Chinese Spirituality on the Sea
In sea side towns and cities throughout China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Tian Hou plays a vital role in the culture, believed to bring luck and prosperity to seafarers.
Tag: "Travelling China"
To Market, To Market, Chinese Style!
The whole experience walking through a Chinese market is always entertaining and insightful. In just a small area, you get a cross section of the entire country, how the people think, act and live.
Left on a Dark Chinese Road at 3am
There’s nothing like the fear of getting on a bus in a foreign country, the fear of getting on the wrong bus, the fear if getting off at the wrong stop! It was this anxiety that plagued me as a boarded yet another Chinese overnight bus.
At this point in time: September 2010
A lot has happened in the last few months between backpacking around China, moving to Shanghai and starting a new job to a last minute visa run to Hong Kong. On top of that there are a whole bunch of exciting new things coming up for On UR Way Travel so stay tuned, it’s gonna be a fun ride!!!
Lesson Learnt: Surviving Hot Weather
Hot summers days, you wait all winter for it! But what can come with hot summers day is a nasty, easily preventable condition, heat stroke!
The Art of Chinese Scams
In China the art of scamming is taken to a whole new level. Picking out the scam artists from the everyday folk is a difficult task! How do I know…I’ve been scammed!!!
The Great Wall Workout
The Great Wall of China, the star of epic historical tales and one of the seven wonders of the medieval world. I thought it would be a nice easy stroll. How wrong I was!!!
