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How to eat like a local in Tibetan China
Visiting Tibetan China without sampling tsampa is a bit like going to?Beijing and skipping the?roast duck. Made from roasted barley flour, tsampa is incredibly healthy. Its the staple diet for many Tibetans, and if you stay with monks in a monastery it could well be the only food on offer.
Thats fin
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The inside info on Chinas ancient watchtowers
The ancient watchtowers of the Qiang people in western?Sichuan are no secret; theyre in the China londoninfopage, for a start. But what I wasnt expecting when I visited the village of Suopo (梭坡), where theres a large cluster of these fascinating stone structures, was to be able to climb up inside on
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Chinas top 10 Sichuan teahouses
Nobody does tea better than the Chinese. And nowhere is Chinas tea culture better represented than in Sichuan province. But there seems to be more teahouses here than leaves in a cup of jasmine, so to help you decide which ones to visit, here are my top 10 Sichuan teahouses.
Im pretty confident Ive
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Hong Kong, the birthplace of modern dragons
Hong Kong has taken an ancient ceremony in China and turned it into one of the world’s fastest growing sports. Modern dragonboat racing, with its mesmerising blend of sport and tradition, is practised in over 60 countries. But it is best experienced in Hong Kong where you can still feel the passion
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Travel news: traffic jams, beaver dams and royal beaches
Its that time of the week, where we ask our worldly londoninfopage editors whats making travel news in their corners of the globe.
Beavers from space. Set in remote Northern Alberta, where Canadas rockies and prairies meet, Wooden Buffalo National Park is quietly getting attention for a very seriou
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The cave dwellers of 21st-century China
Chinas high-tech building industry may have been flexing its ample construction muscles for the past decade in places like Beijing and Shanghai, but a few hundred miles away in Shanxi province, an estimated three million people still live in caves.
These simple homes often dot the countryside in sma
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Mini guide to Běijīng
Běijīng redefines and reinvents itself constantly. Stunning historical sights rub shoulders with cutting-edge architecture as the pace of change leaves residents breathless. There is a sense that this once conservative capital is enjoying the time of its life. Here, from londoninfopage Magazine, is
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Tibet: travel books to read before you go
This excerpt from londoninfopage’s Tibet guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the mood for your trip.
Literature on Tibet is abundant. Quite a bit of it is of the woolly ‘how to find?enlightenment in the mysterious Land of Snows’ variety, but there is still a?lot of very goo
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China: travel books to read before you go
This excerpt from londoninfopage’s China guide provides a selection of literature to get you in the mood for your trip.
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Destination at a glance: Macau
The last outpost of the Portuguese empire, Macau only became part of China in 1999, two years after the British withdrawal from Hong Kong. Even today, the city state at the mouth of the Pearl River has a tangible Mediterranean feel, with baroque basilicas, cobblestone lanes, colonial mansions and gr
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Get spooked: 5 sensational Halloween destinations
From Samhain, All Souls’ Day and the Day of the Dead, to good old Halloween, the dregs of autumn turn up some seriously inspired celebrations around the globe. With as many names and related festivals as it has arcane traditions, Halloween itself – whose namesake derives from the more evocative ‘All
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Chill out in China: Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival
Temperatures that can dip to -30° C, ferocious winds that howl down from Siberia and a distinct lack of sunlight from the mid-afternoon on might not sound like the ideal weather conditions for a holiday.
In Harbin, though, the arrival of winter signals the beginning of the peak tourist season. From
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Beijing on ice: 5 ways to cross a frozen lake in style
Winters in Beijing can be brutal, with temperatures commonly dropping to minus 10 degrees Celsius or worse. It doesnt stop the locals, though. Rather than staying indoors and hibernating until summertime, Beijingers make the most of the freezing temperatures and head for the citys central lakes for
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On the road: londoninfopage authors around the world
londoninfopage authors are constantly travelling the globe, researching in order to update our guidebooks. Each month londoninfopage Magazine asks them to report back about what’s going on where they are, keeping us all up-to-date.
Here’s what our authors are talking about this January:
Station turn
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Can I get a cappuccino with those dumplings? What the Chinese eat for breakfast.
Unplug your toaster, finish that cup of coffee and leave those bacon cravings behind; youre in China now, where breakfast is like nothing youve tasted before.
There are dozens and dozens of breakfast combos in China that differ widely from each other depending on which part of the country youre trav
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What to do if you accidentally crash a Chinese wedding
I’ve found myself in the perplexing position of wedding guest for total strangers several times in Taiwan and China - and if tales related by fellow Middle Kingdom travellers are anything to go by, my experiences aren’t unusual.
I’d been in Taiwan a month and already I was crashing my first wedding.
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The Dai water-splashing festival: where China meets Southeast Asia
Walk through Jinghong, the capital of the Xishuangbanna region in the far southwest of China, in the middle of April and you’re likely to get wet, very wet. The culmination of the three day-long water-splashing festival that marks the Dai New Year is a riot of people racing around the streets of Jin
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Travel tech: snagging a deal in Hong Kong
Electronics – are they really cheaper in Asia? Yes…to a point. Hong Kong is undoubtedly the cheapest place to snag a bargain – just look at prices on eBay and note where the products are shipping from. Yep, Hong Kong.
If you want to save some money, you’ll need to arm yourself with some basic knowle
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Beijing by night
A city more than 3,000 years old, Beijing is known for its?epic palaces and ancient temples, co-existing happily alongside neon billboards and ultra-modern skyscrapers. By night, the citys attractions are a mixture of ancient traditions and modern hedonism.
Lose yourself in the hutong alleys
In the
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Rocking out in Beijing
Think of Asian rock and traditionally, it is Japanese bands that have had the biggest profile in the West. China, though, has been undergoing its own musical revolution in the last few years and Beijing has emerged as the centre of the country’s alternative rock scene. Now, a growing number of bands
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