Hands down the nicest place for a good meal we’ve been to in Beijing. Located in one of Beijing’s Hutongs this cosy restaurant serves great meals and isn’t at all expensive. The service is attentive, very welcoming and friendly. Its the kind of place you instantly feel at home. They have an english menu and some staff there even speak English. We went there twice and given more time we would of gone again. My favourite was the…
Beijing was our first impression of China. To us it seemed more like three cities in one. There is the modern Beijing where people live and work, it’s very alive, a bit scruffy, busy, loud and quite chaotic, especially the traffic. Always watch out for traffic, they’re out to get you. Beijing is not at all as organised as we thought it would be, at least on the outside, can’t really say what its like working there. Public transportation is…
So I thought our trip across the United States by bus was a pretty long journey. Then we did this. In a nutshell: 7826 Kilometers, 5 journeys between 22 and 32 hours each, roundabout 140 hours spent on the train in total, three different countries and cultures, six cities to explore. The Trains Old at first sight, but mostly clean and nice. The Russian trains were always heated, and most of the time quite hot. So best to wear a…
