11/09/18 The hostel is great, despite the old and smelly buildings around it Great food and a nice livingroom area. I booked a tour a few days ago and the tour guide for the Li River cruise picked me up at 8am on a coach with a mix of Chinese Read more
07/09/18 I didn’t sleep very well thanks to a scooter next to my window last night. Its alarm went crazy all night, and you know, not just beep beep, but all the possible siren sounds every 3 seconds, like a kid’s firetruck toy. And because it is an alarm, it Read more
05/09/18 As Chengdu is famous for its panda research centre, that is where I am going today. Unfortunately, the weather was very bad, heavy showers all day, but with 26 degrees so it won’t be cold. I arrived before 10am and it was raining so bad everyone was trying to Read more
02/09/18 I had mango and banana for breakfast, then went straight to the railway station to catch a 5h train to my next destination, Chongqing. It took me almost 2h to reach the hostel, as the train dropped me at the north station, not the one in the centre, and Read more
30/08/18 I took a bus to the hostel. I am sharing the room with 3 other girls, and the hostel is beautiful, Chinese decorated with a rooftop with a view on the city wall, which I decided to explore straight away. The receptionist said I could rent a bike on Read more
25/08/18 I woke up at 5.30am as my train leaves at 7 for Shanghai. I planned for an hour to reach Beijing South Railway station but I underestimated it considering that we also have luggage security check at every station, like I had in Russia. I made it to the Read more
24/08/18 Today I meet with a group of 10 travellers to go to Mutianyu, where a portion of the Great Wall is open to the public. It is about 2h drive from Beijing centre, further than the most popular ones to be away from the crowd (considering it is still Read more
18/08/18 This morning is the departure to China. A 54h train trip through Mongolia, while the tracks follow Lake Baikal for a little so the landscape is really nice, not just trees this time. On board, I met Nuria, 39, a friendly Spanish girl from Tenerife, Gran Canaria islands. She Read more