Shanghai might regularly top polls for being one of the most expensive cities in the world to live, but thanks to its abundance of reasonably priced hotels and cheap eats, coupled with many interesting and free things to do, it can be an inexpensive place to travel. SINGLES’ MARKET Every weekend amongst the leafy surroundings of […]
Architecture
Great walls of China: the Middle Kingdom’s enduring city walls
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 […]
Fujian’s amazing earthen roundhouses
A trip to the coastal city of Xiamen, in Fujian province, called for a visit to the region’s famous tulou earthen roundhouses, which lie some way out of the city, into the countryside. We travelled there on an organised tour, along with a coach-load of Chinese tourists, which was, shall we say, an experience in itself! […]