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With its unique Portuguese heritage Macau does host its own cuisine called Macanese foods which, as expected is a bit of a fusion between Portuguese and Chinese food. While this post does cover some Macanese foods, it does go wider covering mostly the simple snack food of Macau which are easy to track down and […]
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With free casino shuttle buses and free admission to attractions in Macau, you could easily see most of it without spending a Pataca (or dollars as they’re just called there). Hell, if you fill up on free food samples at tourist attractions, you could probably holiday in Macau for free. While I didn’t set out
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The best views of Taipei 101 are undoubtedly found at a viewpoint found on a nearby hill called Elephant Mountain. It’s also relatively easy to reach these days, although we admittedly did it wrong on our first time round. Following a printed guide from 2013 we started out at the base of Taipei 101 (having travelled in
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We were completely clueless to the situation in Taipei when we arrive, and we go about the day as we would any other. We travel out to the coastlines, which is the exact opposite of where we should be going, on a day trip to Jiufen. It isn’t long before winds pick up and the
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We travel through Hunan Province during low season, and while we expect tourism to be minimal during this period we find that attractions are buzzing with tourists. While there are few international travelers in these parts of China the domestic travelers make up for it as they swarm from one top attractions in Hunan, to
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For travel from Changsha to Zhangjiajie I would say the better route would be by train. If staying near the airport the flight option would obviously be the better choice, otherwise, from central areas near the city Metro, take the train. To find the train station it is conveniently located near the airport bus stop
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I should start by highlighting that Zhangjiajie National Park isn’t actually located in the city of Zhangjiajie, and to reach it, it will take a 30km / 50min drive to Wulingyuan. However, the names Zhangjiajie, Wulingyuan and even Avatar Mountains will all refer to the same mountain ranges, and to reach them, the starting point
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When we travel to Tianmen Mountain it is in low season and we manage to miss a number of the better attractions including the sky walk and the Tianmen Cave entrance (Heaven’s Gate). It was however, an easy day trip, a half-day even, and travelling from Zhangjiajie to Tianmen Mountain by cable car is by
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Before travel we look at two optional routes to Fenghuang; one from Changsha and the other from Zhangjjiajie. In the end we opt for Zhangjiajie using it as a base for travel in the Hunan region and making the journey to Fenghuang an easier route. In Zhangjiajie we stay opposite the bus and trains stations
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We opt to go it alone for the Chongqing to Wulong Karst day tour and while there were relatively cheap day tour options available (350 Yuan pp with our hotel) we much prefer exploring independently. Almost always we will choose independent travel over day tours not only because it is cheaper, but because it makes the
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