Before I travelled to California this year, I believed the stereotype that Los Angeles is car-obsessed and that it’s impossible to even walk, let alone, cycle around the city. Now, while this did turn out to be largely true (the city had some of the biggest, least pedestrian-friendly roads I’ve ever seen), I was pleasantly […]
Cycling
Escaping the Golden Week crowds: cycling in Yunnan
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read or been told, that travelling in China during public holidays is a big no-no, that the hordes of people returning home or getting away on holiday would make for an agonising reminder of just how many people inhabit this vast country. This is particularly true […]