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)
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
How wonderful to wake up to a delicious hot breakfast? Of all the hotel breakfasts, the hotels in Asia are on another level, in terms of variety and quality! Hampton by Hilton Tianjin Five Great Avenues had a spread of sweets that my kids were eyeing on. Local cold dishes (appetizer): Eggs, fried rice, fried… Read More Full Day Exploring the Old and the New of Tianjin, China
After our short stay at Prague, we were on our way to Beijing! At the check-in counter, I asked the Hainan Airlines staff if there were other window seats available since my kids prefer window seats to keep them company. She said “no”. The plane configuration was 2-4-2, their system assigned my kids and I… Read More Tianjin – city of dumplings and baos!
