Detail Inside The Forbidden City

The intricacy and colour of the decoration inside the Forbidden City - which is replicated in many other complexes in Beijing - is amazing.

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The Great Wall, The Great City, The Great End

October 4th 2017
Think about all the research that you do, the booking decisions you have to make and the logistics you need to arrange every time you go on holiday. Now imagine that you have to do all that every few days. First world problem I know, but after two years of it, it gets a bit frustrating and tiresome - especially when you're on a budget tighter than Richard Simmons's spandex. This was how I spent ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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