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Lovely Lantau: secrets of Hong Kong’s biggest island

Posted on January 29, 2018March 28, 2018by Tess Humphrys

I’ve written before about how much I loved visiting Lantau, Hong Kong’s largest island. So much so, in fact, that we decided to visit for a second time and this time I wrote about its secrets for Lonely Planet. Do check out that article for more information on this most amazing of destinations!  

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A journey through China’s glorious Gansu province

Posted on December 4, 2017March 28, 2018by Tess Humphrys

I wrote this piece for the November edition of THE ADDRESS magazine, a digital ‘coffee table’ publication for luxury real estate, food and travel. Read the original article. Glorious Gansu – at the centre of it all The province of Gansu may geographically be considered the centre of China, but culturally and historically the Chinese have long […]

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China’s most epic high-speed rail journeys

Posted on October 19, 2017October 19, 2017by Tess Humphrys

One of the things that I love most about living in China, apart from watching the dancing grannies, of course, is being able to use the country’s high-speed rail network. With its sexy, sleek trains, unbelievably punctual departure record (in almost five years, I’ve experienced three delayed trains) and reasonably priced tickets, it’s the best […]

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I love China’s dancing grannies!

Posted on October 7, 2017June 4, 2018by Tess Humphrys

Over 110 million Chinese people are over 65 and retired, and many have taken to public square dancing: complete with boom boxes, routines, and noise complaints from grumpy hard-working people. I wrote about them for the website White Noise. Hip to be square – China’s dancing grannies It is evening in the city of Suzhou. […]

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Writing this made me hungry for Chinese street food!

Posted on September 18, 2017October 5, 2017by Tess Humphrys

I wrote the Hangzhou entry for the World Atlas of Street food, published in September 2017 by Thames and Hudson Ltd. Hefang Street Market, Hangzhou Hangzhou’s scenic West Lake in eastern China may boast elegant bridges, picture-perfect pagodas and delicate weeping willow trees, but it also has a distinct lack of eating options. So, after […]

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Sleeping under yak hair: life with Gansu’s Tibetan nomads

Posted on July 7, 2017October 7, 2017by Tess Humphrys

I wrote about my experiences of living with Gansu’s nomads for Lonely Planet, remembering the sights, sounds and smells of the grasslands and the yaks the nomads rely upon. Even though I only spent a short amount of time with them, it was amazing getting to know how people in this area of Gansu live. […]

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Great walls of China: the Middle Kingdom’s enduring city walls

Posted on June 7, 2017October 7, 2017by Tess Humphrys

I love me a Chinese wall! So much so, in fact, that I wrote about the greatest walls in the Middle Kingdom for Lonely Planet – there are more around the country than just the one near Beijing, you know! There’s something just so epic about an ancient wall, the idea of a city or […]

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5 photos that will make you want to visit Yangshuo, China!

Posted on August 1, 2016March 28, 2018by Tess Humphrys

I’m not an expert photographer, but I do like to experiment with my camera and I’ve been to some places that are just so beautiful, you can’t help but take awesome photos. One such place is the area around Yangshuo in China’s Guanxi province. The town is nestled in the midst of China’s most spectacular […]

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Hong Kong – a glamorous international wedding destination

Posted on March 22, 2016August 30, 2017by Tess Humphrys

We’re just back from a weekend in Hong Kong, celebrating the wedding of our friends, Franziska and Marco. We were honoured to be the witnesses at the ceremony, as well as the only guests. With a baby on the way, coupled with the need to be eligible for a spouse visa in China, Franziska and […]

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Turns out Hong Kong’s Lantau Island is amazing!

Posted on November 24, 2015September 1, 2017by Tess Humphrys

A former colleague of mine in Ningbo, where I used to live, once told me that every time he transferred in Hong Kong, he would make sure to leave himself enough time to leave the airport and go running on Lantau island, where the airport is based. Now, I thought him slightly crazy because: a) who […]

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I’m Tess Humphrys, 30-something writer, cat-owner and perpetual traveller. I’m extremely fortunate to have visited many amazing and unusual places. I keep this website as a repository of my writing as well as to remind me where I’ve been. I hope it inspires you to get out there and roam the roads of lands remote.

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