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Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, China, Asia. Lamma. Nestled in the leafy fringes of Hung Shing Yeh beach is Herboland, the first organic herb farm in the territory. Stroll past fragrant bushes of rosemary and verbena, or choose from more than 40 types of herbal tea in the farm’s blissful tea garden. Opening hours are irregular; check before you go.
Guilin. China, Asia. Guangxi's second-largest city, Guilin (桂林, Guìlín) has the hallmarks of most Chinese megalopolises, but it feels much more relaxed given its spectacular setting among the jagged-peak limestone karsts that surround it. It was China's first city to develop tourism after 1949, and for decades, children's textbooks ...
China, Asia. The fertile Dunhuang (敦煌, Dūnhuáng) oasis has for millennia been a refuge for weary Silk Road travelers. Most visitors stayed long enough only to swap a camel; but some stayed, building the forts, towers and cave temples that are scattered over the surrounding area. These sites, along with some dwarfing sand dunes and ...
- Chengdu – An Ancient and Modern City
- Visiting Pandas in Sichuan's Forests
- Into The Mountains of Sichuan
- Exploring Tibetan Culture in Kham
- Holy Sites of The Chengdu Basin
- Ancient River Towns
Capital city Chengduis the centre of one of China's four best-known regional cuisines, featuring bold spices and face-numbing peppercorns. This perhaps also explains the city's famous fire-breathing and face-changing opera performances – in some way an expression of the heat-laden dining experiences found across the province. But beyond Chengdu's a...
Chengdu's Giant Panda Breeding Research Base – an ex-situ conservation effort that aims to eventually rewild the bamboo scarfers – is undoubtedly the best place in the world to get up close and personal with the panda, but it's not Sichuan's only option. Outside the city of Ya'an, 150km west of Chengdu, the Bifengxia Panda Basemaintains a more natu...
Push deeper into western or northern Sichuan, and the lowland plains of the Chengdu Basin give way to the rugged foothills of the Tibetan Plateau. National parks highlight the most scenic areas here, with standout Jiuzhaigou National Park'scerulean lakes and wide waterfalls once again open to tourists in limited numbers after a 2017 earthquake tore...
A new Tibet-Sichuan railway line will connect Chengdu with Lhasa in just 15 hours when it opens in 2025. Travellers who don't want to deal with the permit and travel agency constraints (and expense) of visiting the Tibet Autonomous Regionshould look a little closer at Western Sichuan, which roughly corresponds to Kham, one of historical/cultural Ti...
Several religious sites close to Chengdu offer the chance to escape the city bustle and get a glimpse of China'sdiverse history. Le Shan is home to the famed 71m tall Grand Buddha, carved straight into a cliff face in an effort to appease the swirling waters of three mighty rivers that converge here. The area attracts pilgrims from across the count...
Sichuan's historic riverside townsare the perfect places to slow down and relax for a bit. Found mostly along the 'Tea Horse Road', a historic trading route between Tibet and Sichuan (sometimes referred to as the Southern Silk Road), these laid-back destinations offer a nice combination of small-town leisure, historic architecture and bucolic count...
Asia. Yangshuo (阳朔, Yángshuò) is one of China's gold-ticket draws. The once-peaceful settlement is now a collage of Chinese tour groups, wide-eyed Westerners, construction and the glue that binds any tourist hot spot together – touts. Come evening, Xijie is all thumping music and bristling with selfie-sticks, but go up a few flights to ...
2019年11月7日 · There are three essential rules. Rule No. 1– naturists always sit on a towel and never leave home without one. Rule No. 2 – no matter how cloudy it may be, there are parts of your body that have not have seen much sun before. So oil up. Rule No. 3 – Being nude ...
2016年1月14日 · Seven days in Laos. Puttering down jungle rivers, scaling mist-laced mountain roads, ziplining across treetops, and sitting roadside with a steaming bowl of noodles: it’s all possible in one week in Laos without losing that special sense of calm the country brings. With seven days, a few bus rides and some well-timed cafe stops, you can take ...
