Category: Asia

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Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – Lijiang day trip to Shuhe Ancient Town (束河古镇) and costume dress-up

September 26, 2026

The InterContinental Lijiang breakfast spread was huge; it had both Western dishes as well as local…you named it, they have it! Freshly baked pastries yum yum: In beautiful trays, this looked more like a dessert table! The only “not so high-end” was the fruit in this fridge in those plastic trays: Their local specialty stall… Read More Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – Lijiang day trip to Shuhe Ancient Town (束河古镇) and costume dress-up

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Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – Lijiang (丽江古城)

September 19, 2026

After breakfast, we met up with our driver (the guy who picked us up from Dali Airport to the hotel and Jason added him to his WeChat and negotiated the transfer fee of 600 CNY) for our transfer from Dali to Lijiang (丽江). The drive was around 2.5 hours, Jason asked him about where locals… Read More Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – Lijiang (丽江古城)

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Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns from Dali day trip to Xizhou

September 12, 2026

What’s better to start the day than a wonderful breakfast? Hotel Indigo Erhai’s breakfast spread was incredible from steamed dim buns: To stir-fried dishes that you could have them as lunch! My favorite was their made-to-order noodle station where you can add sides to customize your noodle soup. I had the Yunnan mixian (云南米线) with… Read More Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns from Dali day trip to Xizhou

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Escape the summer heat in China: Explore Yunnan’s Ancient Towns – Dali

August 15, 2026

Ever since our daughter started kindergarten, we could only take a long vacation during the summer period so I was looking for “cooler” places to travel in China. We decided on the Yunnan region, where it’s at a higher altitude, but that was another risk – altitude sickness. Jason and I had been to high-altitude… Read More Escape the summer heat in China: Explore Yunnan’s Ancient Towns – Dali

— Japan —

Tokyo – All You Can Eat Waygu Beef, Tsukiji Outer Market, and Capsule Toys

December 23, 2023

Our last stop on this trip was Tokyo, where we spent two quick nights before flying home. This was our 2nd time in Tokyo so we didn’t do any sightseeing and just concentrated on eating and shopping! We flew from Sapporo to Tokyo Haneda (the airport much closer to Tokyo center) and took an Uber/taxi… Read More Tokyo – All You Can Eat Waygu Beef, Tsukiji Outer Market, and Capsule Toys