Tag Archives: China

Visit Hong Kong: A Captivating City Where it Costs More to Bury the Dead than House the Living

Posted on January 25, 2016 by laurapattara

I’m under no illusion that my travel experiences, in some of the world’s most popular destinations, have a lot to do with the time of year in which I visited. This is why I was stoked a few weeks ago, … Continue reading →

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Overlanding China: what you need to know when IN China

Posted on October 29, 2014 by laurapattara

Hi again everyone, hope this finds you well, happy and (half-way) informed about the ins and outs of overlanding in China independently. With this post I hope to answer all the remaining questions you may have about your own adventurous … Continue reading →

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Overlanding China: what you need to know BEFORE you go

Posted on October 27, 2014 by laurapattara

I received a lovely email yesterday, from a fellow overlander who referred to his own recent guided tour of China as ‘the old fashioned way’. It made me smile 🙂 Indeed, China is opening up to foreign overland tourism and … Continue reading →

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Overlanding China: A Journey Of Gastronomic Delights (And It’s Not The MSG!)

Posted on October 4, 2014 by laurapattara

We love the food in China. We really do. After enduring months on end of bland grub and unidentifiable meats in Central Asia we are absolutely relishing the taste sensations here. Everything is fresh caught, slaughtered or picked, cooked to … Continue reading →

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Crossing China’s Xinjiang province: Our Most Unorthodox Beginning

Posted on August 27, 2014 by laurapattara

Crossing into China’s westernmost province, from Kyrgyzstan, was never going to be a simple affair. Due to ongoing ethnic tensions there, and recent surge in sporadic violence between government forces and the Uighur Muslim minority, regulations state that foreigners driving … Continue reading →

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