China Travel 2.0

On the way back from a hotel inspectation today, I found this hostel in the Baochao Hutong around the Drum and Bell tower,closed to the Houhai park in Beijing. More and more people know the Nanluoguxiang and the hostel in the Hutong, but the limited rooms is not a very good news for the travelers, [...]

I didnt recommend a boutique club before, but I will tell you a wonderful place this time, especially after I visited the place 2 times. You have to knock the door and you have to book the table 2 days at least in advance. Beacuse this private restaurant only opens to the friends or who [...]

I’d like to post the info of one Beijing Postcards coming event as below. As you may know, they always hold such talks and events about Beijing and china development and culture related. and more and more Beijing postcards shops around the country shows their popularty in this circle. How has Beijing developed from being [...]

Did you notice that Beijing has changed a lot during the past week? There are more neon lights on the street and more fireworks shops! Yes! Febrary 2nd is the Spring Festival or the Chinese New Year Eve. It is one of the most significent days of a year. But in china, it actually refers [...]

Going to a Royal Icehouse in winter is a really cool idea, for a dinner, with friends. Yeah, It used to be a royal icehouse for the emperors, the boss- Mr. Wang told me the icehouse space also used to keep food for Empress Dowager Cixi and her family in the Qing Dynasty. It is [...]

Traveling in china is never easy because the place is big and it can take you forever to explore. I have been to the Great Wall, Forbidden City, Silk Road, Temple of Heaven, Tiananmen Square and a few more places, all well planned by a tour company during my first visit in year 2003. Since [...]

Lars and Simon come from Danmark, but both of them have a deep understanding of the Chinese culture and Chinese people. Even before they began collect the old pictures of china around the world. They opened a special shop in Nanluoguxiang 3 years ago, named Beijing Postcard, you will see lots of interesting pictures and [...]

I’d like to re-post the pictures from thetravelersnotebook, the pictures can tell the changes yesterday and today. goto the page to see more pictures for others places in the world. Beijing: Maybe they are not the very same places, but it is true that the old buildings are disapearing every single day. Shanghai-You can see, [...]

I’d like to introduce 2 Boutique hotels in Dongcheng district. the dongcheng district is the best preserved area in Beijing. and  there are lots of antique buildings and Hutongs, you can see the old hutongs(small lane) in Dongcheng district for more than 700 years history. only in the dongdistrict you can enjoy the cultural hotels [...]

Is there any hotels can meet the following requests? 1) good trasnportation close to Subway No 1 and 5, with the No 1 and 5 subway, you can goto anywhere almost in Beijing with only 2 rmb. and close to the airport. the Dongzhimen area is one of the best locations to airport. you can [...]