Asia
We’ve spent over 3 years in total travelling around Asia and we consider it to be our favourite continent on Earth (so far). The people here are friendly, you almost always feel safe and the landscapes offer everything from grasslands and beaches to mountains and waterfalls. Asia is everything you hoped for and more.
Xi’an, China – The Terracotta Warriors For Budget Backpackers
We arrived in Xi’an after a long train ride from Chengdu. We opted for the only budget backpacker option, “hard sleeper” class, which means that there are 6 bunks per berth, 3 stacked vertically on each wall. We ended up with the middle bunk this time, which is far better than the top bunk we ...
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Chengdu, China: Our Visit to the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base
After two nights in a great hostel, it was time to say goodbye to Guilin. We hoisted our backpacks over our shoulders, found the local bus to take us to the train station and began our epic 25 hour train journey to Chengdu in the Sichuan Province. Most people fly this leg of the journey, ...
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Guilin, China: Visiting The Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces
We arrived in Guilin and checked in to our nice, big, clean room at The Backstreet Youth Hostel. Right away we started talking with the staff about organizing a ride out to the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces, a sight outside of Guilin that has made this area famous. Thus far no other tourists had signed ...
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Yangshuo – We’re Finally In China!
Even though Hong Kong is technically part of China, we still hadn’t felt like we had been to the real China yet and were really looking forward to crossing the border. We were on the super efficient metro line to take us from downtown Hong Kong to the border town of Schenzen. Not a place ...
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Travelling in Hong Kong: Lantau Island
The second morning in Hong Kong we picked up our passports complete with our new Chinese Visas! The two page-sized stickers mark the 80th stamp on our passports, and that’s just from this trip! Our passports from our last trip were expired so they’re packed away somewhere. Looking at our passports now is looking back ...
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Budget Backpacking in Hong Kong
We arrived in Hong Kong during a dramatic lightning shower that caused a little bit of turbulence in the aircraft. The dense fog and rain seemed like they would never part but then we finally dipped below the grey storm cloud we were rewarded with fantastic views of the Hong Kong skyline. We landed on ...
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