by Oli De Paolis | Dec 9, 2013 | Adventures, Asia, China
Here lies a story of riding the Karakoram highway by bicycle, from Tashkurgan, a small town in Tajik autonomous territory deep in Western Xinjiang, back to the outskirts of Kashgar. Day 1 The journey started in a place called Kashgar, which is a huge market town deep...
by Jade House | Jun 13, 2013 | Asia, China
So I hope you enjoyed last week’s narrative account of my sunrise excursion onto the Great Wall. And, I hope it got you excited to hear about this most dream-like of Great Wall destinations! Because today I am going to, hopefully, persuade you, with some wise...
by Jade House | Jun 6, 2013 | Asia, China, Favourites
Someone shook me from my short slumber, trying to tell me something: “Let’s go watch the sunrise on the Wall”. I rubbed my eyes with the backs of my hands, digesting the proposed plan. I looked at the clock; it was 3.45am. “Ok. Yeh,...