Ni hao!

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Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: David Graeber’s Debt, David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything, Gao Xingjian’s Soul Mountain, Henry Kissinger’s On China (I did not finish though for I’m not a fan of the recurring ‘manifest destiny’ tone of this book), Manuel Perez-Garcia’s Global History with Chinese Characteristics, Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth, Valerie Hansen’s Silk Road, Xinru Liu’s The Silk Road: A Brief History with Documents, Yuval Harari’s Sapiens. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: ChinesePod, Chris Stewart’s The History of China podcast

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website, official visa guide

Travel planning sites: Airbnb*, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤