Travel Diaries
Qinling Day Hikes: Trails Under 2 Hours from Xi’an
The first time I tried to hike in the Qinling, I missed the mountains entirely. A Saturday…
The first time I tried to hike in the Qinling, I missed the mountains entirely. A Saturday…
The alarm went off at 04:00 and I was already awake, watching the square of window lighten…
The first time I saw the Bell Tower, I wasn’t even trying to see it. I’d come …
The high-speed train slid out of Xi’an North Station at 06:40, and thirty minutes la…
By the fourth day of my first backpacking trip through China, I had stopped counting the p…
The first thing you notice about the Small Wild Goose Pagoda is the quiet. I stepped out o…
The hostel bed near the South Gate set me back ¥70 a night, and the first thing the recept…
I rode the escalator up from Dayanta metro station at half past six on a mild October even…
My first trip to Xi’an lasted two days and I spent both of them running. I rode out …
