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Living it up in Vietnam
What a fantastic month! Yes, the posts have been a little thin on the ground this year…. sorry about that! Too, too much to do. Finished up in Shanghai after a wonderful 5 mo...
Back in China
After a wonderful few days in the Philippines I am back in Shanghai for a few more days before heading to Beijing at the end of the week. ...
heading to Boracay
Tomorrow I will be jetting off to the Philippines. Come Saturday morning I hope to be sunning myself on the glorious, powder white sandy beaches of Boracay and dipping into the cry...
other stuff
Yangshuo: a threatened wonder?
Being Popular in the World’s Most Populous Nation Brings its Challenges. An article in Wanderlust magazine discusses the “Threatened Wonders 2010”, which sees Yangshuo ...
Beijing Traffic
One thing which doesn’t seem to have changed in Beijing at all over the past few years is the terrible traffic congestion! ...
Jiuxian Garden Village Exhibition Centre
A few weeks ago I posted a slideshow on the raising of a building out at the Jiuxian Garden Village project under construction just outside Yangshuo. Things have definitely be...
middle kingdom life
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Magical Moments???
A friend recently visited and asked how I got so lucky to be living here? Surely it must be like living in paradise. Sometimes, I wonder the same thing as many of my days ar...
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Fascination and Frustration
Yes, I talk about China a lot. I have spent almost 7 out of the past 11 years in the Middle Kingdom. It’s easy to forget just how different my life is in China....
About the lazy travel writer
Jillian Mitchell is the Lazy Travel Writer providing up to date travel information, advice and thoughts on life in China (and anywhere else I happen to end up!).
on the road
Getting to the Airport in Shanghai
My memories of Shanghai always involved traffic jams and general difficulties in getting around on the city’s only jam packed subway line. How things have changed! The Shangh...
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places
Philippine Paradise
48 hours ago I lay stretched out on a wonderful, over-sized beach lounge lapping up the pure delight of being in the gorgeous surroundings of White Sand beach in Boracay (Philippi...
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things to do & see
Dragon Boat Festival
One of the more popular theories on the origins of the Dragon Boat festival is as remembrance of the search for the suicidal ancient scholar Qu Yuan. Accused of treason this p...
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eating & drinking
Drifters in Yangshuo Closed Down
An era came to an end in Yangshuo with the popular café and hang out joint of Drifters being closed down. It has always been one of my favourite places in town and was almost an...
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latest posts
Living it up in Vietnam
What a fantastic month! Yes, the posts have been a little thin on the ground this year…. sorry about that! Too, too much to do. Finished up in Shanghai after a wonderful 5 mo...