Skip to content

travel diaries and advice

  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Home
  • About me
  • Contact
  • Cambodia
  • Vietnam
  • China
  • Mongolia
  • Russia
  • Border crossings

Tag: travel

A day in Ulaanbaatar

Our new local new friend, Bolormaa took us around Ulaanbaatar, showing us the highlights as she shared her story with us.

adventure, food, Mongolia, Mongols, shopping, train, travel, traveladvice, travelbien, ulaanbaatar

Ger life in the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park

We spent the night in a ger in the Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, went horse riding and gorged on yak cream.

adventure, ger, horseriding, Mongolia, nationalparks, nature, travel, traveladvice, travelbien, wildlife, yaks

Life on the Trans-Mongolian Railway

What exactly do you get up to when you’re on a train for more than 16 hours? Make friends and drink Brandy apparently…

bordercrossing, China, chinesefood, Mongolian, trains, transmongolian, travel, traveladvice, travelbien

Border crossing: China to Mongolia by train

We took the Trans-Mongolian from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar, which included a three-hour bogie-changing adventure in the middle of the night.

bordercrossing, China, Mongolia, trains, transmongolian, travel, traveladvice, travelbien, traveldiary

The Summer Palace: the highlights

The Summer Palace is essentially a park. Here are the highlights from the five hours we spent there.

beijing, bridges, China, garden, palace, summer palace, travel, travel advice, travelbien

The Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square

We walked through Beijing’s ancient to recent history, visiting the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and Qianmen Street Mall, before finishing the day with a local beer in our hutong.

beijing, China, dumplings, forbiddencity, history, hutongs, tiananmensquare, travel, traveladvice, travelbien

Top 5 places to eat, drink or shop in Beijing

Here’s a list of my favourite places to eat, drink or shop among Beijing’s iconic hutongs. All my picks are vegetarian-friendly.

beijing, brewery, China, chinesefood, food, hutong, shopping, streetfood, travel, traveladvice, travelbien, vegetarian

Guilin to Beijing by train

We took a high-speed train from Guilin to Beijing. It took about ten hours and 30 minutes.

beijing, China, guilin, railwaytravel, speedtrain, travel, traveladvice, travelbien

Yangshuo diary

My friend Becky showed us around the Yangshuo countryside. There is certainly nothing better than having a local guide you.

China, chinesefood, chinesemassage, cycling, taichi, teaplantation, travel, travelbien, traveldiary, yangshuo

Top 5 places to eat or drink in Yangshuo

West Street has loads of restaurants and cafés to choose from, but some of the best places to eat or drink are hidden away. Here’s my top 5 vegetarian-friendly places.

China, chinesefood, travel, traveladvice, travelbien, vegetarian, vpn, yangshuo

Posts navigation

Older posts

Tags

adventure asianfood beijing bordercrossing Cambodia China chinesefood food hochiminhcity markets Mongolia railwaytravel restaurant siemreap southeastasia trains transmongolian transsiberian travel traveladvice travelbien traveldiary vegetarian Vietnam yangshuo

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Website Powered by WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Follow Following
    • travel diaries and advice
    • Join 50 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • travel diaries and advice
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...