Tag: China with kids

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A Quick Stopover in Chongqing 重庆 – hot pot, Hongyadong (洪崖洞), and the world’s biggest drone show!

November 14, 2026

After our amazing Yunnan adventure, we took a quick, nonstop, and cheap flight from Lijiang to Chongqing 重庆 to my bucket list destination – Zhangjiajie National Park 张家界国家森林公园 also known as the Avatar mountain. There is an airport at Zhangjiajie but the flights are expensive so I searched nearby main cities and found a domestic… Read More A Quick Stopover in Chongqing 重庆 – hot pot, Hongyadong (洪崖洞), and the world’s biggest drone show!

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

October 17, 2026

Lijiang Ancient Town is huge that we only explored the Mufu Palace (木府) and the Giant Water Wheels (大水车) sections the last few days. Since we already visited the nearby old towns, we had an entire day just to explore more of Lijiang Ancient Town. We started off walking from our hotel toward Wuyi Street… Read More Escape the summer heat in China: explore Yunnan’s ancient towns – more of Lijiang (丽江古城)

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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