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There have been several online discussions among college students on whether they can leave school during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays in October.
We soaked in history and culture in Luoyang, met the amazing locals, and took our minds off the gloom and doom that is the year 2020.
I reached out to a friend working at Didi Chuxing for some insights into their company’s safety policy.
This is the time to get your affairs in order for the next big trip. So, let’s take this moment to make a must-have travel list of the most useful tools, gadgets, and travel accessories you will need to make your trip that much more successful.
Until sometime last week only the Chinese version of Didi allowed users to change their destination mid-route.
As a family, the Cliffords are used to traveling long distances. Mom Kim and Dad Aaron first met in their home country of Canada then jetted off to set up their new lives together in China just 40 days after their wedding. They welcomed their son Lachlan to the clan in 2013, and have since enjoyed exploring Thailand and Malaysia as a family, as well as taking a very special trip with their ayi to her hometown of Nanchang for Chinese New Year. When it comes to finding great family travel advice, Kim says you just can’t beat the local expat community for the great wealth of information available, so we quizzed the young family for their best travel tips.
I’m sure that like me, over the years your friends and family have regaled you with cautionary tales about lost luggage, being stuck abroad after missing a flight, getting robbed in a foreign city, or worse, maybe even suffering an injury and having to seek treatment at local hospitals.
Many Beijing families will be spending their summer vacation in China for the first time this year. While domestic travel is a great option, there is no reason you can’t recreate that vacation feeling right here in Beijing. Here are some simple tips on how to be a tourist in your own home, and reignite the spirit of exploration and discovery that goes hand in hand with vacation.
While most international travel is still off the cards, that doesn’t mean you’re destined to be a couch potato all summer. After all, being an expat doesn’t mean you’re confined to exploring only the fine things our fair city has to offer. One needs to take advantage of living abroad to explore all the hidden corners of the country. You never know what adventure awaits.
Whether it’s losing your luggage, missing a flight, or just trying to figure out Apps in languages we don’t understand, even the worst travel experiences can be chalked up as part of the adventure of travel. And when it goes from the ridiculous to the insane, breathe in and repeat to yourself, “This too shall pass!”