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Part 2: The six hour Great Wall hike from Jiankou to Mutianyu

This is a continuation from an earlier post: ‘Part 1: The Great Wall hike from Jiankou to Mutianyu without a guide‘. In …

My first visit to the Great Wall of China was in 2013 (about 6 years ago). Back then, I visited the Great …

I can speak basic Mandarin, and never thought that I would go on a China tour, until I visited China to climb …

It all started that very evening, when I boarded the bus from Hangzhou to Huangshan city, a 3 hour ride away. To …

I do my best to post a thought-provoking, hilarious post on travelling every Sunday, but I will give it a miss this …

I came back from an epic trip on the Trans Siberian in October 2013. Back then, I was absolutely dying to get …

I’m writing this post based on our personal experience on the westbound Trans Siberian trip (Beijing – Moscow) we made in Oct …

2013 has been quite an eventful year for The Travelling Squid. We have been to several places around the world, and they …

Thought it will be a light-hearted way to end the narrative of the 7 day train ride with pictures of humble eating …

I did mention in previous posts that our daily meals on the Trans Siberian were mostly made up of bread, biscuits, instant …