I was asked what is the background picture of this website. The picture doesn’t look to be Chinese or related to China. The picture was taken from the Harbin Ice festival. I went there last year and was amazed at what I saw. In fact my favorite photos of China probably came from this festival. […]
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This post is also on http://www.shawntravels.com/. I thought that some people that visit this website may also benefit from this information so I included it here. No ATM Fees Worldwide One thing that surprises me while traveling is how much people spend withdrawing money from ATM’s. I talked to a couple of people in the hostel […]
It is a lot easier than many think to make a Chinese friend in China. Ok, let me rephrase that, meet a Chinese person in China (everyone’s definition of a true friend is different so I am keeping it simple). Here are somethings to know. People in China hardly ever introduce themselves to strangers, it’s not part […]
The last post I did was 9 Interesting Facts about the Forbidden City. When I wrote this I kept thinking about all the tours I went on at the city and the part of the tour that everyone liked, was when the tour guide talked about the concubines. The moment this was mentioned a silent tour […]
I have been to the Forbidden city three times. Whenever someone comes to visit Beijing, China one of the first things they want to see is the Forbidden City. Below are some of the statistics that are mentioned on the tour. 9 Interesting facts about the Forbidden City Beijing, China The city was built from […]
