hot. This means that an army of Chinese people had our same idea: visit 石林 (shilin), the Stone Forest. The etymology of the character “林” is one of those that remind me why I like Chinese: 木=mu=tree;
Koh Samet is the closest island to Bangkok and a popular weekend destination for the residents of the Thai Capital. Here you’ll find a selection of some of the best hotels in the island for all kinds of budgets. If your looking for general tips on booking hotels in Thailand click here to read our
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Guilin, in Guangxi Province, is one of most popular touristic destination in China as it’s the starting point of the cruise on the Li River – which is surrounded by impressive limestone formations – that ends up in Yangshuo. How to get to Guilin The easiest way to reach Guilin is by plane as there
Note: at the end of the article you’ll find a photo gallery of 20 photographs taken of the Reserve. The Kanas National Nature Reserve is found in the heart of the Altai Mountains, in Xinjiang, at the border with Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia, and owes its fame to Lake Kanas and its alpine scenery. An
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No panettone for Christmas, no Easter cake, and definitely don’t expect lentils for New Year! We’re not crazy, we’re in China. But don’t worry, even here there are typical holiday dishes, so let’s discover these culinary traditions for the Chinese holidays together! 春节 e 饺子 (chūnjié and jiǎozi) – The Spring festival and ravioli The
Introducing the creatures that populate my feet It must be the humidity. Or maybe the fact that I never bring flip-flops with me when I travel. It’s not my fault, my zoom takes all the space available on my bag! The point is that I got a fungus that is slowly (well, not that slowly)
Temporary visas for Shenzhen are issued for tourism purposes only. In the article below, we go into further details and update the information offered in our previous article on business visas, as well as give answers to the following questions. How to Obtain the 5-Days Visa (VOA) for Shenzhen – Index Why visit Shenzhen? Who
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Hoi An located in the Vietnamese province of Quang Nam is one of the most popular touristic destination in Vietnam because of its well-preserved ancient trading port. Finding a good place to stay in Hoi An can be difficult because of the large number of options available. Here you’ll find the review of the best
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Glowing temple by Carsten Ullrich Ningxia (宁夏), whose capital is Yinchuan (银川), is technically the smallest Chinese province, but also an autonomous region in China on the border with Inner Mongolia with a population exceeding six million three hundred thousand inhabitants. In Yinchuan, there’s an airport with a discreet network of connections, but this shouldn’t
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A few months ago, we did a survey to subscribers of our newsletter and asked, “Are there any subjects which you would like to read about on SDC?” and lots of people asked us for an article more oriented towards families. However, how can we write an article oriented towards families if neither of us
Jiuzhaigou National Park Jiuzhaigou along with Tibet it is one of the two most popular destinations in western China. This article was written by Harley Greenberg, who lives in Chengdu, Sichuan, and works with a local travel agency. It’s a guide to visit Northern Sichuan and is going to focus on the following points: Challenges
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Before to visit a country, or a region, we all have a general idea of what to expect. And, unless we research our trip in advance, this idea is usually wrong. I was expecting to find a barren land composed by mountains and rocks in Tibet. Conversely, the Eastern Tibet plateau is a green land
In this article you’ll find a complete guide for getting a Chinese visa in London, United Kingdom. Keep in mind that what you’ll read is all the fruit of my personal experience, since it is here in London, where I applied for – and received – my eighth Chinese visa. Keep reading to learn: Where
Xuegong Jie (学宫街) and Laodaoqian Jie (老道前街) are two small streets in the Huangpu District of Shanghai. The streets are packed, full of life. There are low houses, street food, and there’s no lack of bicycles and electric bikes that weave through passersby and merchants. But what makes it special is that the two roads
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In this article, we’ll see special constructions, peculiar to the Chinese language that will make your expressions in Chinese more elegant. 如 and 不如 如 (rú) “to be equal to, like a” is used more in the formal written form than in the spoken language. The comparison is created when it’s mainly used metaphorically. Here
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