2021

A New Year’s Holiday in Huangshan

Because of how the Christmas and New Year’s holidays fell on Saturdays this year, I had to take two consecutive Mondays off. I decided to take the week in between off as well for a longer holiday. The first part of the week had Jun and I visit Beijing for Christmas. The second part of…Read more A New Year’s Holiday in Huangshan

Tranquil Tibet

I have wanted to visit Tibet since I first moved to China in 2013. Unlike other places in the country, foreigners require special permission to visit Tibet and must be part of a tour to visit the area. Because of the administrative hurdles and the price involved in joining a tour, I have always pushed…Read more Tranquil Tibet

A Weekend in Shaoguan

Jun and I decided to go to Shaoguan in northern Guangdong for a long weekend to celebrate his birthday. With the recent COVID-19 cases in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, we didn’t want to venture out of the province in case other provincial governments placed travel restrictions. Thus, we chose to see this situation as an opportunity…Read more A Weekend in Shaoguan

Sublime Sichuan

For the May holiday in China, the government scheduled five consecutive vacation days. Jun felt that since it coincided with the end of my school term it would be a good time for us to take a long vacation. We both took some extra days and extended our holiday time so we would have nine…Read more Sublime Sichuan