Getting ready for your trip to China
China is a different ball game to our usual Southeast Asian holiday destinations. A bit of planning is required - here are our tips for getting ready for that first…
Yangshuo Mountain Retreat
Our trip to Yangshuo was lovely in every way but I am certain our excellent choice of hotel was what nailed it. After dragging the kids through Hong Kong and…
Visiting Yangshuo with kids
Often when people think of China they think of big cities, skyscrapers, smoggy skies and crowds. Yangshuo is none of those things (well, the crowds bit is relative), and I…
Oakwood Premier in Guangzhou
After navigating the Chinese immigration at the Guangzhou train station, undergoing a border health check for a feverish child and shivering in our summer clothes in the drizzly +13 C…
Quick stop-over in Guangzhou with kids
We wanted to combine our visit to Hong Kong with a trip to the famous sceneries of Guilin, and looking at the air fares quickly realised that traveling by land…