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When I decided to accept an internship in Shanghai, China, I was hesitant. I’m a pale, claustrophobic blonde girl from the Midwest. I don’t speak any Mandarin and my chopstick skills are severely lacking. Surely I wouldn’t be able to survive in the world’s most populous country on my own. Nevertheless, I nervously packed my [...]
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As just like many of you, I love this weekly feature, because of the voice it brings and the opportunity for people to share their stories and their travel experiences. Every once in awhile I really jump back, and today was one of those moments. It was because Cheryl’s story really highlighted for me the [...]
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It has been said that if you haven’t been to Walk the Great Wall of China, then you have not truly been to China. Hiking the Great Wall should be on the “to-do” list of every traveler. It’s a truly rewarding experience that does not disappoint. One of the best places to explore the Great Wall [...]
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Today’s guest talks about a very interesting country: China. It’s at the top of many lists of places that are “very foreign” yet really, at the end of the day, is any place any more different than the next? Sure, the languages and the sights and sounds change…but at the end of the day, we’re [...]
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Macau is an awfully strange place. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a very tiny peninsula on the south coast of China. It isn’t China – it is a SAR (special administrative region), just like Hong Kong is. Macau was for a long time a Portuguese territory, and much of this influence remains. So similar to [...]
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Traveling has taught me more about myself and about the world than all my years of institutionalized education. Learning in a box is like seeing the world through a keyhole and living in one is really no life to live. That’s why I decided to study abroad in Shanghai for a semester. While I was [...]
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As a kid, Taiwan just seemed the “other” China, an island existing in the shadow of monolithic Red China, a sort of big, comfy refuge for Chiang Kai-shek and his cronies, where they could enjoy all the art and goodies shipped out just ahead of Mao’s conquest. The image was of rows of workers turning [...]
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Everyone knows about the world’s classic and iconic statues: Mount Rushmore in America, the Statue of Liberty in New York, The Thinking Man in Paris, The Little Mermaid in Denmark, The Terra Cotta Warriors of Xi’an China, or Manneken Pis in Brussels. But how about some of these more off-beat yet still inspiring statues you [...]
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I fell in love on a golf course. Maybe that’s why they’ve held a special place in my mind and heart ever since. You see, I don’t play golf, but I’ve traipsed around some of the most beautiful and inspiring golf courses in the world, during my former life a touring professional’s wife. I’ve written [...]
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Today’s post is from Cate, the Caffeinated Traveller. So yeah, you can guess what we’re talking about…
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