Afternoon Tea at Hangzhou Blue Lotus Hotel
Blue Lotus Hotel is located at No. 201 Tongwu Road, Zhuantang Street. If you're driving, it's the easiest option—they've got free parking on site. Prefer public...
Xiamen Local’s Guide: Skip the Crowds and Find Fresh Ways to Hit the Usual Spots
As someone born and raised in Xiamen, I’m always getting asked the same thing: Is Xiamen actually worth visiting? How should you do it? How do you hit the iconi...
Gulangyu Lin Family Thin Pancakes
Back to the Old Days A few lanes, the scent of tea drifting from old houses, the vintage theater, the cultural park—so much of this city's easygoing charm, soak...
Self-Driving Trip to Wuyuan and Huangshan
The summer of 2021 felt especially hot and dragged on longer than usual across much of the Jiangnan region. After a quick trip to Weizhou Island in the early Ju...
Climbing Huangshan to See the Jade Trees and Silver Flowers
It had been a long time since I last visited the city of Huangshan. This time of year is supposed to be the off-season for tourism here, but driving through the...
Zhenjiang
The Three Kingdoms, the Flood, and All of History: Two Nights and Three Days in Zhenjiang
The Yangtze rolls eastward, its waves washing away the heroes of old. Right and wrong, success and failure—all turn to nothing in the blink of an eye. The green...
Jiangsu Travel: A Winter Visit to Zhenjiang's
For people living up north, where's a good place to travel in winter? Hainan goes without saying, but it's a relatively long haul. In December 2009, right in th...
Shaoxing: Ancient Canals, Timeless Tales, and Footsteps of the Great
December 18–20. A short escape from the daily grind—just my wife and me, two spontaneous travelers who decided we wanted a quick getaway. Hotel and bullet train...
Zhejiang Day Trips | Two Days in Shangyu, Shaoxing: Ancient Sites, Scenic Views, Great Photos, and Sweet Grapes
01 A Few Words First What's the best part of traveling? For me, it's the discovery. Finding a hidden gem, stumbling upon something that fills a gap in what I kn...