To become a London cabbie, you have to learn what is called the Knowledge: the location of every street within a 10km (six-mile) radius of the centre. This takes years of part-time study. If you fail the exam, you do not get a license. — The Economist What a great idea! I wish that was […]
Part 2 of my entries to CN photo contest of memorable moments in travel. Here are my next entries. Take a look at them and then vote 5* for them! Thanks! More photos to come An Angel Above Luminous Laos The tourists’ break My Venetian Art Portrait of a Butterfly Watching, waiting, readying What I […]
People ask me where should we stay in Shanghai or elsewhere in China. While I’m partial to my hotel in Shanghai, if our hotel is full or for other locations in China, TripAdvisor.com is a great site for reading traveler reviews to help you pick the best hotel. Once you’ve selected your hotel, check out […]
Enjoying the New Years dinner with my friend and her family was a fabulous experience, trying to get home was not. As I mentioned, New Years is also like the 4th of July–that’s because of the fireworks. Though fireworks are technically illegal in China, that doesn’t seem to stop anyone from trying to scare the […]
Saturday marked the start of the Lunar New Year holiday as it was New Year’s Eve. Lunar New Year in China is like Christmas, New Years, and 4th of July all rolled into one massive holiday. Its a very important family time, religious time, and also a time for presents and celebration. On New Year’s […]
(Well here’s a very strange situation…I wrote this Sunday night. It got posted to my website and was even imported into Facebook. But when I looked at my website on Monday, it was gone! Either someone deleted my post or my content management system lost it. I have no idea how either could happen, but […]
As I mentioned in the blog below, there are certainly issues that need to be worked out in China’s travel/tourism industry. In the following article, these are elaborated on, even to the point of suggesting they are real problems that could undermine China’s ability to grow its tourism industry. Tourism Skills Shortage in China onrec.com […]
Check out this report from the UNWTO: WTO: China Will Become The Largest Travel Destination By 2020 February 5, 2007 The World Tourism Organization says that by 2010 China will exceed Spain and become the world’s second most popular travel country, and by 2020 it will become the largest travel destination in the world. The […]
Although Beijing is reputed to be a chatty city, I find that the Shanghainese like to talk a lot as well. The Chinese just like to talk…well as least my colleagues do. The Chinese leader does the talking in interviews, in meetings, and in sales meetings. I find this very counterintuitive to Western ideas. In […]
A new photo contest from CN encourages people to upload photos of memorable moments in travel. Here are the details Enter the contest to become the Next Great Condé Nast Traveler Upload a “memorable travel moment” – a photograph that you took, along with a brief explanation of what you’re sharing and what makes it […]