Travel Notes

Drive from Hanzhong to Ya'an (Tips, Photos & Map)

After simple breakfast at our lodging hotel, at 7:30 am in the wet autumn day, we leave the cozy and green city of Hanzhong (汉中), driving through the...

Xian Lhasa Flight Experience (Tips, Photos & Map)

Plan your Lhasa Tourfrom Xian? At the time of writing, three daily flights connect Xian and Lhasa which are operated by Eastern China Airlines and Sic...

John Paton Davies & Dixie Mission to Yan'an

Today, April 4 is Qingming Festival, a traditional Chinese festival that is an opportunity for people to remember those who passed away ( relatives, f...

Train from Beijing to Xian

Plan your Beijing Xian tour by train? Visiting Xian from Beijing by train is a fun and interesting travel experience. But travel China by train is mor...

Wangjiaping, a former revolutionary site in Yan'an

Thinking of having a Xian tour? While in Xian, if time permits, you are advised to make a side trip from Xian to Yan'an. When you plan your Yan'an tra...

Yan'an Date Garden, the Site of the Former Offices CCP Secretariat

If you are interested in Chinese revolutionary history of CCP,Yan'an is a must see destination, which is located about 400km north ofXian. Among the h...

How to visit Beijing and Xian

I'll continue my travel blog after I finish my business trip beyond Beijing on Sept 02, 2010. If this is your first time to visit my travel blog, some...

How to book train tickets from Beijing to Xian

Beijing Xian Guilin Travel Tips

Today, a traveler named László sent me an email inquirying about some "sily" questions about the travel in Beijing, Xian and Guilin. I find these funn...