If you want to prepare for Boxing Day sales and the resultant stampedes, or if you’re a doomsday prepper wanting to equip yourselves with the necessary skills to survive an apocalypse and the associated scrummage for the last remaining food on earth – drop what you’re doing and catch a train in China!
Author: Marc
The not so glamorous side to backpacking
Let me start off by saying backpacking isn’t for ants. Yes, it’s an amazing opportunity to see the world and conserve limited cash and all that. But you know that already. This post is about what they don’t tell you about!
Sichuan Province in pictures
The Sichuan Province in China is where China starts getting green and adventurey. There are a great deal of national parks around the capital, Chengdu. I spent 6 days in Chengdu and Jiuzhaigou. Here are some pictures from my trip. If you’re planning a trip to China, I’d certainly recommend the Sichuan Province – amazing food, amazing sites and amazing activities.
Xi’an in pictures
I spent a few days in Xi’an, the capital of the Shaanxi Province of China – a place best known for the Terracotta Army. There’s a lot more to the city, though and worth a stop. Here are some photos of my stay there.
The first 6 weeks
Typing the title to this blog post makes me think of that movie of a zombie apocalypse. 28 Days Later or something? Anyway, just to assure you, I haven’t been bitten by the undead. My mind is a 6 ring circus, and I can’t blame that on the walking dead!
Beijing in pictures
5 days in Beijing and here are some pictures of the city. Overall, a great place to visit. If you’d like to read more about what I thought of the city, click here.
Do I like Beijing?
I’ve spent the past 5 days in Beijing and find the city to be a paradox… but there’s no doubt that it is seriously impressive. I mean, it’s a city of nearly 22 million people which is a LOT but yet it pulls it off in some kind of organised chaos. The air pollution is the worst in the world (it’s seriously kak) but the city is clean! It boggles the mind. But do I like the city?
The Dinks in Transit guide to the Trans Siberian railway
This is it folks- I’ve come to the end of the first leg of my trip, being the Trans Siberian railway from Moscow, through Russia and Siberia, then hopping on the Trans Mongolian railway through Mongolia and terminating in Beijing. It’s been an unreal experience and I hope this post comes in handy to anyone planning such a trip.
Central Mongolia and the Gobi – a photo journal
I’m going to try and do something different with this post – instead of waxing lyrical about how amazing Mongolia is, i’m going to show you in the form of a photo journal. Hope you like it!
I spent 9 days in Central Mongolia and the Gobi and my expectations were met on day one and exceeded everyday after that!
Dinks in Transit 